Keith LeBlanc discography

As well as releasing conventional music CDs, in recent years Keith has helped meet the demand from other music makers for authentic percussion sampler products. These two distinct categories of material are separated for convenience in the listings below.

As well as his solo releases Keith was the beat master behind Tackhead and Fats Comet's releases. He has also featured on numerous other On-U Sound releases particularly with Doug Wimbish and Skip McDonald / Little Axe. Together with Doug and Skip he featured in many early Sugarhill Records releases as a member of the backing house band and has been a guest musician with many mainstream artists such as Seal, Annie Lennox, ABC, Mick Jagger, R.E.M., Bomb The Bass and Nine Inch Nails. AMS's involvement in these releases is noted where appropriate. Keith also has his own label, Blanc Records, on which he has made a number other appearances.

 1: Music releases

1. Singles: Malcolm X (Music by Keith LeBlanc) - 'No Sell Out'
2. Album: Keith LeBlanc - 'Major Malfunction'
3. 12" single acetate: Keith LeBlanc / Gary Clail - 'Designer Drugs For Designer Clubs'
4. Album: DJ Spike - 'Tasteless Cuts'
5. Album: Keith LeBlanc - 'Stranger Than Fiction'
6. Singles: Keith LeBlanc - 'Einstein'
7. Album: Raw (Keith LeBlanc) - 'Raw'
8. Album: Spike - 'Invisible'
9. Album: Keith LeBlanc - 'Time Traveller'
10. Singles: Malcolm X (Music by Keith LeBlanc) - 'Stop The Confusion'



11. Album: Spike - 'Global 2000'
12. Singles: Interference - 'Global Game'
13. 10" compilation: Melle Mel and Keith LeBlanc - 'What Order'
14. Album: Keith LeBlanc - 'Freakatorium'
15. Album: Keith LeBlanc - 'Playback Unit' (unreleased)
16. Compilation: Keith LeBlanc / Various Artists - 'Stop The Confusion (Global Interference)'
17. Album: Keith LeBlanc - 'Chess Moves: Future Blues'

	Singles: Malcolm X (Music by Keith LeBlanc) - 'No Sell Out' Tommy Boy Music / November 1983 (US12") Tommy Boy Music - Island / 1983 (UK editions) Tommy Boy Music / 1993 (USCDS) US12": TB 840 / USCDS: TBCD 840 UK7": IS165 / UK12": 12 IS165
7" edition: No Sell Out (Vocal edit) || No Sell Out (Instrumental edit) 12"/CDS editions: No Sell Out (Vocal) || No Sell Out (Instrumental)
Produced by Keith LeBlanc. Vocal samples of speeches by Malcolm X. Reputedly the first ever major release to feature wide scale sampling. Later remixed as 'Stop The Confusion'. ^ To Top

	Album: Keith LeBlanc - 'Major Malfunction' World Records / 1986 (UKLP), 1988 (UKCD) Cleopatra Records / February 2003 (USCD reiss.) Select Cuts - EFA Medien / May 2003 (Euro reissues) UKLP: WR 005 / UKCD: WR 005CD / UKCLP: WR 005C USCD reiss.: 1274 / Euro DLP reiss.: 33423-1 Euro CD reiss.: SC2023 33423-2
UK/Euro editions: *  (intro) +  Get This    Major Malfunction =  Heaven On Earth #  Object-Subject (Breakdown's Not Enough) || @  M.O.V.E. %  I'll Come Up With Something !  Technology Works Dub <  M.O.V.E. (Part 2)    You Drummers Listen Good || (Euro DLP reissue only) "> Einstein Mad Dub "^ Mechanical Movements Dub || (Euro DLP reissue only) "  Tick Of Time Instrumental "  Old Beat Master Mix USCD reiss.: @  M.O.V.E. %  I'll Come Up With Something !  Technology Works Dub <  M.O.V.E. (Part 2)    You Drummers Listen Good *  (intro) +  Get This    Major Malfunction =  Heaven On Earth #  Object-Subject (Breakdown's Not Enough) ~  The Mad Years * [Rhythm 50] + [Rhythm 194] = [Rhythm 77] # [Rhythm 49] @ [Rhythm 119] % Remixed segment from 'King Of The Beat' [Rhythm 112] < [Rhythm 119] Percussion appears as part of 'Bits And Pieces' on African Head Charge's LP58. > The same track as 'Einstein (Edit)' on the 'Einstein' singles. ^ [Rhythm 118] Virtually identical to 'Mechanical Movements' on BLC 11. ! Remixed on BLC 11. " Bonus tracks on European reissues only. ~ Bonus track on USCD reissue only.
Recorded rapid-style after the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster - hence the title. The sleeve of the original World Records UK editions are mis-titled 'Major Malfuction' on the front cover but not the spine. The UKLP does not demarcate tracks and similarly the UKCD and USCD re-issue comprise only two tracks corresponding to the track listing for each side of the LP (plus one further for the USCD's bonus track). By unfortunate co-incidence the Euro 2003 reissues were scheduled just days after the Columbia space shuttle disaster. The Euro DLP reissue, limited to 999 copies, has a second disc that plays at 45rpm. The Euro CD reissue comes in a black and gold sleeve of similar design to the original. The USCD is mis-mastered and plays side B of the original album first. ^ To Top

	12" acetate single: Keith LeBlanc / Gary Clail - 'Designer Drugs For Designer Clubs' Blanc Records / 1989 (?)
Designer Drugs For Designer Clubs (6 mixes)
Unreleased acetate. The track was later was versioned as 'Baby Bye' on BLC 1. These mixes are formally unreleased to date. ^ To Top

	Album: DJ Spike - 'Tasteless Cuts' Blanc Records / 1989 LP: BLC 1 / CD: BLC 1CD / CLP: BLC 1C
* Baby Bye   Gaps In Space   Mr President   Spike Part 1 ||   M P B One-O-Five   German   Designer Drugs   Stick Out * The only version of a track to be released originally called 'Designer Drugs For Designer Clubs' that otherwise only appeared on a 6-track acetate.
Mixed variously by Keith LeBlanc, Dave Pine and AMS. Engineered by AMS, Dave Pine and Andy Montgomery. 'DJ Spike' / 'Spike' was primarily Keith with guest collaborators. ^ To Top

	Album: Keith LeBlanc - 'Stranger Than Fiction' Yellow Ltd - Nettwerk Records / 1989 (Ge editions) Nettwerk - Enigma Records / 1989 (US editions) Nettwerk Records / 1989 (Ca editions) GeLP: EFA 02244 / GeCD: EFACD 02244 USLP: 7 73364-1 / USCD1/2: 7 73364-2 USCLP: 7 73364-4 / CaLP: W1 30032 CaCD: W2 30032
But Whitey * Einstein + Taxcider = Here's Looking At You # Steps   Count This ||   Whatever   Men In Capsules @ Dream World   These Sounds ? Mechanical Movements (Part 1) % Mechanical Movements (Part 2) < Comedy Of Errors * Later remixed for the single 'Einstein'. + [Rhythm 51] = Later featured on the single 'Einstein'. # [Rhythm 120] @ [Rhythm 117] ? [Rhythm 193] % [Rhythm 118] < [Rhythm 121] Not on CaCD.
Mixed by AMS and Keith LeBlanc. Produced by Keith LeBlanc. The Canadian editions feature slightly different artwork to the others. USCD2 was packaged in a picture box. ^ To Top

	Singles: Keith LeBlanc - 'Einstein' Yellow Ltd - Nettwerk Records / 1990 (Euro editions) Nettwerk Records / 1990 (Ca12") Euro7": EFA 0243 / Euro12" EFA 02243 Ca12": W1-3028
Euro 7": *  Einstein (Edit) || =  Here's Looking At You 12" singles: * Einstein (Extended remix) || * Einstein (Edit) = Here's Looking At You * Remixed from 'Stranger Than Fiction' LP. = From 'Stranger Than Fiction' LP.
Mixed by AMS and Keith LeBlanc. Produced by Keith LeBlanc. ^ To Top

	Album: Raw (Keith LeBlanc) - 'Raw' Blanc Records / January 1990 LP: BLC 2 / CD: BLC 2CD / CLP: BLC 2C
Breaks    Kill The Devil *% Mad Dub    On The System ||    Green Theory *< Go Go Dub *> Speaker *? Ending * Remixed from the 'Stranger Than Fiction' LP. % [Rhythm 118] < [Rhythm 117] > [Rhythm 121] ? [Rhythm 120]
Mixed by AMS and Keith LeBlanc. Produced by Keith LeBlanc. ^ To Top

	Album: Spike - 'Invisible' Blanc Records / March (?) 1991 LP: BLC 3 / CD: BLC 3CD / CLP: BLC 3C
Outer Land (Part 1) Spike's Groove Tick Of Time Micro Chip Eat This Dub || Invisible C.A.B. No Means No Unsanity Outer Land (Part 2)
Produced by Keith LeBlanc. Mixed by Keith LeBlanc and Harvey Birrell. ^ To Top

	Album: Keith LeBlanc - 'Time Traveller' Blanc Records / September 1992 LP: BLC 6 / CD: BLCD 6
Skin Stretch   Split The Planet   Major Drum   Ernie * Earshot   Fight The System   Point Blanc   Howi   Hallelujah ||   Heaven Only Knows   Time Traveller   Enjoy + ESP + Nine Times Nine + Duo * [Rhythm 194] + CD only tracks.
LP copies came with a fold-out chronology of Keith LeBlanc's musical career to date. Mixed by Harvey Birrell and Keith LeBlanc. Produced by Keith LeBlanc. ^ To Top

	Singles: Malcolm X (Music by Keith LeBlanc) - 'Stop The Confusion' 4th And Broadway - Island Records / 1993 12": 12 BR 279 / CDS: BRCD 279
Stop The Confusion Stop The Confusion (Friends And Enemies mix) || Stop The Confusion (Music mix) Stop The Confusion (Woo mix)
Vocal samples of speeches by Malcolm X. Produced by Keith LeBlanc and Tim Simenon. All tracks are remixed versions of 'No Sell Out'. ^ To Top

	Album: Spike - 'Global 2000' Blanc Records / 1994 CD: BLC CD9
Tunes (Part 1) Stomping Interference Tunes (Part 2) Beat Goes On Audio Flight || Mad Movement Global 2000 SOS Change Story Of Violence The Mark String Thang
Produced by Keith LeBlanc. Mixed by Keith LeBlanc and Harvey Birrell. ^ To Top

	Singles: Interference - 'Global Game' Trinity - Blanc Records / June 1994 12": TRWW 005 / CDS: BLC 08
12":   Global Game || * Global Game (So Now You Know) * Global Game (Global Dub) CDS:   Global Game * Global Game (So Now You Know) * Global Game (Remote Control Dub) * Mixed by AMS.
Produced by Keith LeBlanc. Interference was a collaboration between Keith LeBlanc and Tim Simenon of Bomb The Bass. ^ To Top

	10" compilation: Melle Mel and Keith LeBlanc - 'What Order' Blanc Records - EFA Medien / 1996 BLC 1410
*  What Order [Interference / Melle Mel / Be-La Key] *+ Point Blanc (AMS remix)           [K. LeBlanc] || =  (selection of drum beats / loops) [K. LeBlanc] * From BLC 14 compilation. = From BLC 12 sampler. + Remixed from BLC 6.
Limited edition (?) single promoting current releases of the time on Blanc Records. Produced by Keith LeBlanc. Mixed variously by Keith LeBlanc, AMS and Lee Groves. ^ To Top

	Album: Keith LeBlanc - 'Freakatorium' Blanc Records - EFA Medien / 1999 CD: BLC 16 CD
Scream   Freaktime   When Bugs Come Out   A-Levels   Here To Go   Mars Car   Big Time   New Frontier   Uncut Funk   Noom   In Between The Cracks   Play What You Want (Instrumental version) * Freak Dub (A. Sherwood remix) * Dub of 'Freaktime'.
Mixed variously by Keith LeBlanc and AMS. Produced by Keith LeBlanc. Originally to have been released as 'The Last Show On Earth' in 1997 (see BLC 15). ^ To Top

	Album: Keith LeBlanc - 'Playback Unit' (unreleased) Blanc Records (?) / 1999 (?)
(?)
An unreleased mix-style album featuring both new material and samples or extracts of past Fats Comet, KLeB and Tackhead projects, etc. See The Vaults for more details. ^ To Top

	Compilation: Keith LeBlanc / Various Artists - 'Stop The Confusion (Global Interference)' Echo Beach - Collision / July 2005 CD: CCT3003-2
* Whatever                     [K. LeB.] + What Order                   [Interference/Melle Mel/Be La Key] = The Beast                    [K. LeB./Bim Sherman] # Green Theory                 [K. LeB./Bim Sherman] @ Story Of Violence            [DJ Spike] % Technology Works             [Tackhead] ! Steps                        [K. LeB.] < Stop The Confusion           [Malcolm X]   Tree                         [Interference feat. Andy Fairley]   React Like This              [Interference] " Remote Control Dub (AMS Dub) [Interference] > Time Out                     [K. LeB./Bim Sherman] ? Sleepy Head                  [Bomb The Bass feat. Bim Sherman] > The Vision                   [K. LeB./Bim Sherman] $ Repetition (Remix)           [Tackhead] $ The Dentist                  [Tackhead] $ Tackhead Dub                 [Tackhead] ~ Tack Unit (Ext'd Interference Fri. 13th ver.) [T'head/Fats C.] ^ Stick Out                    [DJ Spike] * From the 'Stranger Than Fiction' album. + From BLC 1410. = From the unreleased Keith LeBlanc and Bim Sherman album 'The Vision'. Previously only available on BLC 14. # From BLC 2. @ From BLC 9. % From BLC 11. < From the 'Stop The Confusion' single. > From the unreleased Keith LeBlanc and Bim Sherman album 'The Vision'. ? From Bomb The Bass' album 'Clear'. $ Previously unreleased tracks/versions originally recorded for the 'Strange Things' album. ! [Rhythm 120] From the 'Stranger Than Fiction' album. " From BLC 8 (CDS). ~ A remixed medley of Tackhead / Fats Comet tracks including parts from 'The Game', 'Dee Jay's Dream' [Rhythm 40] 'King Of The Beat' [Rhythm 112], 'Ticking Time Bomb', 'Rockchester' and 'What's My Mission Now?' [Rhythm 50]. ^ From BLC 1.
A compilation, limited to 2222 individually-numbered copies, of older and unreleased LeBlanc project material. A 12" single (featuring 'The Dentist' c/w 'Repetition' from the album) was planned to accompany its release, but was shelved. ^ To Top

	Album: Keith LeBlanc - 'Chess Moves: Future Blues' Island - Universal Music / June 2008 CD: 9841607 / DL: (?)
Moanin' At Midnight Boom Boom (Out Go the Lights) So Glad I'm Living High Temperature Killing Floor Mother Earth Rock This House Third Degree Goin' Down Slow Booted Dearest Darling Jock-A-Mo
Classic Chess Record Corp. tracks "retrofitted by Keith LeBlanc, featuring Skip McDonald and Doug Wimbish". ^ To Top

 2: Sampler releases

1. Sampler: Keith LeBlanc - 'Ear-Drum Beats To Sample (Volume 1)'
2. Sampler: Keith LeBlanc - 'Kicking Lunatic Beats Volume 1'
3. Sampler: Keith LeBlanc - 'Kicking Lunatic Beats Volume 2'
4. Sampler: Keith LeBlanc - 'Fresh Killed Meat: Drum And Bass Carnage'
5. Sampler: Keith LeBlanc - 'Fresh Killed Meat: Prime Funk'
6. Sampler: Keith LeBlanc - 'Essential Trilogy Volume 1: Hip Hot Hard Phat'
7. Sampler: Keith LeBlanc - 'Essential Trilogy Volume 2: Old Skool Beats - Class Of 2001'
8. Sampler: Keith LeBlanc - 'Essential Trilogy Volume 3: Out There'
9. Sampler: Keith LeBlanc - 'Phat Butt Jams'
10. Sampler: Keith LeBlanc - 'Phat Sugar Jams'



11. Sampler: Keith LeBlanc - 'Disco Drops Volume 1'
12. Sampler: Keith LeBlanc - 'Drops In The Bronx Volume 2' (Multi track version)
13. Sampler: Keith LeBlanc - 'Drops In The Bronx Volume 2' (Sample version)
14. Sampler: Keith LeBlanc - '...And The Temple Of Boom'
15. Sampler: Keith LeBlanc - 'Blast From The Past'

	Sampler: Keith LeBlanc - 'Ear Drum Beats To Sample (Volume 1)' Blanc Records / 1991 LP: BLC 4 / CD: BLC 4CD
Funk One Latin Funk Funk Two Funk Three Funk Four Funk Five Sloppy Funk || Go-Go Loop One Go-Go Loop Two Put The Needle To The Sample Put The Needle To The Sample Two Put The Needle To The Sample Three EFX's New Jack Funk Bludgeon Funk
Sampler album containing beats and loops intended for free use by all. There were no further volumes released under this name. ^ To Top

	Sampler: Keith LeBlanc - 'Kickin' Lunatic Beats Volume 1' Blanc Records / 1993 Advanced Music Group / 1996 (re-issue) CD: BLC CD12 / Reissue CD/CDROM: HITCD17
(collection of drum beats and loops)
Released in the Producers series of sample CDs. Contains 96 drumbeats, loops and samples for everybody to use freely. It also features many drum beats made famous by Tackhead, such as Stormy beat (Stormy Weather), Game beat (The Game) and King beat (King Of The Beat). ^ To Top

	Sampler: Keith LeBlanc - 'Kickin' Lunatic Beats Volume 2' Advanced Music Group / 1996 CD: KLBCD2 / CD-ROM: (?)
(collection of drum beats and loops)
Released in the Producers series of sample CDs. Contains over 72 minutes of drumbeats, loops and samples for everyone to use freely. ^ To Top

	Sampler: Keith LeBlanc - 'Fresh Killed Meat: Drum And Bass Carnage' Advanced Music Group / 1997 CD: AMGCDKLB4 / CD-ROM: (?)
(collection of drum beats and loops)
Keith's most extreme CD for AMG to date. The beats and sounds are extremely hard some utilising effect sounds. ^ To Top

	Sampler: Keith LeBlanc - 'Fresh Killed Meat: Prime Funk' Advanced Music Group / 1998 CD: AMGCDKLB3 / CD-ROM: (?)
(collection of drum beats and loops)
The fourth sampling CD for AMG. Keith's enlisted a DJ and undertook extensive FX processing at ON-U Sound Studios to give his beats a very modern dance sound and presented various dubs of most loops. ^ To Top

	Sampler: Keith LeBlanc - 'Essential Trilogy Volume 1: Hip Hop Hard Phat' Advanced Music Group / April 2001 CD: AMGCDKLB5 / TCD: AMGCDKLB567 (full set)
(collection of drum beats and loops)
According to www.tackhead.com: "On this CD KLB takes all he has learnt since his days at Sugarhill Records and combines classic and fresh sounds and styles into unique beats that echo the timeless grooves of the past but add a completely new twist for the future. Again the beats are usually presented in a range of mixes for maximum flexibility." CD also available as a triple pack with Vols 2 and 3 in this series. ^ To Top

	Sampler: Keith LeBlanc - 'Essential Trilogy Volume 2: Old Skool Beats - Class Of 2001' Advanced Music Group / April 2001 CD: AMGCDKLB6 / TCD: AMGCDKLB567 (full set)
(collection of drum beats and loops)
According to www.tackhead.com: "On this CD KLB takes all he has learnt since his days at Sugarhill Records and combines classic and fresh sounds and styles into unique beats that echo the timeless grooves of the past but add a completely new twist for the future. Again the beats are usually presented in a range of mixes for maximum flexibility." CD also available as a triple pack with Vols 1 and 3 in this series. ^ To Top

	Sampler: Keith LeBlanc - 'Essential Trilogy Volume 3: Out There' Advanced Music Group / April 2001 CD: AMGCDKLB7 / TCD: AMGCDKLB567 (full set)
(collection of drum beats and loops)
According to www.tackhead.com: "This CD goes into very bizarre, uncharted territory. Rock, ethnic and orchestral percussion are utilised to transport the user on an extraordinary sonic journey that rarely relates to anything else you'd expect on a drum loop sample CD. Sci-fi, whales, ethnic influences, caverns, babbling brooks, aliens, African & Asian rhythms, and much more make cameo appearances alongside KLB's unique drumming technique with hugely creative results." CD also available as a triple pack with Vols 1 and 2 in this series. ^ To Top

	Sampler: Keith LeBlanc - 'Phat Butt Jams' Advanced Music Group / February 2003 CD: AMGCDKLB8REX
(collection of drum tracks)
A collection of recreated drum tracks and breaks from Keith's early musical career in the 70s and early 80s. ^ To Top

	Sampler: Keith LeBlanc - 'Phat Sugar Jams' Advanced Music Group / June 2003 CD: AMGCDKLB9REX
(collection of drum tracks)
A collection of recreated drum tracks from Keith's early days as the Sugarhill Records in-house drummer. ^ To Top

	Sampler: Keith LeBlanc - 'Disco Drops Volume 1' Drumdrops / 2005 DDVD-ROM: DDV1-M-010 (Multi-track)
(collection of drum tracks)
According to www.drumdrops.com: "Keith goes back to his roots with 20 drum tracks of Four to the Floor classics ranging from 106-137 bpm in multi-track format." ^ To Top

	Sampler: Keith LeBlanc - 'Drops In The Bronx Volume 2' (Multi track version) Drumdrops / 2005 DVD-ROM: DITBV2-M-009
(collection of drum tracks)
According to www.drumdrops.com: "Keith goes back to his roots with 14 full length drum tracks of block party classics ranging from 88-112 bpm in multi-track format." ^ To Top

	Sampler: Keith LeBlanc - 'Drops In The Bronx Volume 2' (Sample version) Drumdrops / 2005 DVD-ROM: DITBV2-S-005
(collection of drum loops)
According to www.drumdrops.com: "Keith goes back to his roots with 400 drum loops, (4-8 bars long) ranging from 70-130 bpm (including the beats from the Temple Of Boom and Disco Drops series) complemented with 300 percussion loops." ^ To Top

	Sampler: Keith LeBlanc - '...And The Temple Of Boom' Drumdrops / 2005 DDVD-ROM: KBTB-M-012 (Multi-track)
(collection of drum tracks)
According to www.drumdrops.com: "[This release] ...contains more than 20 full length Hip-Hop drum tracks, from P-Funk and West Coast Classics to heavyweight east coast beats ranging from 71-106 bpm." ^ To Top

	Sampler: Keith LeBlanc - 'Blast From The Past' Drumdrops / 2005 DDVD-ROM: BFP-M-011 (Multi-track)
(collection of drum tracks)
According to www.drumdrops.com: "20 full length drum tracks of 70s classic Funk, Soul and Rock ranging from 65-130 bpm." ^ To Top