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The Trilogy Tapes

Clandestine record label, The Trilogy Tapes, tear up the NTS studios once a month, ripping through the grittiest and muddiest tracks. No words on this one, just tunes.

DRAWING DOORS W/ OURI

Contemporary pieces of obsession intertwined with glimpses of reality.

Dyke & The Blazers

Dyke & The Blazers

Dyke & The Blazers has been played over 10 times on NTS, first on 10 August 2014. Dyke & The Blazers's music has been featured on 13 episodes.

The Phoenix band Dyke & the Blazers picked up on the rhythms, bass and organ innovations of James Brown's band and released "Funky Broadway - Part I" in 1967, the first black dance single with the name "Funky" in the title. "Funky Broadway" was later covered by Wilson Pickett, resulting in a #1 R&B hit.

Originally from Buffalo, New York, the band got stranded in Phoenix, Arizona while backing the O'Jays.

Vocalist Arlester "Dyke" Christian was shot to death in 1971.

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Dyke & The Blazers

Dyke & The Blazers has been played over 10 times on NTS, first on 10 August 2014. Dyke & The Blazers's music has been featured on 13 episodes.

The Phoenix band Dyke & the Blazers picked up on the rhythms, bass and organ innovations of James Brown's band and released "Funky Broadway - Part I" in 1967, the first black dance single with the name "Funky" in the title. "Funky Broadway" was later covered by Wilson Pickett, resulting in a #1 R&B hit.

Originally from Buffalo, New York, the band got stranded in Phoenix, Arizona while backing the O'Jays.

Vocalist Arlester "Dyke" Christian was shot to death in 1971.

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