Editing Coldcut (section)

===1980s===
In 1986, computer programmer Matt Black and ex-[[art teacher]] Jonathan More were part-time [[DJ]]s on the [[rare groove]] scene. More also DJed on [[pirate radio]], hosting the ''Meltdown Show'' on [[Kiss 100 London|Kiss FM]] and worked at the Reckless Records store on [[Berwick Street]], [[London]] where Black visited as a customer. The first collaboration between the two artists was "[[Say Kids What Time Is It?]]" on a [[White label record|white label]] in January 1987, which mixed ''[[The Jungle Book (1967 film)|The Jungle Book]]''<nowiki/>'s "[[King of the Swingers]]" with the break from [[James Brown]]'s "[[Funky Drummer]]". The innovation of "Say Kids..." caused More and Black to be heralded by ''SPIN'' as "the first Brit artists to really get hip-hop's class-cutup aesthetic".<ref>{{cite book |title=SPIN |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X1aghtVf0GEC&q=coldcut+%22Say+Kids+What+Time+Is+It%3F%22&pg=PA48 |date= December 1996 |last1=Media |first1=Spin L.L.C. }}</ref> It is regarded as the UK's first breaks record,<ref name="books.google.co.uk">{{cite book |title= All Music Guide to Electronica: The Definitive Guide to Electronic Music |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=GJNXLSBlL7IC&q=coldcut+%22solid+steel%22+kiss&pg=PT50 |via=2001 |isbn= 9780879306281 |last1= Bogdanov |first1=Vladimir |year=2001| publisher=Backbeat Books }}</ref> the first UK record to be built entirely of samples<ref>{{cite book |title=Brit Cult: An A-z of British Pop Culture |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=9FwsAAAAYAAJ&q=coldcut+%22Doctorin%27+the+House%22 |via=2001 |isbn= 9780809293247 |last1=Calcutt |first1=Andrew |year=2001| publisher=Contemporary Books }}</ref> and "the final link in the chain connecting European collage-experiment with the dance-remix-scratch edit".<ref>{{cite book |title=Invisible jukebox |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=7xPmAAAAMAAJ&q=coldcut+%22queen+latifah%22|access-date=26 November 2013 |last1= Herrington |first1=Tony |year=1998| publisher=Quartet Books |isbn = 9780704380462}}</ref> This was later sampled in "[[Pump Up the Volume (song)|Pump Up the Volume]]" by [[MARRS]], a single that reached #1 in the UK in October 1987.

Though Black had joined Kiss FM with his own mix-based show, the pair eventually joined forces on its own show later in 1987 called ''[[Solid Steel]]''. The eclectic show became a unifying force in underground experimental electronic music<ref name="books.google.co.uk"/> and is still running, celebrating 25 years in 2013.

The duo adopted the name "Coldcut" and set up a record label called Ahead Of Our Time to release the single "[[Beats + Pieces]]" (one of the formats also included "That Greedy Beat") in 1987. All of these tracks were assembled using cassette pause button edits and later spliced tape edits that would sometimes run "all over the room". The duo used sampling from [[Led Zeppelin]] to [[James Brown]]. Electronic act [[the Chemical Brothers]] have described "Beats + Pieces" as the "first [[Big beat|bigbeat]] record", a style which appeared in the mid-1990s.

Coldcut's first mainstream success came when Julian Palmer from [[Island Records]] asked them to remix [[Eric B. & Rakim]]'s "[[Paid in Full (Eric B. & Rakim song)|Paid in Full]]". Released in October 1987, the landmark remix<ref>{{cite web |title= After 200bpm, your heart blows up |url= https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/jan/18/popandrock |work= The Guardian |date= 18 January 2006 |access-date= 18 January 2006}}</ref> is said to have "laid the groundwork for hip hop's entry into the UK mainstream",<ref>{{cite book |title= Invisible jukebox |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=7xPmAAAAMAAJ&q=coldcut+%22queen+latifah%22 |via=1998 |last1=Herrington |first1=Tony |year=1998| publisher=Quartet Books |isbn = 9780704380462}}</ref> becoming a breakthrough hit for Eric B & Rakim outside the U.S., reaching No. 15 in the UK, and the top 20 in a number of European countries. It featured a prominent [[Ofra Haza]] sample and many other vocal cut ups as well as a looped rhythm which later, when sped up, proved popular in the [[breakbeat|Breakbeat genre]]. Off the back of its success in clubs, the Coldcut "Seven Minutes of Madness" remix ended up being promoted as the single in the UK.

In 1988, More and Black formed [[Hex (VJ group)|Hex]], a self-titled "multimedia pop group", with Mile Visman and Rob Pepperell. While working on videos for artists such as [[Kevin Saunderson]], Queen Latifah and [[Spiritualized]], Hex's collaborative work went on to incorporate 3D modelling, punk video art, and algorithmic visuals on desktop machines. The video for Coldcut's 'Christmas Break' in 1989 is arguably one of the first pop promos produced entirely on microcomputers.

In 1988, Coldcut released ''Out To Lunch With Ahead Of Our Time'', a double LP of Coldcut productions and re-cuts, and the various aliases under which the duo had recorded. This continued the duo's tradition of releasing limited available vinyl.<ref>{{cite book |title= Blues & Soul |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ui9LAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Out+To+Lunch+With+Ahead+Of+Our+Time%22 |via=1988 |date=June 1988 }}</ref>

The next Coldcut single, released in February 1988, moved towards a more house-influenced style.<ref>{{cite book |title= Last Night a Dj Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey |isbn = 9781555846114|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Np3dpRhTsxQC&q=coldcut+yazz&pg=PA350 |via= 1999|last1 = Brewster|first1 = Bill|last2 = Broughton|first2 = Frank|date = December 2007| publisher=Grove Atlantic }}</ref> "[[Doctorin' the House]]", which debuted singer [[Yazz]],<ref name="http">{{cite book|title=The Guinness Who's Who of Rap, Dance & Techno |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=kmgZAQAAIAAJ&q=coldcut+yazz |date=1994|isbn = 9780851127880|last1 = Larkin|first1 = Colin| publisher=Guinness }}</ref> became a top ten hit, and peaked at No. 6.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pjLy95O2ILYC&q=coldcut+yazz&pg=PA62|title=The Ultimate 80's Music Book|first=Michael|last=Anderson|page=62|publisher=Lulu.com |isbn=9781409209041|via=Google Books}}</ref> In the same year, under the guise Yazz and the Plastic Population, they produced "[[The Only Way Is Up]]", a cover of a [[Northern soul]] song. The record reached No. 1 in the UK in August, and remained there for five weeks, becoming 1988's second biggest selling single.<ref name="http"/> Producer [[Martin Glover|Youth]] of [[Killing Joke]] also helped Coldcut with this record. The duo had another top hit in September with "[[Stop This Crazy Thing]]", which featured reggae vocalist [[Junior Reid]] and reached number 21 in the UK.<ref>{{cite book|title=KISS FM: From Radical Radio To Big Business: The Inside Story Of A London|isbn = 9780956496317|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LZ-RpGjFavoC&q=coldcut+%22Doctorin%27+the+House%22&pg=PT89 |access-date=1 June 2011|last1 = Goddard|first1 = Grant|date = 9 June 2011| publisher=Radio Books }}</ref>

The single "[[People Hold On]]" became another UK Top 20 hit. Released in March 1989, it helped launch the career<ref>{{cite book |title= The encyclopedia of popular music |isbn = 9780195313734|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=8gkKAQAAMAAJ&q=%22People+Hold+On%22+lisa+stansfield |via=2001|last1 = Larkin|first1 = Colin|year = 2000}}</ref> of the then relatively unknown singer [[Lisa Stansfield]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Atwood |first=Brett |title= Coldcut dishes out more multimedia |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=IA8EAAAAMBAJ&q=coldcut+%22Doctorin%27+the+House%22&pg=PA66|magazine=Billboard |date= 18 January 1997}}</ref> Coldcut and [[Mark Saunders (record producer)|Mark Saunders]] produced her debut solo single "[[This Is the Right Time]]", which became another UK Top 20 hit in August as well as reaching No. 21 on the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] the following year.

As the duo started to enjoy critical and commercial success,<ref>{{cite book|last=Goddard|first=Grant|title=KISS FM: From Radical Radio To Big Business: The Inside Story of a London |date=9 June 2011|publisher=Radio Books |isbn=9780956496317|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LZ-RpGjFavoC&q=coldcut+%22Doctorin%27+the+House%22&pg=PT89 |access-date=9 June 2011}}</ref> their debut album ''[[What's That Noise?]]'' was released in April 1989 on Ahead of Our Time and distributed by Big Life Records. The album gave "breaks the full length treatment",<ref>{{cite book |last=Bogdanov |first=Vladimir |title= All Music Guide to Electronica: The Definitive Guide to Electronic Music |year=2001 |publisher=Backbeat Books |isbn=9780879306281 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=GJNXLSBlL7IC&q=coldcut+%22solid+steel%22+kiss&pg=PT50 |via=2001}}</ref> and showcased "their heady blend of hip-hop production aesthetics and proto-acid house grooves".<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite book |title= All Music Guide to Hip-hop: The Definitive Guide to Rap & Hip-hop |isbn = 9780879307592|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Wr1lmklsD8QC&q=Arista+coldcut&pg=PT69 |via=2003|last1 = Authors|first1 = Various|year = 2003| publisher=Backbeat Books }}</ref> It also rounded up a heap of unconventional guest features, quoted by SPIN as having "somehow found room at the same table for [[Queen Latifah]] and [[Mark E. Smith]]".<ref>{{cite web |title= Spin: Dig Your Own Hole |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=I4irI6O3Ko8C&q=coldcut+%22queen+latifah%22&pg=RA1-PA109 |work=SPIN |date=May 1997}}</ref> The album's track "I'm in Deep" (featuring Smith) prefigured the indie-dance guitar-breaks crossover of such bands as the [[Stone Roses]] and [[Happy Mondays]], utilizing Smith's freestyle raucous vocals over an acid house backing, and also including psych guitar samples from British rock band [[Deep Purple]]. ''What's That Noise?'' reached the Top 20 in the UK and was certified Silver.