Comprising Paul Southey (Suv), brothers J. Thompson (Flynn) and Kirk Thompson (Krust) and Judge, Fresh 4 had a massive underground hit with 1989's "Wishing On A Star", but their debut album went unreleased as a result of musical disagreements with their record company. What a shame!
Strangely, considering they were a band of producers, this track is listed as being produced by Smith & Mighty. Perhaps the fledgling crew were still learning their craft?
Flynn became one half of Flynn & Flora, whereas Suv and Krust would go on to become hugely influential within the drum & Bass scene, being pivotal figures alongside Roni Size within the Reprazent and Full Cycle Records crew. Big up the Bristol massive!
As a lady who loves her breakbeats this track really scratches my itch, combining James Brown's Funky Drummer with the Bobby Byrd Hot Pants (Bonus Beats) break as detailed elsewhere on here), along with some heavy compression, giving us a kick-ass framework for the song. It also uses the beautifully atmospheric Riding High by Faze-O, as sampled by EPMD and Ghostface Killah, as the main melody which is always a real treat to my ears.
Jump right into that 12" mix or the No JB Beats and ignore the edit. Smoke Filled Thoughts is simply the instrumental version, which is nice.
This is a legendary UK cut from way back when and absolutely essential.
Peace and luvizm xx
- Wishing On A Star
- Wishing On A Star (12" Mix)
- Smoke Filled Thoughts
- Wishing On A Star (No JB Beats)
Yes, what a tune, this kick started the whole new UK sound and proved we could be as good if not better than the American's. I have looked for this for years in a good quality rip, thank you for this. I lost this and many more in a house move over 20 years ago.
ReplyDeleteThis one was such a massive tune back in the day, Seriously funky! Couldn't help but nod ya head :)
ReplyDeleteWhen you realise that this was a big chunk of the Reprazent crew which went on to do great things within the Drum & Bass world, you can see how massive this was for the UK scene.
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