23 Skidoo

23 Skidoo are a British band playing a fusion of industrial, post-punk, funk, and world music. Formed in 1979 by Fritz Catlin, Johnny Turnbull and Sam Mills, later augmented by Alex Turnbull and Tom Heslop, they are often grouped with artists such as A Certain Ratio, Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire, Pop Group and This Heat.
Their first 7", "Ethics", was released in 1980, followed by "The Gospel Comes To New Guinea" & "Last Words" 12" single. which was co-produced by Stephen Mallinder, Richard H. Kirk and Chris Watson from Cabaret Voltaire at their studio, The Western Works in Sheffield. A Peel Session was recorded on 16 September 1981. Their début album, “Seven Songs”, co-produced by Genesis P-Orridge, and Peter Christopherson of Throbbing Gristle/Psychic TV, was released in 1982 and went straight to number 1 in the Independent charts.
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== Links to Peel ==
Peel played 23 Skidoo regularly in the first half of the 1980s, from the release of debut single “Ethics” in 1981, with the band recording a single session the same year, and occasionally returned to their earlier material in later decades. 
In the 1990s, the 23 Skidoo track “Coup” was (allegedly) sampled (without compensation) by the Chemical Brothers on UK chart hit “Block Rockin’ Beats”, which also appeared in the duo’s only Peel session.
At the end of February 2013, two 23 Skidoo LPs were found when johnpeelarchive.com resumed the online release of details of Peel’s Record Collection, with the first 100 LPs by artists whose names start with numbers.
==Festive Fifty Entries==
*None
==Sessions==
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*One session. Released on Seven Songs (Reissue) 2xLP, 2012 (LTM)
1. Recorded: 1981-09-16. First broadcast: 23 September 1981. Repeated: 24 February 1982
*Retain Control / Macaw Gungah / View From Here / Four Note Bass
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==Other Shows Played==
;1981
*01 March 1981 (BFBS): Ethics (7") Pineapple
*03 March 1981: unknown 
*06 October 1981: Last Words (7" promo) Fetish
*15 October 1981 (BFBS): Last Words (7") Fetish
*27 October 1981: Last Words (7") Fetish
*05 November 1981 (BBC World Service): Last Words (12" - The Gospel Comes To New Guinea / Last Words) Fetish
*22 November 1981 (BFBS): Last Words (7") Fetish
;1982
*28 February 1982 (BFBS): Kundalini (album - Seven Songs) Fetish
*19 July 1982: Just Like Everybody (12" EP - Tearing Up The Plans) Pineapple/Fetish
*11 July 1982 (BFBS): Tearing Up The Plans (12" EP) Pineapple / Fetish
;1984
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*23 January 1984: Coup (12") Illuminated Ill 2812
*28 January 1984 (BFBS): Coup (12") Illuminated Ill 2812
*28 January 1984 (BFBS): Version (In The Palace) (12" - Coup) Illuminated Ill 2812
*06 February 1984 (BBC World Service): Coup (12") Illuminated Ill 2812
*29 February 1984: Coup (12") Illuminated Ill 2812
*02 July 1984 (BBC World Service): Language (12") Illuminated
*21 June 1984: Language (12") Illuminated
*04 July 1984 (BFBS): Language (12") Illuminated
*17 July 1984: Language
*06 August 1984: Fire (LP - Urban Gamelan) Illuminated
*19 August 1984 (BFBS): Misr Wakening (LP - Urban Gamelan) Illuminated
*26 August 1984 (BFBS): Coup (12") Illuminated Ill 2812
;later
*15 March 1987 (BFBS): Tearing Up The Plans
*30 July 1993: Coup (12" Coup) Illuminated
*24 August 1999: Porno Base (LP-Seven Songs) Fetish
*20 September 2001: Coup (dub) (B-side The Gospel Comes To New Guinea 12") Ronin
*21 February 2002 (Radio Eins): Kundalini (album - The Wire Tapper 08)
== See Also ==
*Sessions (Artists 0-9)
*Peel Sessions Releases
*Record Collection: 1-9
*September 2001 (Peel's Record Box)
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
* Official site
* Other
Category:Artists