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quoted 2 lines hancock's future shock is the shit too. anyone recommend any other hancock

>hancock's future shock is the shit too. anyone recommend any other hancock >in this vein? this is about all i have...

Herbie's best moments IMO are the "Headhunters" (73) and the "Thrust" (74) albums. Totally doped up electronic funky stuff -- both amazing. And samplespotting isn't hard either. You'll recognize a lot of moments on these two albums. Ah well. They're good. Check them out. Franz -- WHEN DOGMA ENTERS THE BRAIN, ALL INTELLECTUAL ACTIVITY CEASES. - Robert A. Wilson

quoted 5 lines hancock's future shock is the shit too. anyone recommend any other hancock

>>hancock's future shock is the shit too. anyone recommend any other hancock >>in this vein? this is about all i have... > >Herbie's best moments IMO are the "Headhunters" (73) and the "Thrust" (74) >albums. Totally doped up electronic funky stuff -- both amazing.

in addition to these seminal herbie-fusion albums, the original poster is no doubt looking for herbie's collaborations with bill laswell, of which "future shock" was the first. they collaborated several times throughout the 80's, but the most emblematic of the "future shock" sound were two more herbie hancock albums: "sound-system" (84) and "perfect machine" (88). this is a lot of quite-similar material to stock up on, especially if your ears are as weary as mine are of vintage ledernacken drum machines (as well as d.st.'s scratching never having progressed much after "rockit"), but "perfect machine" might be worth tracking down for a nice dj's secret weapon called "maiden voyage/p. bop." as far as interesting electro-type tracks go though, you're really just searching out one track per album (two in the case of "future shock" if, like me, you dig "autodrive"). for the truly masochistic, the "freakazoid" 12" and a maurice starr (i think called "electric drummer") single both have "rockit" bites _not_ by herbie himself. eric onnow: lilienthal : castor & pollux (emanate)

On Mon, 5 Jul 1999, eric hill wrote:

quoted 5 lines hancock's future shock is the shit too. anyone recommend any other hancock

> >>hancock's future shock is the shit too. anyone recommend any other hancock > >>in this vein? this is about all i have... > > > >Herbie's best moments IMO are the "Headhunters" (73) and the "Thrust" (74) > >albums. Totally doped up electronic funky stuff -- both amazing.

There are also a coule albums by the Headhunters, apparently the backup musicians from this time... I've seen one reissued, any opinions here? Looks like vocals are evident (yikes!)

quoted 7 lines in addition to these seminal herbie-fusion albums, the original poster is

> in addition to these seminal herbie-fusion albums, the original poster is > no doubt looking for herbie's collaborations with bill laswell, of which > "future shock" was the first. they collaborated several times throughout > the 80's, but the most emblematic of the "future shock" sound were two > more herbie hancock albums: "sound-system" (84) and "perfect machine" > (88). this is a lot of quite-similar material to stock up on, especially > if your ears are as weary as mine are of vintage ledernacken drum machines

quoted 2 lines (as well as d.st.'s scratching never having progressed much after

> (as well as d.st.'s scratching never having progressed much after > "rockit"), but "perfect machine" might be worth tracking down for a nice

dst was also on some other Celluloid-label projects. he was ok in his day

quoted 3 lines dj's secret weapon called "maiden voyage/p. bop." as far as interesting

> dj's secret weapon called "maiden voyage/p. bop." as far as interesting > electro-type tracks go though, you're really just searching out one track > per album (two in the case of "future shock" if, like me, you dig

Yes, I guess there is one good track per ep/lp. I found "perfect machine" a little uninspired. that is, one could easily save the $ for a rustier gem like "autodrive" (that is theone I meant by "chameleon/whatever", the GREEN one!!). I only recommend the "Metal Beat" 12" because it has samples of Yes "Leave It" from the same year and a good funk/industrial sound that is fun... Above all, avoid the "Magic Hands" or whatever that one just before Future Shock is... ugh! HH did some dull funk-pop stuff right before and after Future Shock not for the weak or easily annoyed...

quoted 6 lines "autodrive"). for the truly masochistic, the "freakazoid" 12" and

> "autodrive"). for the truly masochistic, the "freakazoid" 12" and a > maurice starr (i think called "electric drummer") single both have > "rockit" bites _not_ by herbie himself. > > eric >

quoted 1 line onnow: lilienthal : castor & pollux (emanate)

> onnow: lilienthal : castor & pollux (emanate)

Sheesh when am I gonna get one? !!

quoted 9 lines hancock's future shock is the shit too. anyone recommend any other hancock

>>hancock's future shock is the shit too. anyone recommend any other hancock >>in this vein? this is about all i have... > >Herbie's best moments IMO are the "Headhunters" (73) and the "Thrust" (74) >albums. Totally doped up electronic funky stuff -- both amazing. >And samplespotting isn't hard either. You'll recognize a lot of moments >on these two albums. Ah well. They're good. Check them out. > >Franz

Yes, the abovementioned albums are very fine, but for honest-to-allah electronic out-thereness, check *Sextant*, which came out around the time of *Thrust* and *Headhunters*. The good doctor Patrick Gleeson lets fly a cornucopia of synth tones that still sounds fresh as hell to late-90s ears. This is deep, cosmic stuff and I imagine the jazz establishment dealt with it about as well as it did with Miles' early 70s work--i.e., flabbergasted outrage. *Sextant* was reissued last year by Columbia [you could probably find it in any huge chain store] and is recommended to IDMers of all denominations. Dave Segal Managing Editor/Alternative Press Reviews/BPM/Reissue Redux/Origins Of Cool Secret Ions on WCSB Thursdays 9-11PM EST www.wcsb.org np: rehberg & bauer- ballt. [touch]