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It went on to reach number 17 in the UK charts as the winter of drew in. Unexpected as it may have been, Dougans found himself appearing on the 1 December edition of Top of the Pops alongside the Pet Shop Boys and Bros in a show presented by — of course — Bruno Brookes. Dougans explains that the original record was created as the result of a collaboration with video artists Stakker Communications. And then straight after that, came Humanoid. Wikipedia articles needing clarification from March Articles which use infobox templates with no data rows.

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Away from the mainstream, the track was gaining similar plaudits on the dancefloor, something that has surprised its creator, Brian Dougans who later formed Future Sound of London with Gaz Cobainto this day. It's a moment of magic.

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Even today, Dougans himself isn't sure. Twenty-five years ago this month, a record by the name of Stakker Humanoid crashed its way into mainstream UK culture.

Fronted by Waterman and a young Michela Strachan, the show would travel to seemingly random northern nightclubs and film local revellers dancing to the hits humanpid teh day, with the roughly edited footage broadcast shortly afterwards. Now, a quarter of a century on, it seems even harder to understand.

It wasn't copying anything else; it was just fabulous.

Stakker Humanoid: how the Future Sound of London won hearts and minds

The disconnect, between Dougans's growing fame and his living arrangements, was not lost on him. Operating under the DEF II umbrella, Behind the Beat was one of a fresh batch of programmes documenting the pivotal changes in youth culture at that point in time.

Mention of an uncompromising, pioneering acid house record created on a shoestring budget by a completely unknown artist in the same breath as some of Britain's most established pop acts must have jarred with Number One's teenage audience. Regular readers may have been surprised by Bruno Brookes's recommendation in his column Tips for the Top! Someone mentioned that track halfway through recording and I was like, 'You're fucking joking … shut up … get the fuck out of here!

As Brookes's comment in Number One suggests, he was not only willing to champion Humanoid in print, he made sure to play it regularly on his prime-time Radio 1 show.

So why did someone who produced manufactured pop music champion Humanoid? Over on ITV, Pete Waterman had just launched another new programme with a simple yet effective satkker. Since then he has produced hugely acclaimed records as part of Future Sound of London and describes their breakthrough hit, Papua New Guineaas a "similar moment" to Stakker.

It has been described by The Guardian as "the first truly credible UK acid techno record to break into the mainstream. Threads collapsed expanded unthreaded.

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And Dougans pushed it as far open as he could. Dougans explains that the original record was created as the result of a collaboration with video artists Stakker Communications. What made Dougans's appearance even more surprising was that the BBC had all but banned any records that referenced acid house. I'd been in a distillery for quite some time beforehand," he laughs. Even more radically, the record was then picked up by mainstream TV. Fortunately for Dougans, the release of Stakker coincided with the emergence of a new strain of youth television programming.

With chart success came the ultimate mainstream accolade: It was so us. Retrieved from " https: He seemed like a good candidate to make up the numbers. Dougans was 23 at the time. While appearances on Top of the Pops highlighted the fact that Dougans enjoyed the mainstream's acknowledgement, he was not always comfortable with the surrounding environment.

I remember listening to it and thinking it was one step ahead of everything techno that was coming out. It wasn't just a hit on underground dancefloors. They made me do it.

Loading comments… Trouble loading? People were like, 'Wow, what's this scandal? Dougans is still unsure why the day-time DJ championed the record.

A harsh, uncompromising humanid of raw acid house created by a Glasgow-born part-time lecturer at Salford College of Technology, the record broke down barriers between the emerging youth movement and mainstream society.