From Michael Upton Sent Fri, Oct 16th 1998, 05:31
From Michael Upton Sent Fri, Oct 16th 1998, 05:31
On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, Andrew Duke Cognition Audioworks wrote: | ***early electro classics: Cybotron (Juan Atkins and Rick Davis): | "Cosmic Cars" (1982), "Clear" (1983), Afrika Bambaata (sp) and the | Soul Sonic Force came out after "Cosmic Cars", though AB and the SSF | are miscredited as producing the first electro; from them, check | "Planet Rock", "Looking For The Perfect Beat" and others; check early | productions from John Robie and Arthur Baker (the best thing that ever | happened to New Order); Dynamix II "Give The DJ A Break", etc; There's a compilation that I reckon is really worthwhile called 'Best of Electro' on Street Sounds. They had comps (just called 'Electro') happening fairly contemporary to the whole explosion, and the "best of" is a relatively recent cd release made up of tunes from these. A lot of the stuff Andrew mentions. There's quite a bit of overlap between this and the Mastersounds 'Classic Electro' album, which focusses on instrumental versions, if that's your thing. It also has 'Planet Rock'. For what happened next, which is where I'd put Mantronix - and some pretty damn obscure, but really exciting stuff - try 'Beat Classic', a comp put together by J Saul Kane (aka Octagon Man/Depth Charge). It puts his own output to shame, IMO. Michael ____________________________________________ "Also, he has automatic evasion devices" http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~michael/jj.html