Fab, Trip 7

 

Philadelphia Bluntz was a cheap cigar, bought at a West London shop, coming in different flavors: chocolate; strawberry;  banana;  peachy keen; & many others, tasting best when packed with primo weed, of course

 

On one of those musical meetings that fueled our times, keyboardist, guitarist, bassist, & producer William South hooks up with Kent native Rennie Pilgrem, son of a jazz trumpeter, Geoff Pilgrem. Rennie was house techno beats wizard for Rhythm Section along with Ellis Dee, Richard Thake, & Nick 'Newton' Scott.

 

Rhythm Section played at pretty much every Soho party between 1990 - 1992 on the same bill as The Prodigy, Moby, Altern 8, Shades of Rhythm, & Bizzare Inc. Rennie's live band The TCR (Thursay Club Recordings) Allstars featured M.C. Chickaboo, William South, Richard Thair (Red Snapper), & Chris Carter. They played at many festivals in the UK & Europe.

About their first drop, Blunted at Birth, William South sez:
     "This album was recorded over two sweaty weeks in partnership with Rennie in a sweaty basement in Soho in the summer of '94. It came out to little initial fanfare or investment around the same time Heavy Shift were making waves but actually garnered rave reviews that led to a major deal with EMI & a second album....which sold about 10 copies!....but for me this one was the hot ticket....Rennie and me were really pushing some sort of envelope & I think it ages well!”

Philadelphia Bluntz is: Rennie Pilgrem - beats, keyboards, FX, engineering & William South - keyboards, guitar, bass, melodica, occasional vocals along with guest vocalists Ashley Molloy South, JC001, & Tania Evans.

So fire up a coupla bluntz & lean back...

Philadelphia Bluntz - Blunted at Birth, Indochina ZEN005CD, 1995.
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The Blunt Chronicles (intro)   
Hostility
Mosquito (Flesh on Metal)   
I Like That   
Shakey Shakey (Li'l Bodies)
Slidehead   
Transformer   
Jugs   
Dum Dum Dum   
Post Natal Beats -   
Slidehead (Melodica mix)   
Mosquito (Melodica mix)

 

 

 

 

I like any release that ends with the Intro, so here's another one from Phil Blunt...

 

Philadelphia Bluntz - Philadelphia Bluntz, Autonomy, 1998.

Godzilla   
Bluntz Theme   
Game Over   
Blue   
Sister Sister
Stir Fry   
Funk in the Future   
Bogus Eddy   
Hullabaloo   
Intro

Enjoy the Trip,
NØ