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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