From blipvert Sent Sun, Jul 11th 1999, 15:48
From blipvert Sent Sun, Jul 11th 1999, 15:48
SWEET VERNAL wrote: > Just catching up on some older e-mails about the "old school ELECTRO" thread. > > I remember hearing these tracks (see below) for the first time and not > quite sure what the hell it was! After listening to these on my gigantic > BOOM box (anyone remember those?) > on cassette's from radio broadcasts' on WTLC (Indianapolis,IN.). I still > have them and from time to time I have been known to drop them into the old > ALPINE tape deck. > > Play at Your Own Risk - PLANET PATROL > Planet Rock - Afrika Bambatta and the Soulsonic Force > Clear - CYBOTRON > Jam On Revenge - NEWCLEUS > Al-Naafiysh(the soul) - HASHIM etc. etc. etc. I can't find this track on any of the electro compilations.I have the Street Jams: Electro Funk Parts 1-3(Rhino) and Electro Funk Vol One & Two(Priority). Is Al Naayfiysh and other more obscure tracks available that I have not noticed. I am a DJ so most of my attention(and money) is devoted to vinyl so I haven't shopped CDs in several months. Any realy incredible Japanese or European compilations? Have Mantronix seen reissues? > > > I would say that "Planet Rock" was pretty much everone's favorite with > umpteen mixes of that floating around the country. Although not "electro" > per'say, ZAPP's "More Bounce To The ounce" was a personal favorite and then > later Herbie Hancocks "Rockit" and mixes > shortly after breaking mucho ground! > > Gosh I feel somewhat "old" after dusting off those memories. > > BTW we just called this style "Electric Funk" or "New Style". > > _____________________________________ > ---------------------------------------------~ > > Curt King > xxxxx@xxxx.xxx > COLUMBIA AUDIO > Chicago,IL.USA.EARTH > "Taste is the enemy of art" > _____________________________________ > ----------------------------------------------~