
Though the Cenacs and the Craftons continued to record periodically until 1989, they didn't hit the R&B charts after 1986. Without a unmarried as noteworthy as "Occlude on Revenge" or "Estimator Age," and with the advent of Run-D.M.C.'s organic, rock-influenced approach to rap music music, Newcleus faded cursorily. Jam On This The Best Of Newcleus: 1997: 11: 320. Destination: Earth - The Definitive Newcleus Recordings: 2006: 12: 320: 1.92: Buy now Add to cart. Newcleus Classic Double Pack V: 2007: 5: 228: 0.80: Buy now Add to cart. The first Newcleus LP, Jam on Revenge, was a turn of a disappointment, and their sec album, Blank Is the Place, did even more unwell upon press release in 1984. Album title Year Tracks Bitrate Price Order Jam On It: 2007: 4: 320: 0.64: Buy now Add to cart. "Calculator Age (Press the Button)" was a more mature undivided, with accomplished rapping and better synthesist personal effects, and it also stumble the R&B Top 40. The unmarried hit Top 40 on the R&B charts in 1983, and its follow-up, "Jam on It," did well on even the pop charts. A vast street success, the track became known on the side as "the Wikki-Wikki song" (subsequently the forbear) when it was re-released after that twelvemonth on Sunnyview Records, it had become "Jam on Revenge (The Wikki-Wikki Song)." The track, "Jam-On's Revenge," impressed producer Joe Webb more than the other Newcleus material, and it became the group's first undivided, released in 1983 on Mayhew Records. With several proceedings left at the end of the tape, Newcleus recorded a favorite from their block parties, with each member's vocals sped up to resemble the Chipmunks. (The quartet named their group Newcleus as a consequence of the orgasm together of their families.)īy this prison term, Cenac had begun to roll up a collection of electronic recording equipment, and the quartette recorded a demonstration tape of material. Many members - MCs as well as DJs - came and went as the group played block parties all o'er the borough, and by 1979, the grouping centered around Cenac, his future wife Yvette "Lady E" Cook, Monique Angevin, and her future hubby, Bob "Chilly B" Crafton. The origins of Newcleus lay in a 1977 Brooklyn DJ corporate known as Jam-On Productions, including Ben "Cozmo D" Cenac, his cousin Monique Angevin, and her buddy Pete (all teenagers and still in high school).
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Download in stores via Jam-On Productions.Although they recorded but two albums, Newcleus contributed one truthful electro authoritative in "Jam on Revenge (The Wikki-Wikki Song)," which has been immortalized on hundreds of hip-hop mixtapes and ofttimes included in regular techno DJs' sets. Jam On It / Teknology Remixes is now available on 12" vinyl via Ground Control in limited black and clear blue pressings. While "Jam On It" gets the trademark Electrocore treatment by Jackal and Hyde (Scott Weiser, USA) with hard beats, spooky synths and vocoder dubs, the second song "Teknology", remixed by UK's Gods of Technology (Phil Klein aka Bass Junkie and Simon Brown aka The Dexorcist), goes smoother with a fat driving bassline and a jazzy, spacy feel.


Without a single as noteworthy as 'Jam on Revenge' or 'Computer Age', and with the advent of Run-DMC's organic, rock-influenced approach to rap music, Newcleus faded quickly. With release number ten, German retro-Electro label Ground Control pays respect to the legendary 1980s New York Hip Hop ~ Electrofunk group Newcleus with two of their biggest classics remixed. The first Newcleus LP, Jam on Revenge, was a bit of a disappointment, and their second album, Space Is the Place, did even more poorly upon release in 1984. ▶ DOWNLOAD via iTunes, Beatport, Amazon, JunoDownload etc.

▶ 12" VINYL available via Ground Control Records from: Newcleus - Jam On It / Teknology Remixes (GC-010)
