Bentley Rhythm Ace
1997Skint Records
Bentley's Gonna Sort You Out is one of the great British big beat singles.
Bentley Rhythm Ace
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Big Beat / Electronic
Bentley Rhythm Ace
Bentley's Gonna Sort You Out is one of the great British big beat singles. BRA were one of the most joyful acts of the late 1990s.
Birmingham, EnglandFormed 1995Disbanded
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Biography
Bentley Rhythm Ace
Bentley Rhythm Ace formed in Birmingham in 1995, Richard March and Mike Stokes developing a sound that drew on big beat, breakbeat, and sample culture in ways that felt completely original. They signed to Skint Records and released their debut album 'Bentley Rhythm Ace' (1997) — a record of extraordinary energy and melodic invention.
'Bentley's Gonna Sort You Out', 'Midlander', and 'Run on the Spot' were all excellent singles. The album showed a band capable of real musical humour — their samples were inventive and funny, and the music had a warmth that distinguished them from many of their big beat contemporaries.
Bentley Rhythm Ace released one further album — 'For Your Ears Only' (2000) — before disbanding. Their debut album remains one of the finest documents of the late-90s big beat scene.
Discography
The Albums
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