quoted 5 lines And talking about classics: Has the NY electro ESG-UFO (1982) ever been> And talking about classics: Has the NY electro ESG-UFO (1982) ever been
> released on a comp? I am sure that everyone who is familair with the Video
> Graff videos knows what track I am talking about! Also it has been sampled
> many times by hiphop artists. It seems to be impossible to get hold of a
> copy though.
What is this, any record made before 1988 is considered "Electro" by default?
ESG - a family of sisters (and one brother) who were all around 16 or so at
the time - made minimalist Funk. "UFO" is minimalist Funk. "Moody" is
minimalist Funk. I've never seen that track on a compilation (but yes, I
have heard it sampled a zillion times), but then I wouldn't have noticed -
I have all the ESG records sitting in my closet somewhere :-)
(Speaking of "labels, where have they gone" ... ESG's label was 99 Records,
run by Ed Bahlmann (sp?) in New York. The Bush Tetras were labelmates.
I wonder what happened to Ed, the store - 99 Records was a store first - and
his label ... )
Strange But True: ESG opened for Public Image, Ltd. at the Pasadena Convention
Center in Nov. 1982 ... (the other night was Savage Republic; great shows, but
alas, Wobble had left by then ... )
- Greg