1 post tagged “23 skidoo”
Upon discovering, just last year (fashionably late again) that A Primary Industry had morphed into Ultramarine in 1990, I got Ultramarine's first album, Folk. It's a nice extension of the softer side of API, with lots of layered reeds (from both woodwinds and accordions) loping, dubby basslines. The bassline for "Bullprong" sounded familiar...
... because it's lifted straight out of 23 Skidoo's "Language"--
Granted, it's only the bassline for part of the song, and Ultramarine builds a different musical environment on top of it, and it's no more blatant than a lot of sampling that goes on, and both bands came out of England's 80s "industrial" scene, so I guess it's okay. Now that I've called out API for copying Pigbag, and Ultramarine for copying 23 Skidoo, I'm going to make an effort to find a strikingly original Ultramarine song to post here. And I've got more to say about 23 Skidoo, but it's a bit of a jumble at the moment so that will have to wait, too. Enjoy these two tracks in the meantime.
