Ice MC
Ice MC is a dance-music act. Key releases appeared on Dance World Attack Records, Club Zone Records. Within the MixPerfect Radio library, 9 tracks are part of the rotation.
About
- Aliases: Ian Campbell (4)
- Key labels: Dance World Attack Records, Club Zone Records (from the MixPerfect Radio catalog)
ICE MC aka Ian Campbell, grew up in the area of Nottingham called Hyson Green. When he was in high school his initials IC quickly got him a nickname ICE (lately he interpreted it as Ian Campbell Esquire).
Notable tracks
Chart-tagged and most-played productions by Ice MC in the MixPerfect Radio catalog.
- Ok Corral! (1990) 12 plays Dance World Attack Records
- Cinema (1990) 18 plays Dance World Attack Records
- Give Me The Light (1996) 7 plays Club Zone Records
- It's A Rainy Day (1994) 5 plays Dance World Attack Records
- Take Away The Colour (Remix) (1993) 2 plays Dance World Attack Records
- Music For Money (1996) 2 plays Club Zone Records
- Think About The Way (1994) 1 plays Dance World Attack Records
Tracks & releases
All 9 Ice MC tracks in the MixPerfect Radio database, with play counts (1990 - 1996).
| Track | Year | BPM | Label | Country | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cinema | 1990 | 123.07 | Dance World Attack Records | Italy | 18 |
| Ok Corral! | 1990 | 118.84 | Dance World Attack Records | Italy | 12 |
| Take Away The Colour | 1993 | 159.98 | Dance World Attack Records | Italy | - |
| Take Away The Colour (Remix) | 1993 | 134.66 | Dance World Attack Records | Italy | 2 |
| It's A Rainy Day | 1994 | 134.98 | Dance World Attack Records | Italy | 5 |
| It's A Rainy Day (The Christmas Re-Remix) | 1994 | 138.35 | Dance World Attack Records | Italy | - |
| Think About The Way | 1994 | 133.03 | Dance World Attack Records | Italy | 1 |
| Give Me The Light | 1996 | 134.83 | Club Zone Records | Germany | 7 |
| Music For Money | 1996 | 133.18 | Club Zone Records | Germany | 2 |
Cover gallery
All 9 unique single covers in the Ice MC section of the library.
Catalog by decade
Of these, 9 from the 90s dance era anchor the classic MixPerfect Radio sound.
BPM profile
1 of 9 tracks fall inside the mix-friendly 119 - 129 BPM band, with Ok Corral! (118.8 BPM) at the slow end and Take Away The Colour (160.0 BPM) at the fast end. That places them within reach of the station's ±3 BPM beat-matching window, so they mix together comfortably in the non-stop mix.
Airplay
Plays per week across the Ice MC catalog (last 8 weeks):
Most-played tracks:
- Cinema 18 plays 1990
- Ok Corral! 12 plays 1990
- Give Me The Light 7 plays 1996
- It's A Rainy Day 5 plays 1994
- Take Away The Colour (Remix) 2 plays 1993
Play counts are generated live from the MixPerfect Radio airplay log and update continuously.
Mixed with on MixPerfect Radio
The tracks most often mixed directly before or after Ice MC's tracks in the MixPerfect Radio non-stop mix (47 plays). Every transition is beat-matched within the station's ±3 BPM window and is always 32 beats.
- Silverboy - Disco Hit before 2x 116.0 BPM 2011
- T. Ark - H.A.P.P.Y. Radio before 1x 115.0 BPM 1988
- Brian Davis - Changin' Boys before 1x 116.8 BPM 1983
- Too Too - Let's All Party before 1x 117.7 BPM 1984
- Roger Meno - I Find The Way before 1x 117.7 BPM 1985
- Expansives - Life With You... before 1x 118.8 BPM 1982
- Connie - Oh Believe before 1x 121.1 BPM 1986
- The Flics - Take It Easy before 1x 123.1 BPM 1984
- Karl Otto & Joey Mauro - Broken Emotions before 1x 122.2 BPM 2006
- Porteiro - Italiandiscosamba before 1x 120.1 BPM 1983
Small sample - observed connections from the airplay log, not recommendations. A partner can be another track by this same artist: those were mixed consecutively on air.
Genres & labels
Genres in the database:
Dominant labels:
- Dance World Attack Records (7 tracks)
- Club Zone Records (2 tracks)
Frequently asked questions
Similar artists
Artists in the MixPerfect Radio library sharing genre tags with Ice MC.
Sources
Factual information on this page was researched using the following sources:
The biographical text on this page is an original summary based on independently selected factual information; no source text has been reproduced. Release data (year, label, catalog number) comes from the MixPerfect Radio catalog. Facts may contain errors - see the legal information page for the full disclaimer.
