Proper - Takes me back to Fantasy FM London rave adverts

the band 'Shut up & Dance with a track called 'The Green Man' 1992.

Philip Anthony Johnson (PJ) & Carlton Nevile Hyman (smiley) Smiley, PJ, DJ Daddy & DJ Hype had built a sound system called Heatwave. They broke into many buildings to start their own illegal raves back in 1986. Smiley & PJ were rappers on the sound system but were also trying to get a record deal. No one would sign them up, and so they started their own label, Shut Up And Dance Records. The name came from the title of one of the songs on their demo tape.

Their first release was a track titled "5,6,7,8", which was sold straight out of the boot of PJs Ford Escort, with follow-ups such as "£10.00 To Get In", "£20.00 To Get In", "Lamborghini", & "Derek Went Mad" (Dance Before The Police Come album), which were all massive underground anthems. The follow up album Death Is Not The End contained such monsters as "Raving Im Raving" & "The Green Man". Success brought expansion, and expansion brought artists such as Ragga Twins, The (Reggae Owes Me Money-Album), Nicolette (Now Is Early-Album), Peter Bouncer And Ade to name a few. All the above artist were produced by Shut Up & Dance and soon other artists were signed to the label who produced their own music: Codine, MC Duke, Cedrick Winkelburger etc. 

Smiley & PJ also started other labels, such as Red Light (2) (Drum & Bass), Ruff Quality Recordings (Experimental Breaks) & the more recent New Deal Recordings, which is a 2 Step/Garage breakbeat outlet responsible for such classics as True Vip & Holdtight .

The Green Man - Shut up and Dance

Manix - Oblivion (Head In The Clouds)

Urban Hype : Feel The Heat 1992

u can't beat the system...just go with the flow!

The Criminal Minds - Baptised By Dub [Original Fire) (www.myfreesongs.cc)

This track was the one that exposed me to the reason the invention of the "Bass Bin" I was so high from the music I could not even see straight. Play this loud or dont play it all. . . . 

Urban Shakedown - Some Justice (Original Mix)

02 Don't Hold Back 91 (Blappstramental)

Bug Kann & Plastic Jam - Made In Two Minutes (Rave Mix)
Dance Till You Drop Records
1991

Bug Kann & Plastic Jam - Made In Two Minutes (Rave Mix)

My remix of Zero-B's Lock Up. Bomb of a track this one. Full track now on FREE DOWNLOAD.

Zero - B - Lock Up (HUD Rework) - FREE DOWNLOAD

First release on ZTT's Label, Reaching 63 in the National charts , our first real feel for sales... 
Although this is the same version as on the frequency Album, I have included it again as the quality is better than the frequency albums 9 track on a 12" quality.

01 Shades Of Rhythm - Homicide - ZTT - CD

Rhythm Quest - Closer To All Your Dreams  Hybrid Mix

4 Hero-Mr Kirks Nightmare

Welcome to the Shades of Rhythm Sound Cloud. Here we hope to start uploading the history of Shades of Rhythm in the form of Vinyl releases from 1987 acetates to 2009 Remixes. We have dug deep and to start the cloud off we have found our first 2 Acetates we pressed to play in our DJ sets way back in 1987 followed by our very first release on Stevie V's label Beatbox International back in 1988. 
Shades of Rhythm are Nick Slater, Kevin Lancaster & Rayan Hepburn but on these very early releases we had a fourth member, Colin "Wildcat" Tyson who was a huge influence on the band. Cat always wanted his own label & didn't want to sign his music to a another record label and in 1988 decided to go it alone. 
Next up was the Frequency album, our first Album, pressed up by ourselves and responsible for kickstarting our musical endeavours. The Frequency Album was Naive yet fresh and will always bring back fond memories of that time. We literally sold the vinyl out the boot of our car to places like Spin Inn  Records in Manchester & Mash records in London. 
While The Frequency Album was busy getting signed we put out the Fenland Bass EP. We released it on our SOR Recordings label (SOR 002) under the artist name "Frenzied Bass". Not sure why? Probably so as not to interfere with the forthcoming ZTT releases. 
Our Records were getting played and our first Remixes came in, one from an Indie band called Habit and a track called Power. The other from 2 friends of ours from Peterborough, Dave Allen & Simon Brownlie, recording under the name Tranquillizer for Casper Pounds label Rising High.
Next up the ZTT years...


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