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John Gosling's work for <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Wall+of+Sound+Records%22">Wall of Sound Records</a> as Mekon has anticipated a barrage of stylistic changes during the mid-'90s, from trip-hop to big-beat techno and the general influence of American hip-hop in electronic culture. Debuting in 1994 with "Phatty's Lunchbox" (just the second release on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Wall+of+Sound%22">Wall of Sound</a>), Gosling pioneered the blueprint for the dance music popularized years later by <a href="spotify:artist:4k1ELeJKT1ISyDv8JivPpB">the Prodigy</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:1GhPHrq36VKCY3ucVaZCfo">Chemical Brothers</a>: breakbeat trip-hop invested with a lot of energy and old-school attitude. Future singles blazed new trails as well, through contributions from "Mad" Frankie Fraser (on the gangsta-oriented "Revenge of the Mekon") and <a href="spotify:artist:63NXL9k1RkJYcQ5MkUETLL">Schoolly D</a> (for "Skool's Out"). Gosling released his first Mekon album, Welcome to Tackletown, in June 1997 and has remixed <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Wall+of+Sound%22">Wall of Sound</a> labelmate <a href="spotify:artist:77luFktbVItUaR7CoE3vlW">Agent Provocateur</a>. The 2000 effort Relax with Mekon featured guest appearances from <a href="spotify:artist:7nBZYpVAH6bD0QlD7Mpil7">Marc Almond</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3r7n7y3j0nYgkPePO4p3QC">Roxanne Shante</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4SINYGzldpKMExpCjseS9o">Jacques Lu Cont</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:3DkmShHV6P6CezJN6EPmCJ">Shawn Lee</a>. <a href="spotify:artist:63NXL9k1RkJYcQ5MkUETLL">Schoolly D</a> returned for the 2013 effort Piece of Work, which also featured <a href="spotify:artist:5riS4sDqcjVAwvC37jxTP0">Pig</a>, Marco Pironi, and <a href="spotify:artist:3Jt1ROW4550CnnUbUewlZB">Peter Christopherson</a>. ~ John Bush, Rovi
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