Our latest tracks are a remix of the best selling Pi T shirt and our own take on the classic 45 rpm record adapter t shirt.
I recently heard of the origins of the 45 rpm record adaptor, which explains why, growing up, it was only needed on the reggae singles in my house.
In the early days, DJ’s in Jamaica would need to turn records over quickly, attempting to keep the tempo and the party going. However, the size of the centre hole made this awkward and time consuming, especially in low light. They decided to punch out a larger hole in the 45s and add a spindle to the turntable, so that the record, with minimum interruption, could easily be flipped over with one hand, whilst still holding the microphone in the other. The record labels eventually began to manufacture all 7 inch singles without the centre piece and the RCA Corporation introduced the plastic snap-in Spider adaptor to fill in the gap. There it is.
Looking for gifts, limited edition prints, Tees and hoodies. We’re spreading the word of uchi and you can now Shop uchi on Etsy. We’ve started added a collection of our screen prints and we’ll be adding more products daily. We need space to make room for the many new limited editions and new Tees, hoodies and other good stuff in the pipeline. Sleep is the cousin of death and we’ve slept on things far too long! Stay tuned.
Golden Section screen print
Golden section (fibonacci sequence) inspired by the art of Piet Mondrian. Hand screen printed on 300gsm somerset white paper.
In the UK in the early 80’s, if you wanted to get your hands on the latest US HipHop and Soul club hits you’d usually have to pay US import prices. Then came the StreetSounds record label. They delighted many in the UK, hungry to get their hands on the latest vinyl, with their StreetSounds Electro compilation albums. Along with the StreetWave label, they licenced many popular US tracks producing over 23 compilations of full length version and mixes of the latest Electro and Hiphop mixes at UK prices!
Not only were the StreetSounds Electro compilations classic Hiphop albums, the album covers are also classic album covers. As a personal project we’ve created these Japanese versions of the first four StreetSounds Electro compilation album covers!
StreetSounds Electro Volume 1 – Japanese version
StreetSounds Electro 1 Japanese album cover
エレクトロ1
The Packman ザパックマン
West Street Mob <ウェストストリートモブ
G-Force Ｇ－フォース
Captain Rock キャプテン ロック
Newclues ニュークルーズ
K-9 Corp Ｋ－９ コープ
Project Future プロジェクト フューチャー
C- Bank Ｃ－バンク
StreetSounds Electro Volume 2 – Japanese version
StreetSounds Electro 2 Japanese album cover
エレクトロ2
Grand Master Flash and Melle Mel グランドマスターフラッシュアンドメレメル
Hashim ハシム
The B Boys ザ Ｂ ボーイズ
Xena エグゼナ
Two Sisters ツー シスターズ
Rammellzee vs K-Rob ラメルジーとK-ロブ
StreetSounds Electro Volume 3 – Japanese version
StreetSounds Electro 3 Japanese album cover
エレクトロ3
Divine sounds ディバイン サウンズ
Davy DMX ダヴィ ＤＭＸ
Imperial Brothers インペリアル ブラザース
Newcleus ニュークルーズ
Boogie Boys ブギーボーイズ
Pumpkin パンプキン
Fresh 3 M.C’s フレッシュ３ＭＣｓ
StreetSounds Electro Volume 4 – Japanese version
StreetSounds Electro 4 Japanese album cover
エレクトロ 4
Herbie Hancock ハービーハンコック
Pumpkin and the profile all stars パンプキンアンドプロファイルオールスターズ
