From solenoid Sent Mon, Jul 5th 1999, 18:29
From solenoid Sent Mon, Jul 5th 1999, 18:29
On Mon, 5 Jul 1999, eric hill wrote: > >>hancock's future shock is the shit too. anyone recommend any other hancock > >>in this vein? this is about all i have... > > > >Herbie's best moments IMO are the "Headhunters" (73) and the "Thrust" (74) > >albums. Totally doped up electronic funky stuff -- both amazing. There are also a coule albums by the Headhunters, apparently the backup musicians from this time... I've seen one reissued, any opinions here? Looks like vocals are evident (yikes!) > in addition to these seminal herbie-fusion albums, the original poster is > no doubt looking for herbie's collaborations with bill laswell, of which > "future shock" was the first. they collaborated several times throughout > the 80's, but the most emblematic of the "future shock" sound were two > more herbie hancock albums: "sound-system" (84) and "perfect machine" > (88). this is a lot of quite-similar material to stock up on, especially > if your ears are as weary as mine are of vintage ledernacken drum machines > (as well as d.st.'s scratching never having progressed much after > "rockit"), but "perfect machine" might be worth tracking down for a nice dst was also on some other Celluloid-label projects. he was ok in his day > dj's secret weapon called "maiden voyage/p. bop." as far as interesting > electro-type tracks go though, you're really just searching out one track > per album (two in the case of "future shock" if, like me, you dig Yes, I guess there is one good track per ep/lp. I found "perfect machine" a little uninspired. that is, one could easily save the $ for a rustier gem like "autodrive" (that is theone I meant by "chameleon/whatever", the GREEN one!!). I only recommend the "Metal Beat" 12" because it has samples of Yes "Leave It" from the same year and a good funk/industrial sound that is fun... Above all, avoid the "Magic Hands" or whatever that one just before Future Shock is... ugh! HH did some dull funk-pop stuff right before and after Future Shock not for the weak or easily annoyed... > "autodrive"). for the truly masochistic, the "freakazoid" 12" and a > maurice starr (i think called "electric drummer") single both have > "rockit" bites _not_ by herbie himself. > > eric > > onnow: lilienthal : castor & pollux (emanate) Sheesh when am I gonna get one? !!