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I thought the Shoegaze thread would go nowhere in here, how wrong can you be? So I wonder if there's fans of other genres
Being a teenager in the early 80's, my first musical infatuation was electro. For me it sounded like the future yet borrowed heavily from bands like Kraftwerk,Can & lots of the funk era. It would probably not have happened at all without the Roland TR808 but it did & unleashed a vibrant yet fairly short lived scene before morphing into a harder sound & sprouting hip hop.
Back then, it was barely on the radio & your options outside of London & the pirate radio scene were really Our Price & the Streetsounds compilations but it still left us with classics like Planet Rock, Al Naafyish & 2-3 break. Still feel a frisson when I hear that stuff. Anyone else?
Being a teenager in the early 80's, my first musical infatuation was electro. For me it sounded like the future yet borrowed heavily from bands like Kraftwerk,Can & lots of the funk era. It would probably not have happened at all without the Roland TR808 but it did & unleashed a vibrant yet fairly short lived scene before morphing into a harder sound & sprouting hip hop.
Back then, it was barely on the radio & your options outside of London & the pirate radio scene were really Our Price & the Streetsounds compilations but it still left us with classics like Planet Rock, Al Naafyish & 2-3 break. Still feel a frisson when I hear that stuff. Anyone else?
Edited by President Merkin on Thursday 11th April 09:45
Crook][YouTube said:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s2Zm7peJPU0&pp=y...
The street sounds series, particularly 4 and 5 (but mainly 5) are amazing. There was a great article on 6 music about them a while ago.
The mix from Captain Rock to the Future Shock into Release yourself by Aleem is, probably the best mix of any two records of all time.
True & how good was Arthur Baker? I enjoyed listening to that, Thanks Crook The street sounds series, particularly 4 and 5 (but mainly 5) are amazing. There was a great article on 6 music about them a while ago.
The mix from Captain Rock to the Future Shock into Release yourself by Aleem is, probably the best mix of any two records of all time.
Happy Saturday morning folks
I diodn't know about that, one to check out. Another part of it I think gets overlooked is the whole look & feel of the scene. Obvs in America, it was heavily influenced around grafitti & the street movement as well as brands like Stussy etc. but here, lots of it was down to Graham Needham the graphic designer who did all (I think) of the Street sounds artwork,
https://www.intj.co.uk/analogous/audio/electro/str...
https://www.intj.co.uk/analogous/audio/electro/str...
When I think of those times, it's all Phil Collins, Queen, Wham, David Bowie, U2 etc. in my head. Nothing against any of those but I still think we were onto something way cooler, I suspect anyone into stuff below the mainstream radar thinks that way.
15 year old me's first ever gig was Run DMC doing a matinee show at the Electric Ballroom. I think I told my mum I was off playing football & four of us legged it to Camden. I can still remember that show in vivid detail.
15 year old me's first ever gig was Run DMC doing a matinee show at the Electric Ballroom. I think I told my mum I was off playing football & four of us legged it to Camden. I can still remember that show in vivid detail.
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