blipvert@snider.net,Internet writes:
Hancock's biggest contribution to electronica might be the '83 album,
Futureshock. It features the electro track Rockit, which was probably
responsible for "breaking" ;) electro into popular culture. Futureshock
features Grandmixer DST, Bill Laswell and others from Laswell's
Celluloid
label of the time. This album was a brilliant pioneering recording. Put
simply, it is an electro-funk album produced with a big budget and
arranged by a jazz musician who had more than a decade of innovations
behind him. And it was true to electro, nothing like the recent attempt
of jazz musicians to cash in on hip hop and acid jazz. I was 14 when the
album was released and I remember listening to it all summer long on my
Walkman. I knew very nothing about Hancock but I was totally into
electro
and I can still remember the feeling of awestruck amazement that I got
from that album.
Rockit on 45!!!!
it was a defining moment for me as well...... funny how that track doesnt get
mentioned as much in the many looks back of electro. history...