Curtis Mantronix. - Giles
D I G I T A S // B O S T O N -- Giles Dickerson Art Director 800 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02199 -- mobile 617 899 9635 office 617 369 8601 > ---------- > From: H.Rietveld > Sent: Friday, June 7, 2002 9:50 AM > To: [email protected] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [313] electro is "trendy" // 80s sound > > Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force's Planet Rock is the landmark electro > track, combining funk, hip hop break beats and > a drum box. In 1983, in clubs like the Roxy in NYC where one could bump into > electro producers like Arthur Baker, the Roland > TR-808 and their Karaoke bass sequencer TB-303 were used by electro DJs to > glue their selections together and to boost the > bass appeal - and those sounds seem to be have been locked in with the > (historical) Electro sound. > > Cybotronic have been claimed as proto-techno, due to the people involved with > it, but their sound reminds of electro (without > the hip hop attitude) and, erm, UK pop dude Gary Numan. The techno we got to > know as techno (since the late 80s) has more in > common with house music than with electro. > > Anyway, arguments about 'proper' electro and 'proper' techno aside, > *Mantronix* are the ones to look out for - with them, > electro acquired a sense of production sophistication without losing the > dance floor edge. If you crave for that mid 80s > sound, try out anything by them - production work, remixes, their own > releases - not only are their tracks great, their > vocal recording work is definitely worth checking out. > > Hillegonda Rietveld > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
