Kicks Like A Mule

Kicks Like a Mule is a British electronic music duo consisting of Richard Russell and Nick Halkes. Their first single, "The Bouncer", peaked at No. 7 in the UK Singles Chart when it was released in 1992. Although both Halkes and Russell worked at the XL Recordings label at the time of the single's release (XL being run by Russell to this day), it was released on Rebel MC’s independent Tribal Bass label. It featured a repeated vocal sample of an archetypal club bouncer saying "Your name's not down, you're not coming in" and "Not tonight, you're not on the list."
Kicks Like a Mule were also responsible for the remix of Awesome 3's "Don’t Go", and produced the song "Pass the Rizla" by London Posse which was featured on the London Underground EP on XL Records in 1993. This was also featured on the 2001 reissue of London Posse's album Gangster Chronicle. Their second single, "Number One" was also released on the Tribal Bass label.
As 'Lifelike', Russell and Halkes also recorded the song "Like Life", which was released on FFRR Records. Although this was meant to be the first fruits of an album project, the album never materialised.
==Link to Peel==
Peel played their debut single in early 1992 before it became a top ten hit in the UK singles chart. No further tracks from the group was played by the DJ on his radio programmes.
==Shows Played==
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*18 January 1992: The Bouncer (12") Tribal Bass
*26 January 1992: The Bouncer (12") Tribal Bass
*03 February 1992 (Ö3): (JP: 'If you've ever visited London and you haven't just stayed in your hotel room grazing at the mini-bar, then these words will be agonisingly familiar to you.') The Bouncer (12") Tribal Bass (JP: 'Those bass bits make your head go all funny, don't they? Well, they did mine, anyway.')
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
 
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