** Exclusive remix from Bigger than Barry records **
RELEASE DATE : 19/10/2009
Stirring up fervorous interest on music blogs around the country, Bigger than Barry’s previous release Shorterz 99 – Enigma Groove (Rip Groove Dubstep Mix) set dance floors alight and has been championed by the likes of Annie Mac to Toddla T. This Scarlet Harlots release will first be sold exclusively to BEATPORT from 19/10/2009, but will be available from all other online stores after 2nd November.
Us, Scarlet Harlots, are inspired by a lot musically. It takes a certain flare though in the indie/rock sound to catch our ear. Gang of Four do just that.
“Gang Of Four is one of the most radical, and radically important, rock groups of the last 30 years. Their music, starting with 1978’s ‘Damaged Goods’ EP, offered a danceable solution to the problem of where four-piece guitar bands could go next after punk. They also provided the perfect answer to the question: how to be polemical without being po-faced, ponderous, banal or doctrinaire?
Four young men in their early twenties who convened in the late ’70s in Leeds, they were the first white rock group to come up with the idea that using contemporary funk and reggae rhythms might be an interesting way forward for rock’n'roll, a way out of punk’s cul de sac. With Andy Gill slashing away on guitar over the Dave Allen/Hugo Burnham rhythm section while Jon King declaimed over the top about love as disease or the torture of prisoners in Northern Ireland like a deranged demagogue, Gang Of Four were like Wilko Johnson of Dr Feelgood jamming with Parliament-Funkadelic produced by Lee Perry as a Radio 4 newsreader intoned balefully in the background.
More than anything, Gang Of Four were about visceral, high energy, maximum impact rock’n'roll. They made you dance and they made you sweat just as they made you think. That exclamation mark at the end of the title of their 1979 debut album Entertainment! – incidentally, one of the greatest debut albums ever made; in fact, one of the greatest long-playing records, period – was no accident or sleight of design. Nor were they rentagobs or rabble-rousers. They managed to inveigle complex ideas into powerful songs that were provocative yet simply thrilling. The music on that debut long-player was born out of a specific time in history, the result of a series of very specific circumstances and conditions – social, economic, emotional, political, musical – and yet it remains as true, as resonant, as relevant, as universally applicable three decades on as it was the day it was released.”
Number 1 -
On road in Birmingham, London, Sheffield, Warwickshire etc…
Check for -
Toddla T – Goldie – Bigger Than Barry lot – Sarah-Jane Crawford (1Xtra) – Eddie Jordan (Formula 1) – Serocee – Rusko – The Metros – Shake Aletti – Janice Long (BBC) – Tinie Tempah – etc etc…
Number 2 -
On road in Coventry, Birmingham, Wales, London, EMI Studios etc…
Check this for – Man Like Me etc…
Tune – Tempa T – Next Hype (Funky Remix)..
Thank you, firstly, for coming to the studio yesterday. I have to apologise retrospectively for what I subsequently found out was a less than adequate sound quality coming from the guests’ mic, which it appears is a new problem freshly sprung up to join the others the station is encountering.
I’m afraid, though, that the greater problem I have concerns one of the tracks, by the band 35 Seconds, you asked me to play and which, as I was informed later, contained ”offensive” language. The consequence of it having been played on my programme is that I will probably be removed by the station, which has a zero tolerance policy with regards offensive language being broadcast, since this can result in broadcasting licences being revoked in addition to causing offence to listeners
The responsibility for content is ultimately mine and I normally listen through the complete tracks before I bring in anything to play, I mistakenly assumed that two grown men who have worked long enough in the music business would know that some things can’t be broadcast, especially around lunchtime during school holidays, and would have the sense to pick a track that didn’t have the word “fuck” repeated ad nauseum in it, but I suppose you’re never too old to learn.
I’ll not pretend that my regrets over the situation aren’t almost entirely for myself and the loss of something I enjoy so much even if I’m not great at it, but I do regret very much that a small avenue for many local bands to be given an opportunity to have their music played on air will be closed. .
Yours sincerely,
Eileen Clarke.”
What we said –
”Hello Eileen,
Thanks for having us. We’ve done endless radio interviews, and have always been notified prior if there is a problem with swearing. As SCRatch is a Student Union station, broadcasting to Students over the age of 18, and there was no mention of keeping our DJ tracks to a certain specification, we presumed that the track by 35 Seconds (an unsigned local act) had more than a right to some air time.
It is to our shock that you let the track air, with no problem, even praising it once it finished, and then today contact us complaining of the profanity problem.
We apologise for the misunderstanding and hope you can continue with SCRatch.”
Soz Eileen! Giving some love to another Birmingham crew 35 Seconds.
