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Give It Up

by Kevan Adrian

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Give It Up (Original Mix) 04:08
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Give It Up (Mark Grusane Original Mix) 06:14
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Give It Up (Grusane Dub) 06:32
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Reissue of a lost hit by the British composer Kevan Frost, now championed and given a brand-new Dub Mix by Mark Grusane. Up for pre-order now and due late-March on our RSS series!

Kevan Frost grew up in Jos, Nigeria where he became a self-taught musician and developed a deep understanding of rhythm and melody. Frost released his first solo record at just 16 years old and has since built a diverse and accomplished career working alongside the likes of Boy George, George Clinton, Mark Ronson and many more. In the 90's Frost was a studio session musician for many studios in London, one of the studio's was unable to pay him so they gave him a few free days in the studio and the result was "Give It Up" as Frost explains:

"I went in and recorded all the music in a day, and the vocals and mix on day two. This was the days of only having 24 tracks available on tape so I programmed the drums, bass and keyboard parts on C-Lab which was only available on the Atari computer and the samples I made on my Akai S-1000 sampler. Full of floppy disks I went in early on day one and printed all of this on tape. I then recorded the guitar parts. Day two was me layering the lead vocals and Backing vocal parts as quick as I could before starting to mix."

However, the track fell into obscurity with no major label backing or marketing budget. A friend of Mark Grusane’s came across it in Brooklyn at the African Record Centre and it eventually ended up in Mark's hands and from there he edited the original track to a more stripped-back dub mix and began playing it out to great effect on dancefloors worldwide.

After a bit of digging, we tracked down Kevan and a fully licensed reissue is due on Rush Hour in late March 2026, including a brand new ‘Dub Mix’ from Mark Grusane.

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released March 27, 2026

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