Heaven 17 – “Play To Win” (BEF Disco Mix)…
Artist: Heaven 17
Title: Play To Win (BEF Disco Mix)
Year: 1981
Label: Virgin
Heaven 17 – “Play To Win” (BEF Disco Mix) (mp3)
Heaven 17 – “Penthouse And Pavement” (12″ Mix)…
Artist: Heaven 17
Title: Penthouse And Pavement (12″ Mix)
Year: 1981
Label: Virgin
Heaven 17 – “Penthouse And Pavement” (12″ Mix) (mp3)
Ah, this is one rarity from an outstanding, legendary British artist: Peter Gabriel. There was an actual 12″ record of In Your Eyes which featured the Special Mix. But what made this particular record more special was that the track In Your Eyes (Special Mix) was also featured on the B-side of a Peter Gabriel/Kate Bush 12″ single Don’t Give Up.
I have never opened nor played this record before. Thus, after nearly 25 years, I’ve unsealed it and recorded the track on the B-side to digital. Therefore, a triple special indeed!
Peter Gabriel – “In Your Eyes” (Special Mix)…
Artist: Peter Gabriel
Title: In Your Eyes (Special Mix)
Year: 1986
Label: Virgin Records
Media Source: Recorded straight from 12-inch record to enhanced digital.
Peter Gabriel – “In Your Eyes” (Special Mix) (mp3)
Freeez…
Title: I.O.U. (I Dub You)
Year: 1983
Genre: Classic Electro Synth Dance
Comment: Produced and remixed by Arthur Baker (see picture below)
Freeez – “I.O.U.” (I Dub You) (mp3)
Yarbrough & Peoples…
Title: I Wouldn’t Lie To You (Extended Version)
Year: 1986
Genre: Electronic Dance R&B, Synth Bassline Groove-Driving
Yarbrough & Peoples – “I Wouldn’t Lie To You” (Extended Version) (mp3)
Saturday, September 12, 2009 -- by Hashmoder
In :: 411 KNOWLEDGE DROP, :: COLLECTOR'S BIN, HOMEPAGE, MUSIC
In :: 411 KNOWLEDGE DROP, :: COLLECTOR'S BIN, HOMEPAGE, MUSIC
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.
12-inch vinyl cover of P:Machinery
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:
- digitizing them into Protools;
- spending two long months cleaning them up;
- getting rid of every single scratch/pop/click;
- restoring deteriorated sounds through various RE-SYNTHESIS processes and techniques;
- splicing the tracks to separate clips;
- re-arranging and layering clips to my taste;
- throwing in my own synth-stabs, chops and other minor subtleties;
- adding & automating series of chained top-notch effects throughout the mix, utilizing parameters some of you could not even pronounce … thus resulting with more dynamic and reverberated DEPTH to the mix;
- fattening the bottom-end;
- widening overall stereo perception; and
- mixing, engineering and mastering my version of P:Machinery the way I think it’s supposed to be heard.
To my taste, P:Machinery sounds better than ‘sick’ … more like master piece of shit which blasts sonically across the stereo-field … not one element standing still but constantly moving all over the place.
Listen Hashmoderized P:Machinery track…
Propaganda – “P:Machinery” (Hashmoderized) (mp3)
Lyrics…
On joyless lanes we walk in lines
a calm but steady flow
Accompanied by loud commands
our strength is running low.Another hope feeds another dream
another truth installed by the machine
a secret wish the marrying of lies
today comes true what common sense denies.Rotating wheels are destiny
in flame the city lies
Machines call out for followers far out into the nightThe calls of the machines drowning in the steam.
Another hope feeds another dream
another truth installed by the machine
a secret wish the marrying of lies
today comes true what common sense denies.The calls of the machines drowning in the steam.
On joyless lanes we walk in lines
a calm but steady flow
our strength is running low.Another hope – another dream – another truth -
installed by the machine – installed by the machine.
Gear Used By Propaganda…
New England Digital, Synclavier 9600 System
New england Digital, Synclavier II
PPG Wave and Waveterm 2
External Links About Propaganda…
Live Performance…
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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