Bohemian Underground Movement
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The Bohemian Underground Movement (B.U.M) is an umbrella organisation of music production by Richard Searle
, bass player from Doctor and the Medics
, Corduroy
and Wet Dog
.
The first B.U.M track "I'm Afraid Of The Man In The Pasty Shop" was recorded entirely over the phone from Cornwall, then mixed in the B.U.M studio weeks later. It features on Acid Jazz
Record compilation "The New Testament of Folk".
There have been several releases mostly through Acid Jazz Records.
The Bohemian Underground Movement (B.U.M) is the umbrella name used by Richard Searle (former bass player from Doctor and the Medics, Corduroy and Wet Dog) for his various and mischievous pop art
projects.
The name came from writing BUM
in the sand for purile and mischievous effect.
Danger Mod - Theodalight 9. Hammond Street 4. AJXCD217.
Illusion Of Groove - Ghost Trip. Hammond Street 4. AJXCD217
Wet Dog released a debut album through Drumming Monkey Records / Rough Trade in 2007. DRUMCD02.
Richard Searle
Richard Searle is a 1960s influenced musician best known for reaching number one in the pop charts, in the psychedelic glam band Doctor And The Medics in 1986.-Doctor And The Medics:...
, bass player from Doctor and the Medics
Doctor and the Medics
Doctor and the Medics are a London based psychedelic rock band which enjoyed greatest success in the 1980s and are best known for their UK No. 1 song, "Spirit in the Sky"...
, Corduroy
Corduroy (band)
Corduroy were a four-piece acid jazz outfit based in London, formed around twins Ben Addison and Scott Addison , who were previously in Sire Records act Boys Wonder . Joining the twins in the band were Richard Searle and guitarist Simon Nelson-Smith...
and Wet Dog
Wet Dog
Wet Dog is an international group featuring Stephen 'Vom' Ritchie from German rockers Die Toten Hosen and Richard Searle from Acid jazz band Corduroy and the Bohemian Underground Movement. Both Ritchie and Searle were original members of British chart-toppers Doctor and the Medics...
.
The first B.U.M track "I'm Afraid Of The Man In The Pasty Shop" was recorded entirely over the phone from Cornwall, then mixed in the B.U.M studio weeks later. It features on Acid Jazz
Acid jazz
Acid jazz is a musical genre that combines elements of jazz, funk and hip-hop, particularly looped beats. It developed in the UK over the 1980s and 1990s and could be seen as tacking the sound of jazz-funk onto electronic dance: jazz-funk musicians such as Roy Ayers, Donald Byrd and Grant Green are...
Record compilation "The New Testament of Folk".
There have been several releases mostly through Acid Jazz Records.
The Bohemian Underground Movement (B.U.M) is the umbrella name used by Richard Searle (former bass player from Doctor and the Medics, Corduroy and Wet Dog) for his various and mischievous pop art
Pop art
Pop art is an art movement that emerged in the mid 1950s in Britain and in the late 1950s in the United States. Pop art challenged tradition by asserting that an artist's use of the mass-produced visual commodities of popular culture is contiguous with the perspective of fine art...
projects.
The name came from writing BUM
Bum
-Slang:* Buttocks* A term which is frequently, but not exclusively, pejorative, referring to a lazy person. By extension, extended to beggar. See also slacker, a generally ironic and humorous variant.-Places:* Bum, Afghanistan, the name of several locales...
in the sand for purile and mischievous effect.
Discography
- Jazzlolly - Jazzlolly. Exile On Hammond St.Acid Jazz Records AJXCD158.And The Best Of Hammond Street. AJX203.
- Plumpadellic - Plump Funk. Totally Wired Vol3.Old School New Cool. AJXCD/LP152.And Totallt Rewired 2. AJX205D.
- Groovy Ruben - The Woeful Tale Of Shakes Magoo. Sugarlumps. AJXCD/LP161.
- Templar - Quarter To Now.Sugarlumps. AJXCD/LP161.
- Wicca's World - Psycles. The New Testament Of Folk.AJXCD163
- & Welcome To The People Tree. People Tree Records. SEED01.
- The Jugs - I'm Afraid Of The Man In The Pasty Shop. The New Testament Of Folk. AJXCD163.
- Naked Cake - Nightclub Libel. Old School New Cool 2. AJXCD175.
- Wet Dog - Fancy You. Old School New Cool 2. AJXCD175 & Totally Rewired. AJX180D download only.
- WET DOG - Perfect Crime. Drumming Monkey Records DRUM02.
- The James Coburn Cool - Juicer. Sugarlumps 2. AJXCD/LP187.
- Flying Pudding - Watching The Machine. Sugarlumps 2. AJXCD/LP187.
- nut - The Beetle Makes Noise On Wet Grass. Sugarlumps 2. AJXCD/LP187.
- The Mauve(featuring Monique Maasen)- Safety Lite. Sugarlumps 2. AJXCD/LP187
- & Welcome To The People Tree. People Tree Records. SEED01.
- Jenson Interceptor - Fetch The Stick. Sugarlumps 2. AJXCD/LP187.
- Kitchener - The Magic Loungabout.Sugarlumps 2. AJXCD/LP187. And Totally Rewired 2. AJX205D.
- Soldiers Of Soul - Raw. Hammond Street 3. AJXCD/LP195. And The Best Of Hammond Street. AJX203D.
- The Pyes - Toss & Pot. Hammond Street 3. AJXCD/LP195. The Best Of Hammond Street. AJX205D. And Totally Rewired 2. AJX205D.
Danger Mod - Theodalight 9. Hammond Street 4. AJXCD217.
Illusion Of Groove - Ghost Trip. Hammond Street 4. AJXCD217
Wet Dog released a debut album through Drumming Monkey Records / Rough Trade in 2007. DRUMCD02.