Action / World Famous - Edits By Mr. K 7"

MXMRK-2048 / Edits By Mr. K 7"A. Action (Edit By Mr. K) 5:30B. World Famous (Edit By Mr. K) 3:47Get your roller-skates on! For the latest in our long-running exploration of Mr. K’s edit crates comes this pair of underground hits that rocked the legendary Roxy in early ’80s New York City. As a resident DJ, Danny Krivit saw it all unfold in real time. “A lot of the hip hop played at Roxy’s Friday night dance party was cutting edge for the dance scene,” he recalls. Although hugely influential on new dance music being made, the hip hop records coming out were rarely in the groove enough for roller skating — the rest of the week, when Roxy’s dance floor was turned over to the skaters, the music had to have the correct tempo and groove to keep the wheels turning. “These two songs were an unusual exception in that they were strong for both Roxy’s Friday night dance party and Roxy’s roller skating crowd,” Krivit explains. Orange Krush were an essential part of the early hip hop scene, but are