The Beatmasters bring you the "Good Old Daze"

Sunday 27th February 2022

Release date: Out now Label: Happy? Recordings

The Beatmasters are an English electronic music group who gained success in the UK in the late 1980s with four top 20 hit singles. They then went on to produce and remix records for many other artists. The group's string of chart hit singles include "Burn It Up" (featuring PP Arnold), "Hey DJ! (I Can't Dance To That Music You're Playing)" (featuring Betty Boo), "Who's In The House" (featuring Merlin) and "Rok da House" (featuring Cookie Crew).The latter, having been recorded in 1986, is one of the earliest examples of hip house and most likely the first song of the genre. Hip house is a subgenre of house music which features rap vocals performed over a house rhythm track.

The group had seven UK chart singles, including the No. 14 hit "Burn It Up", which featured P. P. Arnold and "Rok da House" with the Cookie Crew, which was their first and biggest hit, peaking at No. 5 in early 1988. Another notable single was "Hey DJ - I Can't Dance to that Music You're Playing" / "Ska Train", which introduced the rapper/singer Betty Boo to the general public and gave the group a No. 7 chart hit in 1989.

The Beatmasters forged a successful writing, remixing and production career. Their first success as a duo came in 1991 with a reworking of the re-released Shamen single "Move Any Mountain/Progen91" which charted at No. 4. In 1992, production work commenced on the Shamen album Boss Drum, which included the singles "LSI (Love Sex Intelligence)", "Phorever People" and the highly controversial "Ebeneezer Goode" the latter spending a month at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart. They went on to write, produce and remix for many other artists including Marc Almond, Pet Shop Boys, Blur, Moby, David Bowie and Depeche Mode, amongst many others.

Still going strong, the Beatmasters continue to produce quality dance / pop music c/o newly formed duo Paul Carter (from the original line up) & Pete Brazier. Their first release in several decades comes here c/o Happy? Recordings as they bring you their retro feel good vibes on "Good Old Daze" that will feature in some seriously strong remixes in the coming months too !

Posted by Craig Jones