{"title":"23 Skidoo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e23 Skidoo are a British band known for their fusion of industrial, post-punk, alternative dance, rock, and world music. Formed in 1979 by Fritz Catlin, Johnny Turnbull and Sam Mills, the group drew inspiration from martial arts, Burundi and Kodo drumming, Fela Kuti, The Last Poets, William S. Burroughs and the emerging confluence of industrial, post-punk and funk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTheir debut album \"Seven Songs\" released in 1982 is said to evoke the claustrophobic humidity of an African forest. With influences ranging from A Certain Ratio to Throbbing Gristle and Cabaret Voltaire, they created experimental EPs like \"Tearing Up The Plans.\" In 1983 they performed live at the first WOMAD Festival with their album \"The Culling Is Coming.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn later years they shifted towards hip hop and signed to Virgin Records in 1991. Their self-titled LP featured collaborations with Pharoah Sanders and Roots Manuva. They released a compilation of singles titled \"The Gospel Comes To New Guinea\" in 2002 before liquidating their company in 2003.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"beyond-time-1","title":"Beyond Time","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Beyond Time' is the first album by acclaimed experimental group 23 Skidoo in fifteen years, released in a special double disc edition combining the soundtrack music to 2011 documentary film 'Beyond Time', and a DVD of the film itself. Directed by Alex Turnbull and Pete Stern, 'Beyond Time' is a journey into the life and work of artist William Turnbull, from his modest roots as the son of a Dundee shipyard engineer to his standing as one of the world's most highly regarded modern sculptors. Narration is by Jude Law. \"An insightful, irreverent documentary, yet with a palpable sense of purpose\" said the Daily Telegraph, with the Guardian confirming that\"William Turnbull helped change the way we see art today.\" The soundtrack music is performed by 23 Skidoo. Formed in 1979 as industrial, post-punk and funk genres coalesced, the group included Bill Turnbull's sons Alex and Jonny together with Fritz Catlin and Peter 'Sketch' Martin. As well as new music, the accomplished score features re-worked versions of older material. \"Johnny and I thought 23 Skidoo's anti-commercial tendencies came from a punk sensibility,\" explains Alex. \"But it turns out we had a genetic predisposition to anti-establishment practices. Bill was a polymath at a time when that was a dirty word, shifting between sculpture and painting and putting both in a symbiotic relationship. Now crossing boundaries is everywhere: think of hip-hop. The name of the band referenced a William Burroughs short story. Burroughs used, as we did, cut-up techniques, collaging and sampling. We were oblivious to the fact that a lot of that aesthetic was in what Bill did until I made the film.\" Both the CD and vinyl versions of Beyond Time include a Region 0 NTSC format DVD of the documentary film (with bonus features), but feature different artwork. The CD \/ DVD package features a portrait of Bill by photographer Ida Carr, while the vinyl \/ DVD version features a detail from 05 by William Turnbull (oil on canvas, 1959) printed on matt reverse board.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Les Disques Du Crepuscule","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50463684919627,"sku":"384844","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/c1d3cb3e-c6bb-47e2-927d-e5decb96afe1_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727265667"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/collections\/test_102526db_thumbnail_4096_902476e6-4a11-4ce0-bfa6-6464156a910e.jpg?v=1727265646","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/23-skidoo.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}