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Derek Sinclair @mossieposse.bsky.social · 11h

Mind Of An Ordinary Citizen/Forward. No official release date for this banger. No surprise given Blade flipping recorded, marketed and distributed it by his goddamn self. I picked it up in Oct 1990 (via mail order I think) so it's around 35 years since it first dropped.

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Derek Sinclair @mossieposse.bsky.social · 11h

At least it doesn't reference fish (which is apparently his favourite dish!)

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Johnnie Johnstone @johnniejohnstone.bsky.social · 1d

Best Action Man line up ever.
Nicked from Kerry Richards on FB.
#Dexys

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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 1d

This one's for Robert Jenrick and every other racist wanker out there.

Babylon is falling. It was foolish to build it on the sand. Handsworth shall stand. Firm like Jah rock. Fighting back.

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Steel Pulse - Handsworth Revolution - Live 1979

YouTube video by NeatLittleMan

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Derek Sinclair @mossieposse.bsky.social · 1d

I'm also partial to this lovely version by BJ Smith

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Runnin' (Original Mix)

YouTube video by B.J. Smith - Topic

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Derek Sinclair @mossieposse.bsky.social · 1d

Here's a breakdown of the drums

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Derek Sinclair @mossieposse.bsky.social · 1d

Dilla rather graciously agreed to re-record another live improvised kick pattern and that's what we now hear. It doesn't repeat for 20 bars. According to my drummer son this was not only unprecedented in hip-hop but the very reason it sounds so great!

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Derek Sinclair @mossieposse.bsky.social · 1d

Fatlip didn't like the kick drum pattern (it's deliberately out of synch). When everyone was out for lunch he sneaked back to the studio and re-recorded it (deleting the original version that Dilla had improvised live). An enraged Trey opened up a can of whup ass - Fatlip left with a fat lip.

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Derek Sinclair @mossieposse.bsky.social · 1d

Runnin’ by The Pharcyde is 30 today! A stunning production by Dilla featuring a beautiful Luiz Bonfa guitar sample. It's renowned for its improvised kick drum pattern – a beat so dope it caused a fistfight between Fatlip and Slimkid Trey. Rest easy J Dilla.

The Pharcyde - Runnin'

YouTube video by Fattypatty

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 1d

Coverage of Jenrick today basically amounts to sane-washing. He didn't criticise judges. He claimed there was a conspiracy by certain judges, who he had discovered and could number, to undermine British law and create open borders.

ʀak @raksky.bsky.social · 1d

“… a sort of mad McCarthyite scream of paranoia and anxiety of the sort which he has now branded himself… he is living entirely inside of his little mind…”

Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social nails Robert Jenrick’s plans for “activist” judges during Sky News’ Press Preview.

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Derek Sinclair @mossieposse.bsky.social · 2d

I can't wait. 🍿

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Derek Sinclair @mossieposse.bsky.social · 2d

Happy birthday to Richard Jobson, brilliant frontman of the Skids. His dance moves - as illustrated in the video below - are still aped by men of a certain age at 60th birthday parties the length and breadth of Scotland.

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The Skids - Working For The Yankee Dollar Live The Old Grey Whistle Test (OGWT) 1979

YouTube video by TravisBickle1963

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Derek Sinclair @mossieposse.bsky.social · 2d

Absolute classic! 🔥

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Derek Sinclair @mossieposse.bsky.social · 2d

No. Pray tell..

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Derek Sinclair @mossieposse.bsky.social · 2d

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Shut Up And Dance - Lamborghini (Live on Dancedaze - 1990)

YouTube video by WebstaHeroes

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Derek Sinclair @mossieposse.bsky.social · 2d

Dance Before the Police Come! was released OTD 35 years ago. Shut Up and Dance didn't set out to revolutionise rave culture. They were Hackney b-boys wanting hip-hop fast enough to dance to. But in mixing hip-hop with breakbeat house and reggae they laid many of the foundations for jungle.

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Derek Sinclair @mossieposse.bsky.social · 3d

Aye. He often flies past me at Govan Parkrun.

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Derek Sinclair @mossieposse.bsky.social · 3d

Well done Johnnie. Hope you beat your brothers.

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Derek Sinclair @mossieposse.bsky.social · 3d

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Derek Sinclair @mossieposse.bsky.social · 5d

Woah! Tip, Nas, KRS and Mos Def. Dream Team stuff!

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Derek Sinclair @mossieposse.bsky.social · 6d

😱

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Pablo Gad - Bloodsuckers

YouTube video by Reggae Dub Roots Good Vibes

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Johnnie Johnstone @johnniejohnstone.bsky.social · 6d

The Stooges recording the handclaps on ‘No Fun’, early ‘69.

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Derek Sinclair @mossieposse.bsky.social · 6d

Yes he has great taste. Sampled Merlin and Daddy Freddy on more than one occasion. Also dropped Untitled by Hardnoise in his Dirtchamber mix.

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Derek Sinclair @mossieposse.bsky.social · 6d

Brilliant thread Tom, as always. The Prodigy also liberally sampled the Sindecut for We are the Roughest. Hope Noddy and Fingers got paid!

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wrongtom @wrongtom.bsky.social · 6d

One of my favourite Sindecut releases came out after they were dropped by Virgin. I think they could’ve made a go of it but internal clashes led to the break up www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnkU...

The Sindecut ‎– Melody

YouTube video by shibata toshikazu

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