Omar Hash (aka Hashmoder)…
Born and lived in Baghdad, Iraq, until the age of 7 years old, I moved to England and Canada (at the same time), having lived there for more many years. I’ve also lived in Chicago, Illinois, and Scottsdale, Arizona, from 1989-2001. Now I’m living back in Canada, West Vancouver, British Columbia.
I own some synthesizers and pro-audio gear. I have a decent studio with great nice-sounding near-field monitors. And with that I try to be a scientist of acoustics, professional engineer, and producer who’ll forever continues to learn and understand endless supply of knowledge in science & physics of sound and music theories, continuously trying to break new grounds by experimenting, and hoping to go the path with infinite possibilities towards clever tricks, programming and sound-designing musical paintings with good taste — for the deepest joy and pleasure of pure listening purposes.
I’m also an avid music hunter and collector, with thousands of multi-genre, rare & mainstream vinyl records (mostly 12-inch) and CD’s in my collection spanning over three decades of my life.
Music Collection (Records & CD’s)…
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. Check out example below:
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. Check out example below:
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Trevor Horn is the guy who produced and performed “
The Buggles
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