Egyptian Lover – “Freak-A-Holic” (12 Inch Long Versionl)..
Artist: The Egyptian Lover
Title: Freak-A-Holic (12 Inch Long Version)
Year: 1986
Label: Egyptian Empire Records
Egyptian Lover – “Freak-A-Holic” (12 Inch Long Version) (mp3)
Thursday, February 3, 2011 -- by Hashmoder
In . . . . Rap 12-inch Trax, :: RAP HIPHOP (OLDSCHOOL & ROOTS), HOMEPAGE, MUSIC
In . . . . Rap 12-inch Trax, :: RAP HIPHOP (OLDSCHOOL & ROOTS), HOMEPAGE, MUSIC
Thursday, February 3, 2011 -- by Hashmoder
In . . . . Rap 12-inch Trax, :: RAP HIPHOP (OLDSCHOOL & ROOTS), HOMEPAGE, MUSIC
In . . . . Rap 12-inch Trax, :: RAP HIPHOP (OLDSCHOOL & ROOTS), HOMEPAGE, MUSIC
Since the Egyptian protests are all over the news lately, I’ve figured why not post some of Egytpian Lover’s oldschool electro hip-hop tracks. The very first time I’ve heard an Egyptian Lover’s track was back in 1984. A track titled Egypt Egypt on a DJ-mixed electro/hip-hop compilation record, released by StreetSounds, called Electro-5 on side-A — which is also available on this site. The second track I’ve heard by Egyptian Lover was My House On The Nile on StreetSounds Electro-6, side-B, which is also available on this site. And the third track I’ve heard by Egyptian Lover was Girls on StreetSounds Electro-7, side-A — again, also available on this site. After being exposed to those three tracks between 1984 and 1985, that was when I’ve decided to hunt and collect as many Egyptian Lover 12″ singles as I could find on the market. I’ve bought several of his 12″ singles on vinyl back then from Toronto, London and New York.
The Egyptian Lover is Greg Broussard — born on August 31, 1963. He’s an American musician, rapper, vocalist, producer and DJ from Los Angeles. Greg Broussard was one of the first men to pioneer the hip-hop/electro sound from LA. One of his main influences was Man Parrish’s track track Hip-Hop Be Bop (Don’t Stop) — whom I’ve also blogged about on this site — so click here to read that article.
With just a Roland TR-808 drum machine among other flagship analog synthesizers and digital samplers, Greg Broussard rocked (and still can rock) the house.
Egyptian Lover – “Egypt, Egypt” (12″ Vinyl)..
Artist: The Egyptian Lover
Title: Egypt, Egypt (12″ Vinyl)
Year: 1984
Label: Egyptian Empire Records
Egyptian Lover – “Egypt, Egypt” (12″ Vinyl) (mp3)
Thursday, November 18, 2010 -- by Hashmoder
In . . . . Rap 12-inch Trax, :: RAP HIPHOP (OLDSCHOOL & ROOTS), HOMEPAGE, MUSIC
In . . . . Rap 12-inch Trax, :: RAP HIPHOP (OLDSCHOOL & ROOTS), HOMEPAGE, MUSIC
The first time I heard LL Cool J was when I was at the movies. There he was …right before my eyes …making his first film debut in Krush Groove and literally performing to the audience for the first time his debut track I Can’t Live Without My Radio. It blew me away! By the time the release of his first album Radio made it to Starsounds record store in Toronto, Canada, I was one of the first to get a copy. The LP version of You’ll Rock is not as wicked as this remix posted here, but nonetheless it’s still good. I considered LL Cool J to be one of my first serious, solid and harder/core rappers in the music scene of 1985, as he was the first rapper/artist to be signed with Def Jam Recordings (hence, the story of Krush Groove movie was somewhat like the real story of how Def Jam got started).
LL Cool J – “You’ll Rock” (Remix)…
Artist: LL Cool J
Title: You’ll Rock (Remix)
Year: 1985
Label: Def Jam Recordings
LL Cool J – “You’ll Rock” (Remix) (mp3)
Early LL Cool J’s film & music debut in Krush Groove (1985)…
Thursday, November 4, 2010 -- by Hashmoder
In . . . . StreetSounds Electro, :: RAP HIPHOP (OLDSCHOOL & ROOTS), HOMEPAGE, MUSIC
In . . . . StreetSounds Electro, :: RAP HIPHOP (OLDSCHOOL & ROOTS), HOMEPAGE, MUSIC
I have decided to record digitally my entire StreetSounds Electro compilation series.
I will record every single StreetSounds vinyl of mine into Protools, with as much digital restorations as possible and widened stereo-field. I do believe that I make the best vinyl-rips than most music collectors and bloggers out there. My 30+ years experience in pro-audio says so!
As I’ve stated in my previous StreetSounds article over a year ago, Electro since the early 80′s was electric funk and hip-hop music, mainly for break-dancing, bee-bopping, and body-popping. In my opinion, the word electro today has been hijacked in the form of 4/4 dance music and not anywhere near its true roots.
THEREFORE, STAY TUNED FOR DAILY POSTING OF EACH ELECTRO MIX.
Streetsounds History…
Streetsounds was part of the UK Streetwave stable of labels created by Morgan Khan. A Hong Kong-born Indian who grew up in London, Khan had worked in the UK record industry since the mid 1970′s, working for such names as PRT Distribution (a division of Pye Records) and R&B Records, for whom at the time Imagination were the up and coming stars of the day.
Khan founded the independent Streetwave record label during 1981 to specialise in releasing Electro and Hi-NRG releases. Within a year of creation, Streetwave began the StreetSounds series of albums; compilations created from some of the hottest 12″ imports of the day. These releases made available a selection of the most contemporary dance floor hits within the financial reach of those wanting to hear the freshest sounds. In the early 80′s a 12″ single was priced around £2 and you would pay over £4 for an import 12″. The Streetsounds series offered usually 8 to 12 full-length 12″ mixes for under a fiver. Understandably, the Streetsounds series was met with considerable enthusiasm and, some might say, mighty relief.
This series would run for over 6 years and contain over 50 albums. By far the most coveted of the Streetsounds releases were the Electro series. These albums introduced the UK to the developing hip-hop scene from America – a stroke of genius that brought electro and early hip hop from the underground to the UK high street and, one could argue, helped in the creation of the UK’s hip hop scene.
The Electro series ran for a total of 27 albums (and one box set) from 1982 to 1988. The albums were initially labeled StreetSounds Electro with the title morphing into StreetSounds Hip Hop after release 12 in 1986.
All of the albums were competently mixed by a series of the best remixers of the day – predominately from the UK. A large proportion of the mixes on the early releases were completed by a London-based hip-hop sound system from the early 80s. Headed by “Herbie The Mastermind” (aka Herbie Laidley) the team also featured Kiss FM radio DJ’s Dave VJ and Max LX who were also members of UK electro outfit Hard Rock Soul Movement, responsible for the massive “Double Def Fresh” release.
My digital recording process & audio quality of vinyl records are top-notch …
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Old video: recording session ripping vinyls Electro-6, 7, and 9…
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 -- by Hashmoder
In . . . . Rap 12-inch Trax, :: RAP HIPHOP (OLDSCHOOL & ROOTS), HOMEPAGE, MUSIC
In . . . . Rap 12-inch Trax, :: RAP HIPHOP (OLDSCHOOL & ROOTS), HOMEPAGE, MUSIC
This is one super sick track that defined the true meaning of techno-electro hiphop. Drum machine tight beats, rolling mechanical techno bassline, synth zip-zaps, reverse-then-slap-forward claps, synth pads, vocal erotic samples, synthetic scratching samples, really sweet processed orchestra stabs/hits, and serious rhymes. 808 Beats stands on its own plateau. Although The Unknown DJ raps about his 808 drum machine, but the drum machine sounds in this track aren’t from a Roland TR-808 at all …. not even close; but my best guess would be that they come from Oberheim DX or DMX.
The Unknown DJ – “808 Beats”…
Artist: The Unkown DJ
Title: 808 Beats
Year: 1984
Label: Techno Hop
Media Source: Recorded straight from 12-inch record to enhanced digital.
The Unknown DJ – “808 Beats” (mp3)
Thursday, October 29, 2009 -- by Hashmoder
In . . . . Rap 12-inch Trax, :: RAP HIPHOP (OLDSCHOOL & ROOTS), HOMEPAGE, MUSIC
In . . . . Rap 12-inch Trax, :: RAP HIPHOP (OLDSCHOOL & ROOTS), HOMEPAGE, MUSIC
Beatbox Is Rockin is an amazing fast-paced oldschool electro dance hiphop track on the cutting-edge back in 1986 — A MASTERPIECE. It has all the elements to be electronic and rap: Pounding, dance break-beats from a drum machine; vocoder (either Roland or Sennheiser, pictures below); multi-layered one-shot synth stabs; sampled human beatbox snippets triggered from a sampler; and multi-tracks of real human beatbox. The Fat Boys are fondly regarded as a seminal part of early rap music recording history (click here read Fat Boys wikipedia).
Fat Boys – “Beatbox Is Rockin”…
Artist: Fat Boys
Title: Beatbox Is Rockin
Year: 1986
Label: Sutra Records
Media Source: Recorded straight from 12-inch record to enhanced digital.
Fat Boys – “Beatbox Is Rockin” (mp3)
Roland SVC-350 vocoder
Sennheisser vocoder -- one of the best ever made!
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 -- by Hashmoder
In . . . . Rap 12-inch Trax, :: COLLECTOR'S BIN, :: RAP HIPHOP (OLDSCHOOL & ROOTS), HOMEPAGE, MUSIC
In . . . . Rap 12-inch Trax, :: COLLECTOR'S BIN, :: RAP HIPHOP (OLDSCHOOL & ROOTS), HOMEPAGE, MUSIC
I must be one of the very few bloggers who’s done a good-quality recording of this track and made available on the net. Shango is member of Afrika Bambaataa and the Soulsonic Force and ZuluNation. In 1984 he released a killer solo album. The front-cover alone convinced me to buy it. Once I got home and played the record, I was floored to how original all the tracks were. I’m talking about five long tracks with electric beats, cosmo funk, rap & singing vocals, synthesizers, drum machines, vocoders, deep basslines, laser beams and soul mania. You’re gonna love the synth hooks in Shango Message. Play this track nice and loud on beefy speakers. Stand back, close your eyes and groove deep with it.
Shango – “Shango Message”…
Artist: Shango
Title: Shango Message
Year: 1984
Label: CellulOID
Media Source: Recorded straight from 12-inch record to enhanced digital.
Shango – “Shango Message” (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
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