23 Skidoo

Profile:Early compatriots of Cabaret Voltaire and Throbbing Gristle on Britain's experimental/industrial scene.
Named after a mysterious Illuminati phrase that appeared in the work of Aleister Crowley, William Burroughs and filmmaker Julian Biggs. Formed 1979 in London.
Group Members:
-Alex Turnbull (Bass, Percussion, Trumpet, Drums, Chant)
-Johnny Turnbull (Bass, Clarinet, Guitar, Percussion, Conga, Horn, Vocals, Chant, Tape, Tapes, Tibetan Trumpet)
-Fritz Catlin (Bass, Violin, Drums, Vocals, Tape, Tapes)
-Sketch (Bass)
URLs:http://www.ltmpub.freeserve.co.uk/23skidoobio.html
Members:Alex Turnbull, David Michael Bunting, Fritz Catlin, Johnny Turnbull, Sam Mills (3), Sketch Martin, Tom Heslop
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Releases:
Ethics (7")   Pineapple Products 1981
Last Words (7", Promo)   Fetish Records 1981
The Gospel Comes To New Guinea / Last Words (12")   Fetish Records 1981
Seven Songs (MiniAlbum, Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Fetish Records ... 1982
Tearing Up The Plans (12")   Pineapple Products, Fetish Records 1982
Coup (12")   Illuminated Records 1983
The Culling Is Coming (Album) ◄ (6 versions)   Operation Twilight ... 1983
Language (12")   Illuminated Records 1984
Language / Coup (12")   Dro 1984
Seven Songs / Tranquiliser I & II (VHS, RE)   Doublevision 1984
Urban Gamelan (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Illuminated Records ... 1984
23 Skidoo Vs. The Assassins With Soul (12")   Illuminated Records 1986
400 Blows / 23 Skidoo Assemblage (12")   Saderal 1986
Just Like Everybody (Comp) ◄ (2 versions)   Mayking ... 1987
Sulphuric Beats '88 (12", Promo)   Fresher Records (2), Fresher Records (2) 1988
23 Skidoo (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Virgin 2000
Ayu (12", W/Lbl, Promo)   Not On Label 2000
Dawning (Maxi, Single) ◄ (4 versions)   Virgin 2000
The Gospel Comes To New Guinea / Coup (12")   Ronin Records 2001
Just Like Everybody Part Two (CD, Album)   Ronin Records 2002
The Gospel Comes To New Guinea (CD, Comp, Album)   Ronin Records 2002
Just Like Everybody (2xCD, RE)   LTM Publishing (Les Temps Modernes) 2008
The Gospel According To... (CD, Promo)   Chrysalis  
Untitled (12", TP, W/Lbl)   Ronin Records  
Remixes:
Symphony No.25910 (12", Promo)   Ape Sounds 2001
It Takes A Nation - The First London Invasion Tour 1987 (DVD, NTSC + CD) Do You Wanna Go Our Wa... SlamMedia 2005
Bring That Beat Back (CD) Do You Wanna Go Our Wa... Koch Records, Def Beat Posse, Slam Jamz 2006
Poison Remixes (12") Do You Wanna Go Our Wa... PIAS UK  
Production:
The Last Testament (LP, Comp) Last Words Fetish Records 1983
Funky Alternatives 1 (LP, Comp) Shugyosha Step Concrete Productions 1987
Rough Trade Shops - Post Punk 01 (2xCD) Last Words Mute Records Ltd. 2003
Appears On:
Into The Dragon (Album) ◄ (11 versions) Dynamite Beats Rhythm King Records ... 1988
Far-Out Son Of Lung And The Ramblings Of A Madman (CD, Single) Snake Hips Virgin, Virgin 1995
Nine O'Clock Drop (CD, Album, Comp) Coup, Vegas El Bandito Nuphonic 2000
Ape Sounds Remix (CD, Album, Dig) Symphony No. 25910 (23... Toy's Factory 2001
Brings You.... The Art Of Flipping Channels ◄ (2 versions) Dynamite Beats Antidote 2005
Arabian Knightmares (CD) Bourbon Gamelan Tesco Organisation 2006
Tracks Appear On:
Sex Sweat And Blood ◄ (2 versions) Aversion Beggars Banquet 1982
Bethel (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Maccay Serasse Not On Label 1983
The Last Testament (LP, Comp) Last Words, Hawaii 5-0 Fetish Records 1983
Alkhemïstïk Research (Cass, Ltd) Szene Wien, 20583 Al Khemi 1984
Heavy Duty Breaks ◄ (2 versions) F.U. G.I., Coup Illuminated Records ... 1984
In.Car Entertainment (Cass, Album) Language Illuminated Records 1984
Funky Alternatives 1 (LP, Comp) Shugyosha Step Concrete Productions 1987
Funky Alternatives Volume One And Two (CD, Comp) Shugysha Step Trance Records 1988
Funky Alternatives, 18 Exclusive Techno Remixes (Cass) Shugyosha Step ROIR (Reachout International Records) 1991
Jazz Satellites Volume 1: Electrification (2xCD) The Gospel Comes To Ne... Virgin 1996
Exclusive Alternatives (The Best Of Funky Alternatives) (CD, Comp) Shugyosha Step Cleopatra 1997
Industrial Virus (3xCD, Comp + Box) Shugyosha Step Dressed To Kill, Dressed To Kill 1997
Industrial Hazard (3xCD + Box) Shugysha Step Dressed To Kill 1998
Alternator One: Best Of Funky Alternatives (CD, Comp) Shugyosha Step New Millennium Communications, New Millennium Communications 1999
Industrial Meltdown (3xCD) Shugyosha Step Cleopatra 1999
Dirty (CD) Dusk To Dawn Sleazenation Magazine 2000
Nine O'Clock Drop (Album, Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Coup, Vegas El Bandito Nuphonic 2000
Groundrhythm (CD, Mixed, Comp) IY Toy's Factory 2001
In The Beginning There Was Rhythm (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Coup, Vegas El Bandito Soul Jazz Records 2001
Rundfunk - Rhythmus Einer Stadt (Oliver Scotoni Und Alex Dallas) (2xCD, Comp) Atmosfear Universal 2001
Social Classics Vol. 1: Stuart Patterson Presents Deviant (CD, Mixed, Promo) Dawning Heavenly 2001
Social Classics Vol. 1: Stuart Patterson Presents Deviant (CD, Mixed) Dawning Heavenly 2001
Machines And Noise (Volume 1) (CD) Shugyosha Step Mastertech Pty Ltd. 2002
The Late Lounge (2xCD, Comp) Where You At Jazz FM Records 2002
The Wire Tapper 8 (CD) Kundalini Wire Magazine 2002
Rough Trade Shops - Post Punk 01 (2xCD) Last Words Mute Records Ltd. 2003
Jet Set Edit Style (CD) Coup Jet Set Records, Japan 2004
I Can't Live Without My Radio (CD) G.I. (Joakim Edit) Tigersushi 2005
Rare Trax Vol. 44 - The Dark Stuff (CD, Comp, Car) Coup Rolling Stone (Germany) 2006
Electric Brain Storms Vol.4 (File, MP3, Mixed, 320) Misr Wakening The Pod Room 2009
Discordia Dancefloor (Cass, Album) Coup (In The Palace) Illuminated Records  
Unofficial Releases:
Wessen Das? / Kundalini (12") Kundalini Golden Goose 2007
User Reviews:
Yage_2097, May 10, 2004

One of these unique great early industrial groups. Mixing Industrial, Ambient, World Music, Funk , Hip-Hop and Dance, they established soundscapes and beats, which would later be know as Bigbeat or Breakbeat.
FSOL and the Chemical Borthers sampled them. The Chemical Brothers would later get a Grammy for their track "Block Rockin Beats" which is mainly based on a sampled and ripped guitar-riff from 23 Skidoos track "Coup".

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