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Solid State Logik
''Solid State Logik'' is a 2021 two-part digital compilation album by British electronic band The KLF, released to streaming services on KLF Communications, in a series of six official compilations ''Samplecity thru Trancentral''. Part 1 subtitled ''7" Hit Singles 1988–1991'', released on 1 January 2021 – and part 2, subtitled ''12" Master Mixes 1988–2017'', released on 23 March 2021. Its first part marked the first time the KLF's music has been commercially available since the band deleted their entire catalog in 1992. Background On 16 January 2013, some albums by the KLF (''Chill Out'', ''Space'', the original 1997 bootleg of the original version of ''The White Room'', and the ''Lost Sounds of Mu'' bootlegs) showed up on streaming platforms, just to turn out unofficial and deleted the next day. In 2018, ''Billboard'' mentioned the KLF amongst artists notably absent from major streaming services. The story surrounding the creation of “Solid State Logik” most likely s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The KLF
The KLF (also known as the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, the JAMs, the Timelords and other names) are a British electronic band formed in London in 1987. Bill Drummond (alias King Boy D) and Jimmy Cauty (alias Rockman Rock) began by releasing hip hop-inspired and sample-heavy records as the JAMs. As the Timelords, they recorded the British number-one single "Doctorin' the Tardis", and documented the process of making a hit record in a book '' The Manual (How to Have a Number One the Easy Way)''. As the KLF, Drummond and Cauty pioneered stadium house (rave music with a pop-rock production and sampled crowd noise) and, with their 1990 LP ''Chill Out'', the ambient house genre. The KLF released a series of international hits on their own KLF Communications record label and became the biggest selling singles act in the world in 1991. From the outset, the KLF adopted the philosophy espoused by esoteric novels ''The Illuminatus! Trilogy'', making anarchic situationist manifestatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |