Pumpkin
Real Name:
Eroll Bedward
Profile:
The late Erol "Pumpkin" Bedward was a legendary multi-instrument arranger (best known as a drummer) behind a lot of records on Enjoy, Profile and Tuff City, and, most famously, performed the "disco-skip" on Spoonie Gee's "Love Rap." Incredible funk back tracks, each one unique--unlike other bands at the time ('79, '80, '81, etc.) whose tracks are so incestuous. He was also a drum machine innovator, recognized as "king of the beats" before Mantronik. One of Pumpkin's nastiest pieces is the "instrumental" B-side to Fantasy Three's "Biters in The City," which, with its haunting Vocoder drone is anything but instrumental. They also use a flanged-type vocoder effect later on the "instrumental."
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He is NOT to be confused with another DJ using the name of "Pumpkin" who has since died of AIDS. While the second "Pumpkin" was responsible for a number of his own releases, it's the original Pumpkin -- who is still alive and well, by the way -- who is the true "King of the Beat".