The Month of Mauz...Spike le Blanc

 

Keith LeBlanc was an American drummer & record producer most known as a member of Little Axe & Tackhead. Keith started out as a session drummer with Sugarhill Records in the early 1980s. He formed the Sugar Hill House Band along with Skip 'Little Axe' McDonald - guitar & Doug Wimbish - bass, working with The Sugarhill Gang on songs like ''Rapper's Delight'' & Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five on ''The Message''.

His record Malcolm X No Sell Out on Tommy Boy Records 1983 was the first ever sampling record. He moved to England & helped creating the sound of funk noise giants Tackhead with Wimbish, McDonald, & British Dub producer Adrian Sherwood. He became known as one of the most innovative drummers / programmers in music.

In addition to his work as member of the legendary On-U Sound posse, LeBlanc continued to experiment with new sounds using his own Blanc Records as a base from which to release pioneering albums, pushing musical boundaries to the extreme.

Keith died on April 4, 2024. Here are three of his releases under the nom de musique DJ Spike...

 

 

DJ Spike - Tasteless Cuts, Blanco Records blc 1cd, 1989.
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Baby Bye (Bim Sherman - vocals)
Gaps in Space (David Harrow - keyboards & Wendall Brookes - saxophone)
Mr President    
Spike Part One (David Harrow - keyboards)
MPB One-O-Five (David Harrow - keyboards)
German (David Harrow - vocals)
Designer Drugs (David Harrow - keyboards)
Stick Out

 

 

 

 

 

DJ Spike - Invisible Spike, Blanc Records blc 3cd, 1991.

Outer Land (Part One)    
Spikes Groove    
Tick of Time    
Micro Chip (Mike McEvoy - ketboards)
Eat This Dub (MC Det - vocals)
Invisible (Andy Fairley - vcals & Doug Wimbish - bass)
C.A.B. (Skip McDonald - guitar)
No Means No (Skip McDonald - guitar & Doug Wimbish - bass)
Unsanity (Doug Wimbish - bass)
Outer Land (Part Two)

 

 

 

 

 

DJ Spike - Spike Global 2000, Blanc Records blc cd9, 1993.

Tunes (Part 01)    
Stomping    
Interference    
Tunes (Part 02)    
Beat Goes On (Andy Fairley - vocals)
Audio    
Flight    
Mad Movement    
Global 2000    
SOS    
Change (Andy Fairley - vocals)
Story of Violence    
The Mark    
String Thang

 

 

 

Hoping you see these, mauz.
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