23 Skidoo

Early compatriots of Cabaret Voltaire and Throbbing Gristle in Britain’s experimental/commercial scene, 23 Skidoo pursued an improvisational fusion of cultural drumming and post-punk dance on the few recordings of the first ’80s. Named following a slang expression in the 1920s that acquired originally made an appearance in the task of Aleister Crowley, the group shaped in London around brothers (and martial-arts professionals) Alex and Johnny Turnbull and Fritz Catlin (aka Fritz Haamann). Inspired by Fela Kuti as well as the rising NY hip-hop picture, 23 Skidoo released their initial one “Ethics” in 1980. Because of their second, the music group documented at Cabaret Voltaire’s Traditional western Works together with Genesis P-Orridge of Throbbing Gristle assisting out on creation. In 1982, 23 Skidoo released the mini-LP Seven Tracks as well as the Tearing In the Programs EP for the Fetish label (also house to recordings by Throbbing Gristle and Time clock DVA). After changing their nominal tempo section with bassist Sketch (who distributed the trio’s visual), the music group continuing with 1983’s The Culling Can be Arriving and 1984’s Urban Gamelan. Their mixed influences and sometimes sublime sound baffled many critics and listeners, who anticipated all industrial groupings to become as noisy and chaotic because the rising Test Dept. or Einsturzende Neubaten. Also after disbanding in 1984 nevertheless, 23 Skidoo continuing recording jointly sporadically through the remaining decade, as well as the quartet — the Turnbulls plus Catlin and Sketch — created their very own Ronin label in 1989. Though no materials from the music group appeared within the ’90s, they do many remixes and documented for marketers including Nike, Wrangler, and Smirnoff. Finally, in 2000, 23 Skidoo released a fresh, self-titled recording for Virgin.