FANTASY UFO: RFI

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How many people have heard these guys? I'm currently listening to "Feed The World" (Cut The Red Tape mix) and wondering why they aren't household names, what with their radio-friendly mix of breakbeat harcore and lovely samples. If I had a radio show, I'd be bumpin' this like crazy.

Can anyone tell me who was behind Fantasy UFO and what happened to them?

― Dan Perry, Wednesday, 5 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

dan, are you talking about the 91 era Fantasy UFO? possibly on outer rhythm? if so, i believe their biggest record (cant remember the title) may have come between the period when britrave was looking to belgium/mentasm and when it went 100% breakbeat. the single wasn't huge if i remember correctly, but i wouldn't necessarily know (wasn't quite old enough for raves then)

― gareth, Wednesday, 5 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

it was mark ryder wasn't it. he still makes crazy 2 step for his strictly underground label.

― stirmonster, Wednesday, 5 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Gareth: I'm pretty certain we're talking about the same group. I know they had a track on the first XL comp which was very Belgian- hoover-sounding, but when I got into them they'd already made the shift over to breakbeat mania (ie, the _Kaos Theory 2_ comp which contains their superlative remix of M D Emm's "Move Your Feet" and the aforementioned "Feed The World").

stirmonster: Mark Ryder? I've seen that name before, I think... At any rate, THANK YOU.

― Dan Perry, Wednesday, 5 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

yea dan its the same one. i thought m d emm was mark ryder too?

― gareth, Wednesday, 5 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Really? Did he record under any other names?

― Dan Perry, Wednesday, 5 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

loads - can't remember just now but he originally used to work with now top 40 tastic dave lee.

― stirmonster, Wednesday, 5 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

did a route through my old rave records and found another fantasy ufo record - 'mind body and soul' on strictly underground from '91 - still sounds mighty fine.

― stirmonster, Wednesday, 5 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Get Down wasn't bad (was that M D Emm, or just released as mark ryder?)

was Hackney Hardcore mark ryder? check Caught With A Spliff, thats not bad either

― gareth, Thursday, 6 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Dan, where did you pick up/download the single from? All this chat about Fantasy UFO has whet my appetite. Funny that, since I've only truly gotten into dance music in my old age;>

― Nichole Graham, Friday, 7 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

nine years pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKQvcoyRgqU

^^^^ choon

― God, Music and Romeo and Juliet (DJP), Tuesday, 10 April 2012 22:17 (thirteen years ago)

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