Nation 12 is tagged as: breaks, breakbeat, electronica, 80s, electronic
Nation 12 is a project that started life as a collaboration between electronic pioneer John Foxx and Bomb The Bass’s Tim Simenon back in 1989. at the time the 21-year-old Simenon’s hip hop beats and music cut-ups were right at the cutting edge of British music, as he’d not only constructed his own Number 2 single, ‘Beat Dis’ but in 1988 the dance innovator also co-produced Neneh Cherry’s Top 10 hits ‘Buffalo Stance’ and ‘Manchild’. In addition to his love for hip hop, the Brixton born producer was also a fan of electronic music, especially Depeche Mode, Fad Gadget and John Foxx. Although the latter hadn’t made a record since 1985’s In Mysterious Ways, they met up via mutual acquaintances in 1989 to discuss the idea of a collaboration. After many sessions with Simon Rodgers a record was finally produced. However the release was delayed by the closure of Rhythm King records and the tapes from those recording sessions were also lost. ‘I had one or two things on tape somewhere, but essentially I thought it was gone for good,’ admits Foxx. Then three years ago, two cassettes appeared which contained most of the material recorded by Nation 12. andthey are the source for almost all of the music on this C...
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