In 1988 Coldcut protégée Yazz broke out, formed Yazz & The Plastic Population (her, produced by Coldcut, hehe) and stormed the charts with DancePoop hit ‘The Only Way Is Up’.
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Goin’ Old School: The Shamen – Move Any Mountain
Alright, so The Shamen’s ‘Move Any Mountain’ is borderline 1989-1990. Here we go anyway, hold tight.
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Goin’ Old School: Animotion – Obsession
La SynthPop band Animotion give us out slice of nostalgia today with 1984’s ‘Obsession’.
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Goin’ Old School: The Jets – Crush on You
Kick off your week in a good mood with The Jets’ funked-up electronic Pop. 1985’s ‘Crush on You’.
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Goin’ Old School: The Beatmasters (Feat. Cookie Crew) – Rok Da House
Did anyone ask for mid ‘80’s Hip-House with a massive House piano? From 1987 The Beatmasters’ ‘Rok Da House’ (Feat. Cookie Crew).
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Goin Old School: Debbie Gibson – Electric Youth
The fact that Debbie Gibson’s ‘Electric Youth’ is from 1989 feels a little wrong somehow. Anyway, I’m dropping it ‘cos no-one reads this thing on a Saturday anyway! Besides, if a painfully hip Canadian ElectroPop duo can name themselves after the song that counts for something…right?
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Goin’ Old School: Black Box – Ride On Time
In 1989 Black Box made Italo, House and Balearic into Pop with ‘Ride On Time’.
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Goin’ Old School: Falco – Rock Me Amadeus
Heads up! It’s Austrian megastar Falco’s 1985 international breakthrough ‘Rock Me Amadeus’.
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Goin’ Old School: Ollie And Jerry – Breakin’… There’s No Stoppin’ Us
Watched Breakin’ again this weekend. I watch that move far too much. Here’s some 1983 Electro Soul goodness in the form of Ollie And Jerry’s title track ‘Breakin’… There’s No Stoppin’ Us’.
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Goin’ Old School: Ministry – Revenge
Oh look! Ministry, before they were shit. You’ve got to go all the way back to 1983 to find it, but it’s there. Here’s ‘Revenge’. (P.S. Yes, that is chugging metal guitars and growling distorted vocals Ministry!)
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