quoted 5 lines BTW, what exactly is "Electro"? I hear it bandied about, but nobody>BTW, what exactly is "Electro"? I hear it bandied about, but nobody
>will say what the prime examples of this style are. That way, if I have
>them in my collection, I have a reference point in some of these
>reviews that are coming out and refer to being "in the old-school
>electro" style.
the short answer reply to "what exactly is electro"...pull out your copy
of Kraftwerk "computer world" and put on the track *numbers*
let it ride.
some old school hip hop electro......
1. special request - salsa smurph
2. hashim - al-naafiysh (the soul)
3. world class wreckin cru - surgery
4. mantronix - who is it?
5. man parrish - man made
6. world class wreckin cru - world class
7. time zone - wild style
8. man parrish - hip hop be bop
9. cybotron - clear
10. the egyptian lover - voices
11. the LA dream team - calling on the dream team
12. the knights of the turntables - technoscratch
13. d. storrs & chris 'the glove' taylor - reckless (club mix)
14. uncle jamm's army - what's your sign
(the above list compiled with friendly assistance from fredrik almquist)
some 'styles' leaning heavy on the 'electro' sound:
*miami bass-more uptempo than 'old school hip hop'. same ripping
rolling relentless 808's with more emphasis on rising low end rumble.
more emphasis on rising low ends in general (read: moving much booty)
*techno electro-drummachine sounds with techno sensibilities. go look
up the name 'kirk' in your idm dictionary. or spend some money on a
couple of the more recent eevo lute records (bishop or robbers material)
*freestyle-latin hip hop. i better bite my tounge here. this could get
lengthy and certainly straying from our original thread.
Teep
on now: peace fixation (friendly fire mix) - single cell orchestra
nieuw (tempered with techno/house flavor)
1.sweet exorcist - c.c.e.p.
2.drexciya 4 - the unknown aquazone
3.s