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WISE QUACKS The music industry came together last Thursday for fun, food and a very worthy cause at Nordoff Robbins’ Pop Quiz 2012. Wise Buddah/Box Music claimed the night’s bragging rights, celebrating yet another win at the Regents Park Marriot Hotel (1). PRS for Music, led by chairman Guy Fletcher, showed unshakable concentration (2) to claim second place, while Songlink Saboteurs nabbed the bronze. Also in attendance and unfortunate victims of the Music Week lens, Union Square (3) came in ninth and PPL (4) finished an enviable fifth, bested just by the Nordoff Robbins lot themselves (5), who went away with extra kudos for a good time had by all. What’s that? Where did Music Week feature in the final standings? Never you mind.


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RHYTHM KING Key artists The Beatmasters, Bomb The Bass, S-Express


Dance label Rhythm King was founded by Martin Heath, Adele Nozedar, DJ Jay Strongman and James Horrocks. By 1988 Heath was in sole charge of the label and the three years after that was Rhythm King’s most successful period. Notable artists included The Beatmasters, Betty Boo, Bomb The Bass, Merlin and S-Express. Breakthrough came via the single Rok Da House by The Beatmasters


featuring The Cookie Crew. Initially reaching No.78 when first released in July 1987, the single was re-released in January 1988 and reached No.5. This was followed by Bomb The Bass’ Beat Dis which debuted at No.5 the same month. The label’s first No.1 single came from S-Express (pictured) in April/ May 1988 with Theme from S’Express sampling Rose Royce’s 1970s disco anthem Is It Love You’re After. The label’s commercial success enabled it to link


a distribution deal with Sony subsidiary Epic. But as the Nineties progressed many of the established artists on the roster either departed and/or concentrated on producing for other artists. The musical focus shifted more towards indie and


alternative rock. Acts signed during this period included Echobelly, Sheep on Drugs, The Sultans Of Ping FC and X-CNN. When Rhythm King’s distribution deal with Sony ended in 1996, a new deal with BMG’s Arista Records was signed. Rhythm King was subsequently merged into the main Arista concern when Heath became head of that label.


Did you know? Rhythm King started out as an offshoot of Daniel Miller’s Mute Records and continued to be associated with the label until 1991.


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