From solenoid Sent Mon, Jul 5th 1999, 16:31
From solenoid Sent Mon, Jul 5th 1999, 16:31
On Sat, 3 Jul 1999, sfwd wrote:
> : "Computer world" all the way. "Jam on IT" by Newcleus has just gotten a
> : Tommy Boy retro-rerelease with a remix and I've seen "planet rock"
> : re-released and in a shop this month. Seek out Herbie Hancock's "RockIt"
> : 12" or Future Shock LP from '83 for another angle of electro.
>
> newcleus greatest hits is pretty cheap. assuming that the tommy boy
> release will be full price whatever format you get it so go with the
> rhino best of... its swell.
Oh, I was talking vinyl, I forget about cds... yeah those compilations
would totally cover this I suppose. I saw that the library I work at has
got a Grandmaster Flash cd comp that looked like it had every essential
track. You could probably get Rockit on a compilation also.
> hancock's future shock is the shit too. anyone recommend any other hancock
> in this vein? this is about all i have...
In terms of vinyl, the "metal Beat" and "chamleon/megamix" 12"s are pretty
good, but I found that the rest of HH's releases from that period (81-83)
is very unlike Rockit/future Shock. You have to go back a few more years
to his funky stuff before finding some fun "Butterfly", "Watermelon
Man",etc.
Another reasonable vinyl purchase might be Twilight 22's "Electric
Kingdom". I've found several formats, and of the four mixes I recommend
the "Dub" and "Kingdom" versions. also, Junior Velasquez's other
productions seem promisingly electro-ish...a group called Lex did a dub
version of a track ("Two Weeks.."??) that has a cool 3 min intro. All
around '82.
Solenoid