Ryuichi Sakamoto’s ‘Riot In Lagos’ is one of my favourite tracks from the more avant end of early electro – brightly-coloured Japanese melodies that are both plonky and wonky, without being cloying – Mario-cute rather than Hello Kitty-cute perhaps. Unlike the self-consciously robotic Afro-futurism of Cybotron, Hashim et al, it stands out for being firmly grounded [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Electro’
February 4, 2008
SMARTER THAN THE NORMAL MAN
My friend was talking about the Egyptian Lover yesterday, which made me dig up this – EL on the boards, Jamie Jupitor on vocoder. Bone rattling West Coast future funk.
Jamie Jupitor – Computer Power (prod. by Egyptian Lover) (1984)
BUY
January 30, 2008
LETTING THE MUSIC PLAY: THE BEST OF FREESTYLE #1
Unlike Italo or early House, also firmly in the Kraftwerk/Moroder continuum, Freestyle was a self-consciously “teenage” expression. Schoolyard gossip, hot boys with Camaros, “no…you hang up” phonecalls, pro nails and wet-look perms, homework and Hot 103, Slater from Saved By The Bell, Saturdays at the mall…all that. If it’s OK to like Italo and Hi-NRG now, then [...]
