COCKNEY BOP by Trouble & Strife
ORIGINALLY RELEASED 2004 / CAT # NT3
TROUBLE & STRIFE ARE 2 EAST-END FUNK MUPPETS WHO SUPPORT THEIR LOVE OF ELECTRO & DUB WITH A WEEKLY MARKET STALL SELLING RUGS AND STUFF.
NANNY TANGO STUMBLED UPON THEIR NU-SKIFFLE, BARROW BOY BEATS AT A LADIES DARTS FINAL IN PECKHAM. IMPRESSED BY THEIR ABILITY TO GET A ROOM FULL OF PENSIONERS JUMPING LIKE IT WAS V-DAY, LABEL BOSS ALAN GUBBY (JUNG COLLECTIVE) SIGNED EM ON!
COCKNEY BOP IS A GROOVY, EAST-END CALL TO ARMS, FEATURING SHUFFLING ELECTRO BREAKS, A ROLLING BASS LINE, KAZOOS, THE OLD JOANNA & SNIPPETS OF PEARLY WISDOM.
ON VERY LIMITED 7” VINYL WITH A REMIX BY ALDO VANUCCI (CATSKILLS), + AN ELECTRO-DUB VERSION & BONUS TRACK ‘PIN CO. BOW’ THROWN IN AT NO EXTRA COST. ADAM & EVE IT!
*bonus download content - cockney bop viral video & pdf poster*
REVIEWS:
‘HONOURED TO GET AN EAR ‘OLE OF COCKNEY BOP!’
MARK WEBSTER
‘LIKING THIS LITTLE BEAUTY VERY MUCH’
FLEVANS, TRU THOUGHTS
‘100% HILARIOUS!’ ROB DA BANK
‘QUIRKY MADNESS & CHUNKY BEATS’ JON KENNEDY
‘COR BLIMEY, IT’S NICE!’ JONATHAN KRISP, COOKSHOP
‘LOVIN THE CHAS & DAVE STYLEE – PROPER VILLAIN MUSIC!’
SI BEGG, NOODLES
‘VERY FUNNY’ ROB LUIS, TRU THOUGHTS
‘LOVING THE RUB A DUB MIX – TOP STUFF’
DEISLER, TRU THOUGHTS
‘VERY NICE INDEED!’ TIM ‘LOVE’ LEE, TUMMY TOUCH
“REALLY COOL TUNE – LIKING THE B-BOY FUNK VIBE!”
TOM STRAUCH, SWITCHSTANCE
‘the most interesting, intriguing & mysterious release I've seen in a while, mixing fat Catskills beats with choice pieces of wisdom from a cockney geezer…the hallmarks of a highly collectable little package’
FATCITY
You'll be throwing yourself down the apples 'n 'pears if you don't pick up on this... it’ll have you laughing out loud and breakin' on the dance floor... broken beat nu-funk meets Alf Garnett + Chas 'n' Dave!!! I know it sounds weird but it works! Get this 7" treat of a jellied eels down your Gregory Peck...Very recommended, very limited - check!
JUMBO RECORDS
Tracklist
| 1. | COCKNEY BOP rub-a-dub version | 3:51 |
| 2. | COCKNEY BOP aldo vanucci version | 3:07 |
| 3. | COCKNEY BOP original version | 3:47 |
| 4. | COCKNEY BOP dub demo | 3:58 |
| 5. | PIN Co. BOW | 3:19 |
Credits
PERFORMED BY TROUBLE & STRIFE. PRODUCED BY ALAN GUBBY
