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The KLF - 3AM Eternal (Live at the S.S.L.) (Official Video)
The KLF - 3AM Eternal (Live at the S.S.L.) (Official Video)
An Atlas Adventure
Directed by Bill Butt
KLF Communications
Listen to Solid State Logik 1: http://smarturl.it/KLFSSL1
published: 31 Dec 2020
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The KLF - Justified & Ancient (Official Video)
The KLF - Justified & Ancient (Official Video)
An Atlas Adventure
Directed by Bill Butt
KLF Communications
Listen to Solid State Logik 1: http://smarturl.it/KLFSSL1
published: 31 Dec 2020
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The KLF - What Time Is Love? (Live at Trancentral) (Official Video)
The KLF - What Time Is Love? (Live at Trancentral) (Official Video)
An Atlas Adventure
Directed by Bill Butt
KLF Communications
Listen to Solid State Logik 1: http://smarturl.it/KLFSSL1
published: 31 Dec 2020
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The KLF - Last Train To Trancentral (Live From The Lost Continent) (Official Video)
The KLF - Last Train To Trancentral (Live From The Lost Continent) (Official Video)
An Atlas Adventure
Directed by Bill Butt
KLF Communications
Listen to Solid State Logik 1: http://smarturl.it/KLFSSL1
published: 31 Dec 2020
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The KLF: Beyond The Band That Burnt £1,000,000 I New British Canon
If you’ve heard of the KLF, you probably know them as a band that burnt a million pounds. But that is only the conclusion to their story. The journey that led them to the Isle of Jura on that fateful August morning in 1994 is even more fascinating.
A journey that includes getting sued by ABBA, gaining a number one single in the guise of a talking car, pioneering at least one genre of dance music and becoming one of the most successful singles bands of the early 90s. They were two men compelled by the forces of chaos to spread as much confusion as possible and they transformed that into a pop career. This is New British Canon and this is the Story of The KLF.
#theklf #90sdancemusic #musicdocumentary
Fact-checking by Serenity Autumn and Chad Van Wagner.
Thanks also to Rex The Younger f...
published: 21 Apr 2023
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The KLF - The White Room 1991 full album
The White Room is the fourth and final studio album by British electronic music group The KLF, released on 3 March 1991. The album features versions of the band's hit singles, including "What Time Is Love?", "3 a.m. Eternal", and "Last Train to Trancentral".
published: 05 Jun 2018
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The KLF - America: What Time Is Love? (Official Video)
The KLF - America: What Time Is Love? (Official Video)
An Atlas Adventure
Directed by Bill Butt
KLF Communications
Listen to Solid State Logik 1: http://smarturl.it/KLFSSL1
published: 31 Dec 2020
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Who Killed The KLF? - Official Trailer
A documentary exploring the rise and fall of the KLF
published: 08 Apr 2022
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THE KLF - The Rites of Mu
This is the trailer to The Rites of Mu (1991) which is part of the film 23 Seconds to Eternity (2023), to be screened and archived at the BFI, London from the 6th of November 2023.
https://www.bfi.org.uk/news/films-justified-ancients-mu-mu-klf-timelords
published: 23 Aug 2023
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The KLF - 3 Am Eternal (Official Video)
Good day friends! https://americansinglesfacebook.blogspot.com/ I am Mc MoSeS_exe Master of Ceremony since 1994. I promote rare and underground electronic music artists. Visit my blog to be updated 2024. https://americansinglesfacebook.blogspot.com/
The KLF (also known as The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, furthermore known as The JAMs, The Timelords and other names) were a British electronica band of the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Beginning in 1987, Bill Drummond (alias King Boy D) and Jimmy Cauty (alias Rockman Rock) released hip hop-inspired and sample-heavy records as The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, and on one occasion (the British number one hit single "Doctorin' the Tardis") as The Timelords. The KLF released a series of international hits on their own KLF Communications record la...
published: 12 Oct 2014
3:41
The KLF - 3AM Eternal (Live at the S.S.L.) (Official Video)
The KLF - 3AM Eternal (Live at the S.S.L.) (Official Video)
An Atlas Adventure
Directed by Bill Butt
KLF Communications
Listen to Solid State Logik 1: http:...
The KLF - 3AM Eternal (Live at the S.S.L.) (Official Video)
An Atlas Adventure
Directed by Bill Butt
KLF Communications
Listen to Solid State Logik 1: http://smarturl.it/KLFSSL1
https://wn.com/The_Klf_3Am_Eternal_(Live_At_The_S.S.L.)_(Official_Video)
The KLF - 3AM Eternal (Live at the S.S.L.) (Official Video)
An Atlas Adventure
Directed by Bill Butt
KLF Communications
Listen to Solid State Logik 1: http://smarturl.it/KLFSSL1
- published: 31 Dec 2020
- views: 16259339
3:49
The KLF - Justified & Ancient (Official Video)
The KLF - Justified & Ancient (Official Video)
An Atlas Adventure
Directed by Bill Butt
KLF Communications
Listen to Solid State Logik 1: http://smarturl.it...
The KLF - Justified & Ancient (Official Video)
An Atlas Adventure
Directed by Bill Butt
KLF Communications
Listen to Solid State Logik 1: http://smarturl.it/KLFSSL1
https://wn.com/The_Klf_Justified_Ancient_(Official_Video)
The KLF - Justified & Ancient (Official Video)
An Atlas Adventure
Directed by Bill Butt
KLF Communications
Listen to Solid State Logik 1: http://smarturl.it/KLFSSL1
- published: 31 Dec 2020
- views: 9150095
3:54
The KLF - What Time Is Love? (Live at Trancentral) (Official Video)
The KLF - What Time Is Love? (Live at Trancentral) (Official Video)
An Atlas Adventure
Directed by Bill Butt
KLF Communications
Listen to Solid State Logik 1...
The KLF - What Time Is Love? (Live at Trancentral) (Official Video)
An Atlas Adventure
Directed by Bill Butt
KLF Communications
Listen to Solid State Logik 1: http://smarturl.it/KLFSSL1
https://wn.com/The_Klf_What_Time_Is_Love_(Live_At_Trancentral)_(Official_Video)
The KLF - What Time Is Love? (Live at Trancentral) (Official Video)
An Atlas Adventure
Directed by Bill Butt
KLF Communications
Listen to Solid State Logik 1: http://smarturl.it/KLFSSL1
- published: 31 Dec 2020
- views: 2825703
3:42
The KLF - Last Train To Trancentral (Live From The Lost Continent) (Official Video)
The KLF - Last Train To Trancentral (Live From The Lost Continent) (Official Video)
An Atlas Adventure
Directed by Bill Butt
KLF Communications
Listen to Sol...
The KLF - Last Train To Trancentral (Live From The Lost Continent) (Official Video)
An Atlas Adventure
Directed by Bill Butt
KLF Communications
Listen to Solid State Logik 1: http://smarturl.it/KLFSSL1
https://wn.com/The_Klf_Last_Train_To_Trancentral_(Live_From_The_Lost_Continent)_(Official_Video)
The KLF - Last Train To Trancentral (Live From The Lost Continent) (Official Video)
An Atlas Adventure
Directed by Bill Butt
KLF Communications
Listen to Solid State Logik 1: http://smarturl.it/KLFSSL1
- published: 31 Dec 2020
- views: 12135865
36:08
The KLF: Beyond The Band That Burnt £1,000,000 I New British Canon
If you’ve heard of the KLF, you probably know them as a band that burnt a million pounds. But that is only the conclusion to their story. The journey that led t...
If you’ve heard of the KLF, you probably know them as a band that burnt a million pounds. But that is only the conclusion to their story. The journey that led them to the Isle of Jura on that fateful August morning in 1994 is even more fascinating.
A journey that includes getting sued by ABBA, gaining a number one single in the guise of a talking car, pioneering at least one genre of dance music and becoming one of the most successful singles bands of the early 90s. They were two men compelled by the forces of chaos to spread as much confusion as possible and they transformed that into a pop career. This is New British Canon and this is the Story of The KLF.
#theklf #90sdancemusic #musicdocumentary
Fact-checking by Serenity Autumn and Chad Van Wagner.
Thanks also to Rex The Younger for having archived a lot of this footage
Also thanks to @ROBERTTONUS for uploading footage of The KLF show at Helter Skelter
00:00 Introduction
00:48 It Begins: The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu
07:33 The Rise & Destruction of The Timelords
13:37 The KLF, Pure Trance & Chill Out
21:05 Stadium House: The KLF Chart Takeover
26:04 Justified and Ancient (Stand By The JAMs)
30:58 Burning a Million: The End of The KLF
Bibliography
The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band who Burned a Million Pounds by John Higgs, 2013, W&N
The Manual (How to Have a Number One The Easy Way by Bill Drummond & Jimmy Cauty, 1988, KLF
How Soon is Now?: The Madmen and Mavericks who made Independent Music 1975-2005 by Richard King, 2017, Faber & Faber
Who Killed the KLF? (2021) dir. Chris Atkins
KLF - The Rites Of Mu (1991) dir. Bill Butt
The KLF Burn a Million (£1M) Pounds (1995) dir. Kevin Hull
Music for Misfits - The Story of Indie (2015) dir. Mike Connolly & Siobhan Logue
Top of the Pops - The Story of 1991 (2021) dir. Verity Newman
Scottish Pop Music: The Story Of The KLF (2018) dir. Pete Stanton
"The KLF - Interview" Rapido, 1991 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RN7o7lmbp8Y)
"The KLF - The Manual" Reportage, 1989 (https://youtu.be/_2kbZLcsQUo?si=Jgj8wVrPvGxcyvbA)
"Bill Drummond Interview" The Tom Robinson Show, 2004 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p05df1zd)
"The Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu: Feeling The Pinch" James Brown, Sounds, May 1987
"The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu: Physical Graffiti" Paul Mathur, Melody Maker, Jul 1987
"The JAMS: Wizards of Scam" Jack Barron, NME, Jun 1988
"The KLF" Martin Aston, Independent, Feb 1990
"The KLF" Push, Melody Maker, Mar 1990
"KLF: Tales From The White Room" John McCready, The Face, Sep 1990
"The KLF: Doctorin' The Charts" Roy Wilkinson, Sounds, Nov 1990
"The KLF: Pranks for the Memory" David Stubbs, Melody Maker, Feb 1991
"KLF: Hang On! I've Got An Idea!" Andy Gill, Q Magazine, Mar 1991
"The KLF: Off The Orbitals" Simon Reynolds, The Observer, Apr 1991
"Inside The KLF" Mark Prendergast, Sound on Sound, Apr 1991
"The KLF: Great Luminaries of Our Time" Roy Wilkinson, Sounds, May 1991
"KLF IS GONNA ROCK YOU" Ernie Longmire, X Magazine, Jul 1991
"Big in Japan: Where Are They Now?" Martin Aston, Q Magazine, Jan 1992
"Who Killed The KLF?" William Shaw, Select, Jul 1992
"Stand By Your Van: Tammy Meets the KLF" Terry Staunton, NME, Nov 1992
"Hey, DJ — The chilled-out charms of ambient techno" Pat Blashill, Details, Nov 1993
"Burning question: The KLF" Andrew Smith, The Observer, Feb 2000
"Bill Drummond: Pop's prankster heads for destruction" Robert Sandall, Daily Telegraph, Aug 2008
"The KLF: Getting Arrested With Bill & Jimmy" David Stubbs, The Quietus, Aug 2008
"Bill Drummond: Recorded Music Has Run Its Course" John Doran, The Quietus, Aug 2008
"IN ABOUT FOUR SECONDS A TEACHER WILL BEGIN TO SPEAK—DR. ALEX PATERSON OF THE ORB" Rich Thomas, Magnetic Magazine, Nov 2011
"From the Crate: KLF – The White Room" Ed Jupp, Gods in the TV Zine, Mar 2016
"Your guide to The KLF, pop music’s original pranksters" Jack Needham, Dazed, Jan 2017
"Who Were The KLF?" Jonny Coleman, Pitchfork, Feb 2017
"Return of the KLF: ‘They were agents of chaos. Now the world they anticipated is here’" Andrew Harrison, The Guardian, Apr 2017
"KLF's Welcome to the Dark Ages: What time is chaos?" Barbara Ellen, The Observer, Aug 2017
"The KLF's Greatest Protégés Didn't Really Know What Was Going On" Jason Roth, The Record, Jul 2017
"The KLF “3 A.M. Eternal”" Jonny Coleman, Insomniac, Aug 2017
"Chill Out The KLF Review" Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, Feb 2020
"When the KLF and Extreme Noise Terror outgunned the Brits: what happened next?" Ian Winwood, Daily Telegraph, Feb 2020
"What Time Is Love? The KLF Primer" Nick Roseblade, Clash, Jan 2021
"Making KLF: The White Room" Mark Lindores, Classic Pop, Feb 2022
Soundtrack
Luar - Citrine (https://soundcloud.com/luarbeats)
Jesse Gallagher - The Golden Present
Luar - Anchor (https://soundcloud.com/luarbeats)
You can also follow me here:
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https://wn.com/The_Klf_Beyond_The_Band_That_Burnt_£1,000,000_I_New_British_Canon
If you’ve heard of the KLF, you probably know them as a band that burnt a million pounds. But that is only the conclusion to their story. The journey that led them to the Isle of Jura on that fateful August morning in 1994 is even more fascinating.
A journey that includes getting sued by ABBA, gaining a number one single in the guise of a talking car, pioneering at least one genre of dance music and becoming one of the most successful singles bands of the early 90s. They were two men compelled by the forces of chaos to spread as much confusion as possible and they transformed that into a pop career. This is New British Canon and this is the Story of The KLF.
#theklf #90sdancemusic #musicdocumentary
Fact-checking by Serenity Autumn and Chad Van Wagner.
Thanks also to Rex The Younger for having archived a lot of this footage
Also thanks to @ROBERTTONUS for uploading footage of The KLF show at Helter Skelter
00:00 Introduction
00:48 It Begins: The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu
07:33 The Rise & Destruction of The Timelords
13:37 The KLF, Pure Trance & Chill Out
21:05 Stadium House: The KLF Chart Takeover
26:04 Justified and Ancient (Stand By The JAMs)
30:58 Burning a Million: The End of The KLF
Bibliography
The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band who Burned a Million Pounds by John Higgs, 2013, W&N
The Manual (How to Have a Number One The Easy Way by Bill Drummond & Jimmy Cauty, 1988, KLF
How Soon is Now?: The Madmen and Mavericks who made Independent Music 1975-2005 by Richard King, 2017, Faber & Faber
Who Killed the KLF? (2021) dir. Chris Atkins
KLF - The Rites Of Mu (1991) dir. Bill Butt
The KLF Burn a Million (£1M) Pounds (1995) dir. Kevin Hull
Music for Misfits - The Story of Indie (2015) dir. Mike Connolly & Siobhan Logue
Top of the Pops - The Story of 1991 (2021) dir. Verity Newman
Scottish Pop Music: The Story Of The KLF (2018) dir. Pete Stanton
"The KLF - Interview" Rapido, 1991 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RN7o7lmbp8Y)
"The KLF - The Manual" Reportage, 1989 (https://youtu.be/_2kbZLcsQUo?si=Jgj8wVrPvGxcyvbA)
"Bill Drummond Interview" The Tom Robinson Show, 2004 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p05df1zd)
"The Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu: Feeling The Pinch" James Brown, Sounds, May 1987
"The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu: Physical Graffiti" Paul Mathur, Melody Maker, Jul 1987
"The JAMS: Wizards of Scam" Jack Barron, NME, Jun 1988
"The KLF" Martin Aston, Independent, Feb 1990
"The KLF" Push, Melody Maker, Mar 1990
"KLF: Tales From The White Room" John McCready, The Face, Sep 1990
"The KLF: Doctorin' The Charts" Roy Wilkinson, Sounds, Nov 1990
"The KLF: Pranks for the Memory" David Stubbs, Melody Maker, Feb 1991
"KLF: Hang On! I've Got An Idea!" Andy Gill, Q Magazine, Mar 1991
"The KLF: Off The Orbitals" Simon Reynolds, The Observer, Apr 1991
"Inside The KLF" Mark Prendergast, Sound on Sound, Apr 1991
"The KLF: Great Luminaries of Our Time" Roy Wilkinson, Sounds, May 1991
"KLF IS GONNA ROCK YOU" Ernie Longmire, X Magazine, Jul 1991
"Big in Japan: Where Are They Now?" Martin Aston, Q Magazine, Jan 1992
"Who Killed The KLF?" William Shaw, Select, Jul 1992
"Stand By Your Van: Tammy Meets the KLF" Terry Staunton, NME, Nov 1992
"Hey, DJ — The chilled-out charms of ambient techno" Pat Blashill, Details, Nov 1993
"Burning question: The KLF" Andrew Smith, The Observer, Feb 2000
"Bill Drummond: Pop's prankster heads for destruction" Robert Sandall, Daily Telegraph, Aug 2008
"The KLF: Getting Arrested With Bill & Jimmy" David Stubbs, The Quietus, Aug 2008
"Bill Drummond: Recorded Music Has Run Its Course" John Doran, The Quietus, Aug 2008
"IN ABOUT FOUR SECONDS A TEACHER WILL BEGIN TO SPEAK—DR. ALEX PATERSON OF THE ORB" Rich Thomas, Magnetic Magazine, Nov 2011
"From the Crate: KLF – The White Room" Ed Jupp, Gods in the TV Zine, Mar 2016
"Your guide to The KLF, pop music’s original pranksters" Jack Needham, Dazed, Jan 2017
"Who Were The KLF?" Jonny Coleman, Pitchfork, Feb 2017
"Return of the KLF: ‘They were agents of chaos. Now the world they anticipated is here’" Andrew Harrison, The Guardian, Apr 2017
"KLF's Welcome to the Dark Ages: What time is chaos?" Barbara Ellen, The Observer, Aug 2017
"The KLF's Greatest Protégés Didn't Really Know What Was Going On" Jason Roth, The Record, Jul 2017
"The KLF “3 A.M. Eternal”" Jonny Coleman, Insomniac, Aug 2017
"Chill Out The KLF Review" Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, Feb 2020
"When the KLF and Extreme Noise Terror outgunned the Brits: what happened next?" Ian Winwood, Daily Telegraph, Feb 2020
"What Time Is Love? The KLF Primer" Nick Roseblade, Clash, Jan 2021
"Making KLF: The White Room" Mark Lindores, Classic Pop, Feb 2022
Soundtrack
Luar - Citrine (https://soundcloud.com/luarbeats)
Jesse Gallagher - The Golden Present
Luar - Anchor (https://soundcloud.com/luarbeats)
You can also follow me here:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrashTheory
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TrashTheoryYT
Or support me on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/TrashTheory
- published: 21 Apr 2023
- views: 578687
43:32
The KLF - The White Room 1991 full album
The White Room is the fourth and final studio album by British electronic music group The KLF, released on 3 March 1991. The album features versions of the band...
The White Room is the fourth and final studio album by British electronic music group The KLF, released on 3 March 1991. The album features versions of the band's hit singles, including "What Time Is Love?", "3 a.m. Eternal", and "Last Train to Trancentral".
https://wn.com/The_Klf_The_White_Room_1991_Full_Album
The White Room is the fourth and final studio album by British electronic music group The KLF, released on 3 March 1991. The album features versions of the band's hit singles, including "What Time Is Love?", "3 a.m. Eternal", and "Last Train to Trancentral".
- published: 05 Jun 2018
- views: 507023
4:47
The KLF - America: What Time Is Love? (Official Video)
The KLF - America: What Time Is Love? (Official Video)
An Atlas Adventure
Directed by Bill Butt
KLF Communications
Listen to Solid State Logik 1: http://sma...
The KLF - America: What Time Is Love? (Official Video)
An Atlas Adventure
Directed by Bill Butt
KLF Communications
Listen to Solid State Logik 1: http://smarturl.it/KLFSSL1
https://wn.com/The_Klf_America_What_Time_Is_Love_(Official_Video)
The KLF - America: What Time Is Love? (Official Video)
An Atlas Adventure
Directed by Bill Butt
KLF Communications
Listen to Solid State Logik 1: http://smarturl.it/KLFSSL1
- published: 31 Dec 2020
- views: 1626245
2:02
Who Killed The KLF? - Official Trailer
A documentary exploring the rise and fall of the KLF
A documentary exploring the rise and fall of the KLF
https://wn.com/Who_Killed_The_Klf_Official_Trailer
A documentary exploring the rise and fall of the KLF
- published: 08 Apr 2022
- views: 59849
1:05
THE KLF - The Rites of Mu
This is the trailer to The Rites of Mu (1991) which is part of the film 23 Seconds to Eternity (2023), to be screened and archived at the BFI, London from the 6...
This is the trailer to The Rites of Mu (1991) which is part of the film 23 Seconds to Eternity (2023), to be screened and archived at the BFI, London from the 6th of November 2023.
https://www.bfi.org.uk/news/films-justified-ancients-mu-mu-klf-timelords
https://wn.com/The_Klf_The_Rites_Of_Mu
This is the trailer to The Rites of Mu (1991) which is part of the film 23 Seconds to Eternity (2023), to be screened and archived at the BFI, London from the 6th of November 2023.
https://www.bfi.org.uk/news/films-justified-ancients-mu-mu-klf-timelords
- published: 23 Aug 2023
- views: 41977
4:39
The KLF - 3 Am Eternal (Official Video)
Good day friends! https://americansinglesfacebook.blogspot.com/ I am Mc MoSeS_exe Master of Ceremony since 1994. I promote rare and underground electronic music...
Good day friends! https://americansinglesfacebook.blogspot.com/ I am Mc MoSeS_exe Master of Ceremony since 1994. I promote rare and underground electronic music artists. Visit my blog to be updated 2024. https://americansinglesfacebook.blogspot.com/
The KLF (also known as The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, furthermore known as The JAMs, The Timelords and other names) were a British electronica band of the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Beginning in 1987, Bill Drummond (alias King Boy D) and Jimmy Cauty (alias Rockman Rock) released hip hop-inspired and sample-heavy records as The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, and on one occasion (the British number one hit single "Doctorin' the Tardis") as The Timelords. The KLF released a series of international hits on their own KLF Communications record label, and became the biggest-selling singles act in the world for 1991. The duo also published a book, The Manual (How to Have a Number One the Easy Way), and worked on a road movie called The White Room.
From the outset, they adopted the philosophy espoused by esoteric novel series The Illuminatus! Trilogy, gaining notoriety for various anarchic situationist manifestations, including the defacement of billboard adverts, the posting of prominent cryptic advertisements in NME magazine and the mainstream press, and highly distinctive and unusual performances on Top of the Pops. Their most notorious performance was a collaboration with Extreme Noise Terror (and Barney Greenaway of Napalm Death) at the February 1992 BRIT Awards, where they fired machine gun blanks into the audience and dumped a dead sheep at the aftershow party. This performance announced The KLF's departure from the music business, and in May 1992 the duo deleted their entire back catalogue.
With The KLF's profits, Drummond and Cauty established the K Foundation and sought to subvert the art world, staging an alternative art award for the worst artist of the year and burning one million pounds sterling. Drummond and Cauty remained true to their word of May 1992; the KLF Communications catalogue remains deleted in the UK, but The White Room is still being pressed in the U.S. by Arista. They have released a small number of new tracks since then, as the K Foundation, The One World Orchestra and most recently, in 1997, as 2K.
History
In 1986, Bill Drummond was an established figure within the British music industry, having co-founded Zoo Records, played guitar in the Liverpool band Big in Japan, and worked as manager of Echo & the Bunnymen and The Teardrop Explodes. On 21 July of that year, he resigned from his position as an A&R man at record label WEA, citing that he was nearly 33⅓ years old (33⅓ revolutions per minute being significant to Drummond as the speed at which a vinyl LP revolves), and that it was "time for a revolution in my life. There is a mountain to climb the hard way, and I want to see the world from the top". He released a well-received solo LP, The Man, judged by reviewers as "tastefully understated," a "touching if idiosyncratic biographical statement" encapsulating "his bizarrely sage ruminations", and "a work of humble genius: the best kind".
Artist and musician Jimmy Cauty was, in 1986, the guitarist in the commercially unsuccessful three-piece Brilliant - an act that Drummond had signed to WEA Records and managed. Cauty and Drummond shared an interest in the esoteric conspiracy novels The Illuminatus! Trilogy, and, in particular, their theme of Discordianism, a form of post-modern anarchism. As an art student in Liverpool, Drummond had been involved with the set design for the first stage production of The Illuminatus! Trilogy, a 12-hour performance which opened in Liverpool on 23 November 1976.
Re-reading Illuminatus! in late 1986, and influenced by hip-hop, Drummond felt inspired to react against what he perceived to be the stagnant soundscape of popular music. Recalling that moment in a later radio interview, Drummond said that the plan came to him in an instant: he would form a hip-hop band with former colleague Jimmy Cauty, and they would be called The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu.
https://wn.com/The_Klf_3_Am_Eternal_(Official_Video)
Good day friends! https://americansinglesfacebook.blogspot.com/ I am Mc MoSeS_exe Master of Ceremony since 1994. I promote rare and underground electronic music artists. Visit my blog to be updated 2024. https://americansinglesfacebook.blogspot.com/
The KLF (also known as The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, furthermore known as The JAMs, The Timelords and other names) were a British electronica band of the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Beginning in 1987, Bill Drummond (alias King Boy D) and Jimmy Cauty (alias Rockman Rock) released hip hop-inspired and sample-heavy records as The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, and on one occasion (the British number one hit single "Doctorin' the Tardis") as The Timelords. The KLF released a series of international hits on their own KLF Communications record label, and became the biggest-selling singles act in the world for 1991. The duo also published a book, The Manual (How to Have a Number One the Easy Way), and worked on a road movie called The White Room.
From the outset, they adopted the philosophy espoused by esoteric novel series The Illuminatus! Trilogy, gaining notoriety for various anarchic situationist manifestations, including the defacement of billboard adverts, the posting of prominent cryptic advertisements in NME magazine and the mainstream press, and highly distinctive and unusual performances on Top of the Pops. Their most notorious performance was a collaboration with Extreme Noise Terror (and Barney Greenaway of Napalm Death) at the February 1992 BRIT Awards, where they fired machine gun blanks into the audience and dumped a dead sheep at the aftershow party. This performance announced The KLF's departure from the music business, and in May 1992 the duo deleted their entire back catalogue.
With The KLF's profits, Drummond and Cauty established the K Foundation and sought to subvert the art world, staging an alternative art award for the worst artist of the year and burning one million pounds sterling. Drummond and Cauty remained true to their word of May 1992; the KLF Communications catalogue remains deleted in the UK, but The White Room is still being pressed in the U.S. by Arista. They have released a small number of new tracks since then, as the K Foundation, The One World Orchestra and most recently, in 1997, as 2K.
History
In 1986, Bill Drummond was an established figure within the British music industry, having co-founded Zoo Records, played guitar in the Liverpool band Big in Japan, and worked as manager of Echo & the Bunnymen and The Teardrop Explodes. On 21 July of that year, he resigned from his position as an A&R man at record label WEA, citing that he was nearly 33⅓ years old (33⅓ revolutions per minute being significant to Drummond as the speed at which a vinyl LP revolves), and that it was "time for a revolution in my life. There is a mountain to climb the hard way, and I want to see the world from the top". He released a well-received solo LP, The Man, judged by reviewers as "tastefully understated," a "touching if idiosyncratic biographical statement" encapsulating "his bizarrely sage ruminations", and "a work of humble genius: the best kind".
Artist and musician Jimmy Cauty was, in 1986, the guitarist in the commercially unsuccessful three-piece Brilliant - an act that Drummond had signed to WEA Records and managed. Cauty and Drummond shared an interest in the esoteric conspiracy novels The Illuminatus! Trilogy, and, in particular, their theme of Discordianism, a form of post-modern anarchism. As an art student in Liverpool, Drummond had been involved with the set design for the first stage production of The Illuminatus! Trilogy, a 12-hour performance which opened in Liverpool on 23 November 1976.
Re-reading Illuminatus! in late 1986, and influenced by hip-hop, Drummond felt inspired to react against what he perceived to be the stagnant soundscape of popular music. Recalling that moment in a later radio interview, Drummond said that the plan came to him in an instant: he would form a hip-hop band with former colleague Jimmy Cauty, and they would be called The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu.
- published: 12 Oct 2014
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