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artist : rockers hifi
title : transmission central
year : 1998
genre : lo-fi
label : different drummer
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ripper : karmacoma
rls-date : 06-nov-2000
encoder : fhg radium mp3 codec v1.263
quality : 192kbps/44,100hz
source : vinyl
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a1 transmission central (album mix) 5:55
b1 transmission central (remixed by thievery corporation) 4:51
b2 mic check 7:29
3 tracks (00h 18m 15s)
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recycling the dub aesthetic of the 1970s and applying it to '90s
trip-hop and electronica, rockers hi-fi formed in 1991 when dj dick
(aka richard whittingham), a reformed punk, rare-groove and
acid-house mixer, met up with rock & roller glyn bush. at first
known as original rockers (a salute to an augustus pablo lp), the
duo borrowed a friend's mixer and began cutting it up on their
debut single "breathless," recorded for the pair's cake label.
after renaming the imprint different drummer and themselves rockers
hi-fi -- in deference to pablo's request -- dj dick and bush added
a rapper named mc farda p. and released "push push." by the time of
their debut album rockers to rockers (more a collection of singles
than a full-length work), the group began moving heavily into
ambient-dub and what later became known as trip-hop. a licensing
deal with island and positive reviews from critics gained them
notice, and a well-received tour of the u.k. and u.s. proved that
the studio boffins could rock the joint as well. after the release
of a dub remix album, music is immortal, rockers hi-fi came back
with their second full-length, mish mash.
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greetings to sweetbeats, quadrophenia, sour, mindscape, emission
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