Other people would be better at recommending
new stuff than me, but I'd really recommend
the obvious Detroit people: Ectomorph, Aux 88, Keith Tucker, Drexciya.
Beyond that I like to mix it up with stuff from the old school --
Kraftwerk "Numbers", "Tour De France" are obvious choices, but I also
have a bunch of 80's pop that is basically done with an electro beat.
I like a lot of Human League songs, and Gary Numan stuff.
Then there was the whole period where Hip Hop was based around electro
beats -- Africa Bambaata again is obvious, but there are dope tracks
by Kurtis Blow, Stetsasonic, Run DMC ('My Adidas' yo), and even people
like Whodini and the Time. And speaking of the Time, there are really
cool Prince tracks from back in the day...and AGAIN speaking of the time,
early Janet Jackson tracks produced by Jimmy Jam&Terry Lewis.
THEN we have to talk about Miami Bass tracks ... and there's loads of
those -- I picked up a bunch at the Goodwill of obscure Miami Bass records.
My favorite is a track entitled 'Daddy Long Stroke.' And don't forgive
2 Live Crew ... as if you ever could.
That may sound kind of cheesy. But as much as I love it, with Electro,
the knife and the warm block of velveeta are never that far away. You have
to flirt with being cheesy in an Electro set in order for it to be fun. An
added benefit is that these are tracks that people actually heard before
on the radio, maybe when they were really young, and that can really hook
a crowd.
At some point I'm going to have to put up real audio of an old school
set by my friend DJ Miche' who's been DJing since way back in the day in
New Orleans. There's loads of shit NO ONE on these mailing lists have
ever heard that is positively bumpin.
kent williams -- kent@avalon.net
On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, Chris Frey wrote:
quoted 10 lines I've been asked to dj an electro set and have realized that I probably> I've been asked to dj an electro set and have realized that I probably
> don't have enough records for it. Any recomendations? I think things like
> the latest scopex record would be too harsh for the crowd. any help would
> be appreciated.
>
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