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BEAT 049LP
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Beat Generation presents the first-ever reissue of the second album by Spanish speed metal band Muro. Muro were one of the first Spanish speed metal bands and were probably the first ones to release an album of that style in Spain. Telon de acero is a total cult album for people all around the world and a hard-to-find item on eBay, for sure. This reissue comes with an insert that wasn't included in the original edition, featuring never-seen memorabilia and the second part of an article written by Leo Cebrian after a long interview with bass player Julio, especially conducted for Beat Generation's Muro reissues. After their successful first live album, it was time to make a great studio recording, which it certainly is, becoming probably THE seminal Spanish speed metal album. Tracks such as "Telon de acero," "Holocausto," "Juicio final," or the last track "Solo en la noche" remain classic songs more than 27 years after their release, especially in places such as Germany and South America.
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SDGBJ 1304CD
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One of Japan's greatest DJ/producer/ record diggers is featured compiling, editing, and mixing tracks from the Black Jazz Record label. Known for his hip-hop aesthetic and exhaustive knowledge of more obscure genres (samba funk, Hawaiian breaks, Japanese gangster films), Muro's selection lends an alternative perspective to the label, veering significantly from the path that his predecessors in this series (Gilles Peterson and DJ Mitsu) laid down. It's been awhile since Muro's last commercial (officially-licensed) release available outside Japan, the Kings of Diggin' (2006) split with Kon & Amir on BBE. Since his days as a member of DJ Krush's crew in the early 1990's, Muro has become a celebrity in Japan, complimenting his DJ fame with an internationally successful clothing line (KING, INC.) and a lifestyle shop in Tokyo (Savage!). He has also released a steady stream of promotional "mixtapes" that showcase his wide-ranging DJ skills and musical knowledge, with separate volumes dedicated to funk, samba, disco, Michael Jackson, Roy Ayers, Hawaiian breaks, Japanese breaks, synth, boogie, dub, and more.
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OTCD 2207CD
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One of Japan's greatest DJ/producer/record diggers, Muro, is featured here, compiling, editing and mixing Japanese '70s cult movie soundtracks. A major fan of and acknowledged authority on "Blaxploitation" film soundtracks, Muro took advantage of a rare opportunity to cull from a rich library of film scores and background music used in Japanese cult films released 1969-1978 for this mix. The original films were influenced by Shaft, Sweetback, Superfly, Blackbelt Jones, and the like, and the scores and incidental music mirror the slightly campy swagger that the genre became known for. It has been awhile since Muro's last commercial (officially-licensed) release available outside Japan, the Kings of Diggin' (2006) split with Kon & Amir on BBE. Since his days as a member of DJ Krush's crew in the early 1990s, Muro has become a celebrity in Japan, complimenting his DJ fame with a successful clothing line (KING, INC.) and a lifestyle shop in Tokyo (Savage!). He has also released a steady stream of promotional "mixtapes" that showcase his wide-ranging DJ skills and musical knowledge, with separate volumes dedicated to funk, samba, disco, Michael Jackson, Roy Ayers, Hawaiian breaks, Japanese breaks, synth, boogie, dub, and more.
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