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Beats International

Beats International has been played on NTS over 10 times, featured on 11 episodes and was first played on 20 October 2012.

Beats International was an electronic music band, formed in the late 1980s by Norman Cook, after his departure from The Housemartins. A loose confederation of musicians, the line-up also included vocalists Lindy Layton and Lester Noel, rapper MC Wildski, and keyboardist Andy Boucher. Unusually, the band's live line-up also incorporated a graffiti artist, who would paint designs on a backdrop while the musicians played.

Their first album, Let Them Eat Bingo spawned the number one UK single Dub Be Good To Me, a re-working…

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Dub Be Good To Me
Beats International feat. Lindy Layton
Go! Discs1990
Dub Be Good To Me
Beats International feat. Lindy LaytonGo! Discs1990
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Dub Be Good To Me (Smith And Mighty)
Beats International
London Records1990
Dub Be Good To Me (Smith And Mighty)
Beats InternationalLondon Records1990
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Just Be Good To Me (Acappella)
Beats International
SMEJ Associated Records2000
Just Be Good To Me (Acappella)
Beats InternationalSMEJ Associated Records2000
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Dub Be Good To Me
Beats International feat. Lindy
London Records, FFRR, Go! Discs1990
Dub Be Good To Me
Beats International feat. LindyLondon Records, FFRR, Go! Discs1990
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Won't Talk About It
Beats International
London Records, Go! Beat1990
Won't Talk About It
Beats InternationalLondon Records, Go! Beat1990
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