Good mates of mine since about '88, Smiley & PJ, aka Shut Up & Dance are oh-so critical to dance music/club culture and way beyond. If you're unfamiliar with 'Shut Up & Dance', catch the 1-hour words & music 'Rinse' special this Saturday night/Sunday morning, 1AM on Xfm, when we get real deep. If you're au-fait with Shut Up & Dance, you'll want to tune in & get deep!

Many roads lead to Shut Up & Dance if you know or care to know their history: Breakbeat Pioneers, Jungle/Drum & Bass Godfathers, Mash-Up Masters, mighty props from Liam/The Prodigy etc. In the late 80s/Acid House era, you couldn't go to a club/rave or turn on pirate radio and NOT hear a Shut Up & Dance tune; ya get me?!

S.U.A.D.'s cheeky uncleared samples hit boiling point in '92 when Marc Cohn bankrupted them & the label. Since we're going deep, look at this Record Mirror article from '92, recently fished out my archive - who's quoted, Simon Cowell, yes mate, "X-Factor's Simon Cowell In Shut Up & Dance Shocker!!!!"

Here's a short clip from the 1-hour Xfm/Rinse special + buy their new 'Breakbeat Elite' compilation, all for a good charitable cause, the Sudan crisis:

One more pic. from the 80's vaults, the boys practising Wing Chun; alas this couldn't fend off bailiffs or Marc Cohn's lawyers.....!!

Smiley & PJ remarkably picked up the pieces after '92 and continue to prosper - larvvely!!!!

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