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The Beatmasters

Sunday, September 25th, 2011

Listen: Ska Train / The Beatmasters
Ska

Even after the ska revival, the one in the late 70′s to be exact, the occasional act would do an admittedly modern, but usually pretty great version of a classic. Or write one that sounded like a cover from old.

‘Ska Train’ comes to mind. Not shying away from The Beatmasters’ then curent pop/acid house/dancey techno success, they issued this as a B side. Along with Longsy D’s House Sound’s, it remains a favorite.

Longsy D’s House Sound

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

LongsyDSka, Longsy D's House Sound, Big One Records

Listen: This Is Ska (Skacid Mix) / Longsy D’s House Sound LongsyD.mp3

I felt one of those late 80′s / early 90′s acid house moments coming on over the past weekend, so pulled out a few that were my staples in the day. No one ever mentions it, but ska had yet another revival of sorts during the E craze. Remember The Beatmasters’ ‘Ska Train’ or Rebel MC’s ‘Street Tuff’? I must post those soon.

The more or maybe most hardcore acid/ska floor filler,as the natives like to say, was definitely Longsy D’s House Sound ‘This Is Ska’. Fuck, it even charted. Yes, I recall riding around London with Crowley, Radio 1 beaming this down the airwaves and out of the dashboard, Friday, dinnertime traffic jam, Soho, looking for a place to park along Dean Street en route to Grauchos. If only we could turn back the clock.