Biography
The Beatmasters are an English electronic music group who gained success in the UK in the late 1980s with four top 20 hit singles. They then went on to produce and remix records for other artists, including Pet Shop Boys, Erasure and Marc Almond. The group's string of chart hit singles include "Burn It Up", "Hey DJ! (I Can't Dance to that Music You're Playing)", "Who's in the House" (featuring Merlin) and "Rok da House". The latter, having been recorded in 1986, is one of the earliest examples of hip house and most likely the first song of the genre. Hip house is a subgenre of house music which features rap vocals performed over a house rhythm track. Their initial success brought comparisons with pop record producers Stock Aitken Waterman, but the Beatmasters cited rival producers Coldcut as their major competitor.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
The Raw & The Cooked
1988
Very
1993
Personal Jesus
1989
Behind The Wheel (Remix)
1987
Remixes 81····04
2004
I Say I Say I Say
1994
The Finest
1996
When I Kiss You (I Hear Charlie Parker Playing)
1995
En-Tact
1990
What'Cha Gonna Do
1999
Madness Thing
1998
Everytime You Touch Me
1995
Warriors
1994
Show Of Strength EP
1993
Boss Drum
1992
X¹
1991
Doin' The Do
1990
Boomania
1990
Now Dance 902
1990
Rap Attak
1989
Hey DJ / I Can't Dance To That Music You're Playing b/w Ska Train
1989
The Chart Show - Dance Masters
1989
House Hits
1988
Stand Up For Your Love Rights
1988
Credited work
1,765 releases · 266 albums · active 1987–2025
- Engineering · 1,889
- Production · 1,201
- Performance · 76
- Other credits · 74
Studios: Strongroom · Roundhouse Studios · Livingston Studios · Eden Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- The Shamen
- Depeche Mode
- Aswad
- Pet Shop Boys
- Yazz
- Erasure
- Shamen