Rugged, Raw, Rapid and Ruthless, like a British Public Enemy perhaps, TCM rank alongside legends of Britcore Hip Hop such as Hijack, The Demon Boyz & Silvah Bullet. Their previous records are certainly among the rarest in the genre and their message not as widely heard… but that is about to change with the release of this compilation of their back catalogue, associated projects and previously unreleased tracks.
DJ Halo and Chase 1 formed The Criminal Minds in 1985 and while at college DJ Halo met Iceski who would become the lead emcee in The Criminal Minds. Upon meeting another DJ called Spatts they released their first EP entitled 'Guilty As Charged', funded by Halo selling his decks and the group, friends and family chipping in with some cash. Soon after Safe D and CMD joined the group and they released 'Tales From The Wasteland' again independently on their own label. Many tracks were recorded but not released in the following years.
“I remember walking into one of my local record shops in Wolverton, MK (I think it was called World Beats) and hearing this record playing. It had just come out and was by a local crew, it totally blew me away hearing that Darth Vader (Empire Strikes Back) theme music over some raw drums and homegrown vocals. This was a buzz because it was people who lived near me, outside of London, making dope hip hop and putting it on wax.” The crew later moved into making rave/early jungle style tracks like the the classic 'baptised by dub'.” evil-ed
Wanna get hold of their first 2 releases, on their own label? You’ll be lucky to get change out of £800! This release contains all those tracks and more and has been lovingly remastered.
TCM recently performed at the Mass Hysteria hip hop convention in Hamburg and at the sold-out Rephlex 19th anniversary party in London; they are continuing to play live in 2011.
01 WIDOWMAKER
02 URBAN WARFARE
03 SYSTEMS OVERLOAD REMIX
04 JUST CHECK IT
05 ILLEGAL PROCEDURE
06 POLICE STATE
07 WEAPON OF CHOICE (HALO'S MIND MIX)
08 SECTION 12 PARAGRAPH ZERO
09 BREAK SHIT UP
10 A TASTE OF ARMAGEDDON
11 WHO IS NEXT FOR THE GRAVEYARD
12 ROUGH JUSTICE
13 SHOUT OUTS
+ SYSTEMS OVERLOAD (ORIG. 12")
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