Man Parrish ‘Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don’t Stop)’

byRobert Harris
April 11, 2024

Man Parrish tells the blistering story behind his futuristic and uncompromising 1982 floorfiller ‘Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don’t Stop)’ – barks and all

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Robert Harris

The Go! Team, ‘Thunder, Lightening, Strike’

byBob Fischer

The Go! Team’s Ian Parton looks back on his complex relationship with ‘Ladyflash’, the breakthrough single from their debut album, ‘Thunder, Lightening, Strike’

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Japan, ‘Gentlemen Take Polaroids’, (Virgin Records)

byRosie Morgan

Synth master Richard Barbieri remembers the heady days of 1980 and gives us the full skinny on Japan’s first single for Virgin Records

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Paul Hardcastle ’19’

byJo Kendall

A Vietnam documentary, revolutionary sampling kit and a young musician who needed to kickstart a new career. In 1985, Paul Hardcastle shook up electronic pop with ‘19’

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A Certain Ratio ‘Shack Up’

byRob Harris

Martin Moscrop talks us through A Certain Ratio’s cover version of Banbarra’s 1975 funk barnstormer, ‘Shack Up’

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Timothy London ‘Hippychick’

byIan Berriman

Soho’s Timothy London reflects on their 1990 hit, ‘Hippychick’, which fuses the central riff from The Smiths’ ‘How Soon Is Now?’ to a Soul II Soul beat

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The RAH Band ‘The Crunch’

byBob Fischer

Richard Anthony Hewson – aka The RAH Band – remembers his 1977 Top 10 single ‘The Crunch’

Man Parrish ‘Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don’t Stop)’

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Robert Harris

The Go! Team, ‘Thunder, Lightening, Strike’

Japan, ‘Gentlemen Take Polaroids’, (Virgin Records)

Paul Hardcastle ’19’

A Certain Ratio ‘Shack Up’

Timothy London ‘Hippychick’

The RAH Band ‘The Crunch’

Keith “Radioactive Man” Tenniswood

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Man Parrish ‘Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don’t Stop)’

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