- published: 30 Jun 2012
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Coldcut are an English dance music duo, comprising Matt Black and Jonathan More. Their signature style is electronic dance music, featuring cut up samples of hip hop, breaks, jazz, spoken word and various other types of music, as well as video and multimedia.
In 1986, computer programmer Matt Black and ex-art teacher Jonathan More were part time DJs on the rare groove scene. More also DJed on pirate radio, hosting the Meltdown Show on Kiss FM and worked at the Reckless Records store on Berwick Street, London where Black visited as a customer. Black had created a mixtape for a Capital Radio mix competition. He played the tape to More who suggested a separate edit be made of part of the mix. Black had mixed the Jungle Book's "King of the Swingers" with the break from James Brown's "Funky Drummer". This was the start of a collaboration that was released as "Say Kids What Time Is It?" on a white label in January 1987.
Later in the year, after Black joined Kiss FM with his own mix-based show, the pair eventually joined forces for their own show, Solid Steel. During the year, the duo adopted the name Coldcut and set up a record label, "Ahead of Our Time", to release the single "Beats + Pieces" (one of the formats also included "That Greedy Beat"). All of these tracks were made by the assembly of spliced tape edits that would sometimes run "all over the room". The duo used sampling from Led Zeppelin to James Brown.
Actors: Jason Bentley (actor), Carl Cox (actor), Valerian Bennett (editor), Lee Supercinski (producer), Valerian Bennett (writer), Valerian Bennett (director), Michael W. Abbott (producer), Sven Väth (actor), Michael W. Abbott (producer), Jonathon Moore (actor), Daniel (actor),
Genres: Documentary,Doctorin' the house
doctorin'
doctorin'.
We've got a hot one for you
can you take care of it?
We've got a hot one for you
can you take care of it?
Yeah
you just hit me!
Listen
listen
listen for the beatbox - beat dis!
Now who's jackin' the house? That wicked plastic man.
Doctorin' the house
doctorin'
We're doctorin' the house
doctorin'
doctorin'!
So clap your hands to what he's doin'! Woh
yeah
yeah!
Who stole the cookie from the cookie iar?
baby
you want to dance with me?
That's right
it's an attack!
what a great record! I say
I say.
The sound of now! That wicked plastic man.
Doctorin' the house
doctorin'
Listen
listen
listen for the beatbox - beat dis!
Now who's jackin' the house? That wicked plastic man.
How do they do that? It's really quite simple.
You just mingle! That wicked plastic man.
Doctorin' the house
doctorin'
sure is cruel of you cats to leave me all alone
By myself to watch this little old kid playing actually.
Say kids
what time is it?
It's time for house. I am the magnificent!
Give it to me
give it to me
give it to me
give it to me.
The music maker.
Doctorin' the house
doctorin'
my godness!
you'll see the plastic men are coming!
They're coming! Ha