Re: Raw Deal

Patrick Mund (mund@ifam.uni-hannover.de)
Fri, 4 Oct 96 11:16:10 +0200


Colin Millar wrote:

>Can anyone help me with any information about the following record
>that I picked up while raking through the bargain bins in my local
>store?
>
>Raw Deal : Undercover E.P. (Bochit & Scarper BOS004)
>
>This record is one of the finest that I have heard in a long time with
>lots of jazz influences over funky hip hop beats that you just know is
>going to get reviewed somewhere as 'sounding like the soundtrack to
>the coolest 70's spy movie.' All four tracks are superb (unfortunatley
>it was a white label and I have no track listing - help anyone) with 3
>uptempo tracks (probably from the chase scenes :]) and 1 slower one
>utilising the same horn sample as is used in the intro to Public
>Enemy's 'Show 'Em Watcha Got' (can anyone identify this as well?).
>Any information on any other releases by this group would be greatly
>appreciated and if no-one has heard of them then I urge you to try and
>track this down.

I think this is their second release on Botchit and Scarpa. The first
one was the brilliant junglistic "Headless Horseman". It was released
a few months ago (also as a white label). I heard this track on the
radio and I've been trying to get it ever since. On my last trip to
London I tried all the good record stores but no one had it. Atlas
Records in Soho had it in their top ten but they told me that it was
sold out. Bad Luck.
Also heard one of the uptempo tracks from your EP on the radio a few
weeks ago. I'm not sure about the title ... something like "Quanwah"?

Patrick.