From Kelley Hackett Sent Tue, Jun 1st 1999, 22:12
From Kelley Hackett Sent Tue, Jun 1st 1999, 22:12
Hmmmmmmmm, thats different but definitely interesting to say the least................I am not gonna start the African American thread back up sooooooo i will just leave it at that! Hk! > -----Original Message----- > From: Darren Keast [SMTP:xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx] > Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 2:27 PM > Cc: xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx > Subject: (idm) Electro Historians Take Note >=20 > Those interested in the earliest days of electro or the history of > electronic music in general might be interested in a Man Parrish > interview I just put up (http://www.skinny.com). He was responsible > for > the all time classic "Hip Hop Bee Bop" (which appears on Andrea > Parker's > DJ Kicks) and a number of other pre-techno tracks in 83. >=20 > List exclusive quote that didn't make the final cut: >=20 > "I remember the only syncopated stuff was some rap tunes, but we got > very expressive with kick drums and snare patterns. I remember having > fights in the studio, saying, "Maybe we=92re getting too syncopated, > people may not understand it." All those breakbeats you hear in > electronica today, we programmed that stuff. I=92m not saying I=92m = the > godfather of it, but that=92s where it came out of." >=20 > darren