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London, England (1987 – 1992)
The KLF (also known as The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, The Timelords, Kopyright Liberation Front and other names) were one of the seminal bands of the British pop music scene during the late 1980s and early 1990s, best known worldwide for their various stunts such as burning copies of their album “1987: What The Fuck is Going On?” on a bonfire in a Swedish field, firing automatic weapons into the audience, writing a book on how to make a number one hit, dumping a dead sheep at the afterparty of the BRIT Awards and most infamously, burning £1,000,000 on an island off the coast of Scotland.
Beginning in 1987 in London, England, 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. As The KLF, Drummond and Cauty pioneered the genres “stadium house” (rave music with a pop-rock production and sampled crowd noise) and “ambient house”. The KLF released a series of international top-ten hits on their own KLF Communications record label, and became the highest internationally selling UK band of 1991. The duo also published a book, The Manual, and worked on a road movie called The White Room.
From the outset, they adopted the philosophy espoused by esoteric novels 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.
Beginning in 1987 in London, England, 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. As The KLF, Drummond and Cauty pioneered the genres “stadium house” (rave music with a pop-rock production and sampled crowd noise) and “ambient house”. The KLF released a series of international top-ten hits on their own KLF Communications record label, and became the highest internationally selling UK band of 1991. The duo also published a book, The Manual, and worked on a road movie called The White Room.
From the outset, they adopted the philosophy espoused by esoteric novels 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.
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Chill Out
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The White Room
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The White Room Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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Justified & Ancient
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Slaggprodukt wrote:
madrugada eterna as number one top track? I don't get it, one of the tracks by them I like the least... hmmmm also a lot of tracks from the chill out album which is great. I guess chill out and the white room are the only albums that are easy to obtain and that is the reason. kinda sad...
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Rabe0377 wrote:
Great music!!!
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mr_disco wrote:
I tore up and down the East Coast, came back fat as a rat
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Terrasidius wrote:
Love it!
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galactus15 wrote:
haha go gasman
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MusicLoars wrote:
Ladies And Gentleman, Please Welcome, Live On Stage: The K L F! Kick Out The Jams, Motherf*#ker! ^^ I love them, especially the chill out album.
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GeeTeeAge wrote:
Мадругада етърна
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AngryDolphin wrote:
OST > Official Release
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rudynicoletti wrote:
thanx for paying a visit! xxx rudy
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vx_GASMAN wrote:
I downloaded The White Room, as one should. And whenever I play the KLF to people who aren't familiar with them, I claim it's my own work :D
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ze0d wrote:
Totalement Planant !!
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eyeonyou wrote:
Eteeeeeeeeernal
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papadoodaa wrote:
250000 listeners.. i dont, beliiiiieeeeeve it!") everyone should be on these.. well done to all involved.. shalom, kieron
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darthsketch wrote:
New pic; vote it up plz: http://www.last.fm/music/The+KLF/+images/30639183
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vinnyface wrote:
klf, where out thou?
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tattooartist wrote:
i hope no one has ever paid cash for a kopyright liberation front album, that would be going against the whole meaning of the idea. oh well theres always one.
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Pankii wrote:
very interesting music ..
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Zedprophfer wrote:
the good life begins in bed
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cptirrelevant wrote:
Pretty fnord awesome music.
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sankathi wrote:
legends.
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