Hmmmmmmmm, thats different but definitely interesting to say the
least................I am not gonna start the African American thread
back up sooooooo
i will just leave it at that!
Hk!
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Darren Keast [SMTP:darren@skinny.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 2:27 PM
> Cc: idm@hyperreal.org
> Subject: (idm) Electro Historians Take Note
>
> Those interested in the earliest days of electro or the history of
> electronic music in general might be interested in a Man Parrish
> interview I just put up (http://www.skinny.com). He was responsible
> for
> the all time classic "Hip Hop Bee Bop" (which appears on Andrea
> Parker's
> DJ Kicks) and a number of other pre-techno tracks in 83.
>
> List exclusive quote that didn't make the final cut:
>
> "I remember the only syncopated stuff was some rap tunes, but we got
> very expressive with kick drums and snare patterns. I remember having
> fights in the studio, saying, "Maybe were getting too syncopated,
> people may not understand it." All those breakbeats you hear in
> electronica today, we programmed that stuff. Im not saying Im the
> godfather of it, but thats where it came out of."
>
> darren