I don’t know much about the artist of this track; there’s hardly any information about C. M. Dance out there. I’ve had this 12-inch record since 1986. I remember walking into Starsound record store in Toronto and seeing Sepe (one of the two Persian owners of the store) opening a new box of records. He pulled out this record (the very one I bought, the very one you see in the picture), gave it to me and asked me to play it on the store’s turntable system. I decided to play the dub version first. The track kick-started bang on the money: orchestra stabs, delayed/echoed claps which pan left/right, killer kicks thumps, bitch-slapping snare hits, and bassline-pad with thick bottom lava and slight flare-buzz on top.
C. M. Dance – “Off The Hook” (Dub)…
Artist: C. M. Dance
Title: Off The Hook (Dub)
Year: 1986
Media Source: Recorded straight from 12-inch record to digital.
C. M. Dance – “Off The Hook” (Dub) (mp3)
C. M. Dance – “Off The Hook” (Vocal)…
Artist: C. M. Dance
Title: Off The Hook (Vocal)
Year: 1986
Media Source: Recorded straight from 12-inch record to digital.
C. M. Dance – “Off The Hook” (Vocal) (mp3)
While the norm for most tracks go anywhere between 3:30 to 6:00 minutes in length, I prefer 15:00 minutes or longer, like the four seasons. Give me 4 long tracks to fill the hour, and I’ll be one very happy Iraqi. I love tracks that take me on long journeys through various movements. One of my all-time favorite synth-pop groups is PROPAGANDA from germany … who sound like twisted ABBA + Industrial + TechnoPop + Darkness. My favorite Proganda track is P:Machinery. I’ve taken two 12-inch vinyl versions of that track and conjoined them together as one … the way I want to listen to P:Machinery by:
Propaganda
Although he produced only a handful of tracks of renown and disappeared into obscurity almost as quickly as he had emerged from it, Manny ( Man ) Parrish is nonetheless one of the most important and influential figures in American electronic dance music. Helping to lay the foundation of electro, hip-hop, freestyle, and techno, as well as the dozens of subgenres to splinter off from those, Parrish introduced the aesthetic of European electronic pop to the American club scene by combining the plugged-in disco-funk of Giorgio Moroder and the man-machine music of Kraftwerk with the beefed-up rhythms and cut’n'mix approach of nascent hip-hop. As a result, tracks like “Hip-Hop Be Bop (Don’t Stop)” and “Boogie Down Bronx” were period-defining works that provided the basic genetic material for everyone from Run-DMC and the Beastie Boys to Autechre and Andrea Parker — and they remain undisputed classics of early hip-hop and electro to this day.
Man Parrish
What made Trevor Horn’s productions stand out was his unique and genius production techniques and the heavy use of state-of-the-art pro-audio gear, which made him become the torch-bearer for the kind of technology-led pop music which was hip and incredibly disciplined. Trevor Horn’s 12-inch remixes were uniquely long (anywhere from 8 to 13 minutes in duration) and told stories which took the listeners through long instrumental journeys at the begenning of tracks until the climax is reached (around the 5/6 or 7 minute mark). After the climax, the original or alternate full vocal version of the track takes over from that point on to the end, lasting additional 3.5 to 5 minutes in length.
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Trevor Horn is the guy who produced and performed “
The Buggles
legend! i’ve been looking for a better quality one than youtube. thanks for sharing mate!!