UTFO

UTFO (an abbreviation for Untouchable Force Organization) was an American old-school hip hop group from Brooklyn, New York City. The group consisted of Kangol Kid (Shiller Shaun Fequiere), Educated Rapper (Jeffrey Campbell), Doctor Ice (Fred Reeves), and Mix Master Ice (Maurice Bailey). The group formed in the early 1980s and were originally known as UFO. However, the name was taken by a rock group so they were forced to change it to UTFO. Kangol Kid and Doctor Ice were originally known as The Keystone Dancers and were a dance duet, before going on to be dancers for Whodini. Eventually, they went on to form UTFO in their hometown of Brooklyn, New York City, New York. In 1984, the group signed with Fred Munao's Select Records, and, in the same year, it released its hit single, "Roxanne Roxanne". The group's debut album was produced by R&B group Full Force. Full Force brought in New York's sound and sampling wizard, Gary Pozner, to help create the sounds and the beats. This was one of the first instances of the new sampling machine, the E-mu Emulator, used on a commercially released record.
==Links to Peel==
Peel played material from the group in the mid-80's and after his death in 2004, it was later found out that he had a couple of their albums in his Record Collection: U. 
==Shows Played==
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*03 April 1985 (Muriel Gray) (& Real Roxanne): 'The Real Roxanne (Compilation LP-Street Sounds Electro 6)' (Street Sounds)
*05 August 1985: Leader Of The Pack (12") Select
;1986
*23 June 1986: We Work Hard (12" - We Work Hard / Kangol & Doc) Select
*28 July 1986: The House Will Rock (LP - Skeezer Pleezer) Select
*05 August 1986: Pick Up The Pace (LP - Skeezer Pleezer) Select
*12 August 1986: Bad Luck Barry (LP - Skeezer Pleezer) Select
*20 August 1986: Just Watch (LP - Skeezer Pleezer) Select
*06 October 1986: Split Personality (12") Select
== See Also ==
*Record Collection: U
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
Category:Artists