Dynametrix

Dynametrix was an early UK Hip hop group from West London mainly active from 1990 to 1996 but had been around in various guises since 1984.[1]

Dynametrix
OriginLondon, U.K.
GenresRap
Years active1986 (1986)-present
Websitewww.dynametrix.co.uk
MembersZee Anwar/Shane Ryan/ Best Igbinyemi

Members

Original groups members:

  • Ace Shazamme (Shane Ryan) - Vocals/Production/DJ.
  • The Phantom (Best Igbinyemi) - Vocals.
  • 0026(Zee Anwar) - Vocals.
  • Genius P (Paul Spooner) - Vocals.
  • DJ Knives (Robert White) - DJ.[2]

Style

Their central appeal was the intoxicating beats and rhythms designed by Ace Shazamme (Shane Ryan), including both 70s funk grooves and samples drawn from television and radio.[3] Most of their work was released whilst signed to the Koldsweat label including their first single "keep da crowd dancing" which sampled the Cliff Nobles & Co classic The Horse.[4] Their most notable work being the album " A Measure Of Force" released by (KoldSweatRecords in 1994).

Post-career

DJ Knives left the group after the Keep Da Crowd Dancing 12 inch was released, shortly followed Genius P who left the group after the This Ones 4 U EP. The remaining members of the group started work on their first album entitled A Measure of Force. After the release of the album the group commenced work on a second album tentatively entitled Underground to the Underground, which was never released.

Genius P died in 2001. The remaining members remain active, with the Phantom releasing 2 solo albums, The Anomaly in 1999 and The Art of Fighting in 2014 with producer Tom Dice on Don't Bite! Records. Ace Shazamme produced a number of artists, including Funky DL. 0026 hosts an old school hip hop radio show on Invader.FM called The Hyperfunk Alienation. A forthcoming album featuring 0026 and The Phantom, entitled Make A Move On Em is due in 2016 on Don't Bite Records. A Dynametrix album featuring unreleased songs and a number of new songs is also due in 2016.

Discography
  • "Keep Da Crowd Dancing" 1991
  • "This Ones 4 U" EP 1992
  • A Measure Of Force LP 1994

Appearances
  • "Rogues Gallery" (Diary Of A Blackman Living In The Land Of The Lost- Katch 22, 1991)
  • "I'm Not A Weakling" (Its Just Begun, 1992)
  • "Radical" (Right and Exact, 1993)
  • "For Real" (London Underground Volume 3, 1994)
  • "Class Dismissed" (The Old Testament: Book I And Book II') Word Up Records, 2005)
  • "I Electrify" (Underground United Vol. 3') Naked Ape Records/Underground United, 2016)[5]

References
  1. "Low-Life | UK Hip Hop Story | Underground Years". old.britishhiphop.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
  2. "- Dynametrix - Biography". britishhiphop.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
  3. "Dynametrix | Biography | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
  4. "Dynametrix's I'm Not a Weakling sample of Cliff Nobles & Co.'s The Horse | WhoSampled". whosampled.com. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
  5. "Underground United | Underground United Vol. 3 2xLP | Releases". undergroundunited.de. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
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