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While I'm here I ought to post of this as I've just ripped it. It's an old house tune from 1992 that doesn't get heard much these days. I'm sure some Dutch bloke could do an awful 2007 trance remix of it :wub:

Transformer 2 - Pacific Symphony (Original Mix)

I've got that on cassette single in the loft. Hell of a tune. It's in Ben Liebrand's essential 90s Grand Mix alongside all the early nineties dance and pop, too.

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Pekoe

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That reminds me I still need to get that Merciless album....

Also bought the new Bugged Out - Simian Mobile Disco CD which is interesting, if a little chaotic.

This The Field album though, just finished listening and I just know it's going to get some heavy playback. Wonderful stuff - one of those multilayered sonicscapes that feels like it could just collapse at any moment but still manages to add delicate touches throughout.

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This The Field album though, just finished listening and I just know it's going to get some heavy playback. Wonderful stuff - one of those multilayered sonicscapes that feels like it could just collapse at any moment but still manages to add delicate touches throughout.

Listened to a few tracks, it's alright but not really me. Everyday was nice, in a Kraftwerk-like way.

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Pmccee

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Just been listening to Claude Vonstroke's mix cd that came with le mix mag today, awesomeness !

Can anyone help me with identifying this electro/housey tune. I know it goes "why dont you listen to me baby""tell me the problem something something" .Heard it ages ago but still have no clue as to what it is hopefully some smart soul can work it out from my pathetic memory :wub:

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The weekend's London nights

April 20th - Plex @ Hub - Ultradyne, MANASYt, B12

April 21st - DONNA @ Corsica Studios - Lory D, Errorsmith.

Errorsmith is amazing. Everyone should check him - proper Ableton DJ business.

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Calashnikov

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I don't suppose many of the electro heads are clued up much on the electro-funk style of hip-hop you got early/mid-80s by the likes of Afrika Bambaataa, Mantronix, Planet Patrol, Jonzun Crew etc? Listening to the synthed-out rawness of Dilla's Ruff Draft has got me fiending to go back to the source of that lo-fi keyboards and drum machine type shit. I guess a lot of Timbaland's better recent stuff has been a catalyst too.

I found this "Top 100-odd Electro Songs" online earlier, and it seems to have a few of the tracks I already know and love from, like, retrospective Tommy Boy compilations and stuff like that (I obviously know the cast iron hip-hop classics in this list, that have crossed-over. OBVIOUSLY). Some folk might recognise that D-Train track at number 6 as being ripped-off wholesale on The Prodigy's last album at some bit:

1. Planet Rock - Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force

2. The Message - Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five

3. Rockit - Herbie Hancock with Grandmaster D.St.

4. Looking for the Perfect Beat - Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force

5. Situation - Yaz (Yazoo)

6. You're the One for Me - D-Train

7. White Lines (Don't Do It) - Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel

8. Jam on It - Newcleus

9. Don't Make Me Wait (All Night) - The NYC Peech Boys

10. Al-Naafiysh (The Soul) - Hashim

11. Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don't Stop) - Man Parrish feat. The Freeze Force

12. Clear - Cybotron feat. Juan Atkins

13. I.O.U. (And Sometimes Y) - Freeez feat. John Rocca

14. Play At Your Own Risk - Planet Patrol

15. Don't Stop the Rock - Freestyle

16. One More Shot - C-Bank feat. Jenny Burton

17. Egypt, Egypt - Egyptian Lover

18. Walking on Sunshine - Rocker's Revenge feat. Donnie Calvin

19. The Smurf - Tyrone Brunson

20. Pack Jam (Look Out for the OVC) - The Jonzun Crew

21. Thanks to You - Sinnamon

22. Jam on Revenge (The Wikki Wikki Song) - Newcleus

23. On the Freeez - Freeez

24. White Horse - Laid Back

25. Rumours - Timex Social Club

26. Double Dutch Bus - Frankie Smith

27. (You Make My) Love Come Down - Evelyn "Champagne" King

28. The Show - Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew feat. Slick Rick

29. One for the Treble - Davy DMX

30. Buffalo Girls - Malcolm McLaren & The World's Famous Supreme Team

31. Set It Off - Strafe

32. Nunk (New Wave Funk) - Warp

33. Electric Kingdom - Twilight 22

34. Fresh is the Word - Mantronix

35. It's Like That - Run DMC

36. Roxanne Roxanne - UTFO

37. Freaks Come Out At Night - Whodini

38. Roxanne's Revenge - Roxanne Shante

39. Play That Beat Mr. DJ - GLOBE & The Whiz Kid

40. Break Dancin'-Electro Boogie - West Street Mob

41. Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight - Dominatrix

42. The Roof is on Fire - Rock Master Scott & The Dynamic Three

43. Scorpio - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

44. La Di Da Di - Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew

45. Body Mechanic - Quadrant Six

46. Cold Winter Madness - Ice T

47. Bad Times (I Can't Stand It) - Captain Rapp

48. Don't Go - Yaz (Yazoo)

49. Wild Style - Time Zone

50. Sucker MCs - Run DMC

51. Rockin' It - The Fearless 4

52. Alice, I Want You Just for Me - Full Force

53. Rock the Bells - L.L. Cool J

54. King of the Beat - Pumpkin & The Profile Allstars

55. No Sell Out - Malcolm X and Keith LeBlanc

56. Jam the Box - "Pretty Tony" Butler

57. The Real Roxanne - The Real Roxanne with U.T.F.O.

58. Magic's Wand - Whodini

59. It's Yours - T. La Rock and Jazzy Jay

60. Reckless - Chris "The Glove" Taylor and David Storrs with Ice T

61. Dirty Talk - Klein & MBO

62. Needle to the Groove - Mantronix

63. Confusion - New Order

64. 808 Beats - Unknown DJ

65. Techno Scratch (We Are the Knights) - Knights of the Turntables

66. Break Dance Party - Break Machine

67. Soul Makossa - Nairobi & The Awesome Foursome

68. 2, 3 Break - The Break Boys

69. Space Cowboy - The Jonzun Crew

70. London Bridge is Falling Down - Newtrament

71. Sucker DJs (I Will Survive) - Dimples "D"

72. Just Be Good to Me - S.O.S. Band

73. E.T. Boogie - Extra T's

74. It's Automatic - Freestyle

75. The Party's Just Begun - Freestyle

76. The Music's Got Me - Visual

77. Freak-A-Zoid - Midnight Starr

78. Surgery - The World Class Wreckin' Cru

79. I Am a Pac Man (Eat Everything I Can) - The Packman

80. Marley Marl Scratch - Marley Marl

81. Mirda Rock - Reggie Griffin and Technofunk

82. Beat Bop - Rammellzee vs K-Rob

83. The Party Scene - The Russell Brothers

84. (Nothing Serious) Just Buggin' - Whistle

85. Electric Funky Drummer - Maurice Starr

86. Girls - Egyptian Lover

87. No UFOs - Model 500

88. Beat Freak - Bobby Broom

89. Feels Good - Electra feat. Tara Butler

90. Body Work - Hot Streak

91. Crazy Cuts - Grandmaster D.St. feat. Bernard Fowler

92. In the Bottle - C.O.D.

93. Heron- Re- Ron - Gil Scott

94. Spank '82 - Jimmy "Bo" Horne

95. King Tut - Word of Mouth feat. DJ Cheese

96. AJ's Scratch - Kurtis Blow

97. Electrophonic Phunk - Shock

98. On a Journey (I Sing the Funk Electric) - Electrik Funk

99. We're Rockin' the Planet - Hashiming

100. Get Wet - C-Bank feat. Jenny Burton

101. Siberian Nights - Twilight 22

102. Fast Life - Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde

103. Hey You (The Rock Steady Crew) - The Rock Steady Crew

104. We Come to Rock -The Imperial Brothers

105. The Payoff Mix (Lesson 1/Lesson 2) - Double Dee & Steinski

106. Light Years Away - Warp 9

107. Request Line - Rock Master Scott & The Dynamic Three

108. What People Do for Money - Divine Sounds

109. Breakin'...There's No Stoppin' Us - Ollie and Jerry

110. Beatbox - Art of Noise

111. Computer Power - Jamie Jupitor

112. Return of Captain Rock - Captain Rock

113. B-Boys Beware - The Two Sisters feat. MC Globe

114. I Just Gotta Have You - Kashif

115. You Are In My System - The System

116. Big Butt - Bobby Jimmy & The Critters

117. Dial-a-Freak - Uncle Jamm's Army

118. Something's on Your Mind - D-Train

119. Life is Something Special - The NYC Peech Boys

120. Time - Stone

121. Boogie Down (Bronx) - Man Parrish

122. 2, 3 Break - DJ Born Supreme Allah

123. Boomin' - Will Web

124. Strange Life - Arabian Prince

125. Dedication - The Fearless 4

126. Pop Goes My Love - Freeez feat. John Rocca

127. I Need You Now - Sinnamon

128. Terminator - Kid Frost

129. How to Be a Zillionaire (Wall Street mix) - ABC

130. Street Dance - Break Machine

131. Radio Activity Rapp - MC Frosty & Lovin' C

132. Bang Zoom (Let's Go-Go) - The Real Roxanne with Hitman Howie Tee

133. If I Ruled the World - Kurtis Blow

134. Peter Piper - Run DMC

135. The Haunted House of Rock - Whodini

136. World Destruction - Time Zone

137. 122 BPM - Jive Rhythm Trax

138. Breaker's Revenge - Arthur Baker

139. Why is it Fresh? - Grandmaster D.St.

140. I Want it to Be Real - Jellybean feat. John Rocca

141. Breakin' in Space - Keymatic

142. Jingo Breakdown - Candido

143. Rockberry Jam - L.A. Dream Team

144. Dynamic (Total Control) - Dynamic Breakers

145. Electronic Pussy Sucker - Clarence "Blowfly" Reid

146. I'm In Love - Evelyn "Champagne" King

147. Bassline - Mantronix

148. Rainforest - Paul Hardcastle

149. Five Minutes of Funk - Whodini

150. Renegades of Funk - Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force

151. Technicolor - Channel One

152. I Didn't Know I Loved You ('Til I Saw You Rock and Roll) - Planet Patrol

153. Computer Age (Push the Button) - Newcleus

154. Only You - Yaz (Yazoo)

155. Tour De France - Kraftwerk

156. Ray-Gun-Omics - Project Future

157. If You're Looking for Fun - Weeks & Co.

158. Heat You Up (Melt You Down) (Meltdown mix) - Shirley Lites

159. Transformer - MC Craig G

160. Fast Lane - Young Ladies

So anyone clued-up on what albums are good? It's a sound I'm really digging right now. Or is this dance music game not really much about the albums? :)

Oh, and I'll be back to upload some Planet Patrol shit when I get back on my own laptop. I'm sure some of you know them already. Think The Temptations, as produced by Afrika Bambaataa and Arthur Baker B)

EDIT: Indeed, their shit is on one of the stations in San Andreas.

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Art Vandelay

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Well I reckon the Tommy Boy stuff will be the most fulfilling. Afrika Bambaataa's beats have been ripped off so many times, it's good to listen to the real deal. The same with Mantronix really, although anything in the early nineties that was electro with a beat seems directly influenced by his stuff. There's also his ghastly legacy of Lavelle "trip hop" and the played out to fuck 'King of the Beats' etc, which isn't really his fault.

Most of that list could be called electro at a push really. It appears to be anything urban released in the 80s though. Check Whoudini, Newcleus, Hashim for some Dilla electro grubbiness.

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Calashnikov

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Hmmyeah, I like loads of songs on those, but I'm looking for something dirtier and obscurer, if it exists at all? Something harder, maybe. Something a bit departed from the Bambaataa/Mantronix-steezed electro hip-hop (I realise that that's EXACTLY the stuff I wanted recommended to me, but I think what I'm saying is I'm after something that's a bit similar, but darker and heavier. I want some shit I've never heard before. Something WANKY B) ).

EDIT: This was written before you put that Aux 88 recommendation in there. Never heard of that at all. Cheers much.

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You'd probably want some Dave Clarke if you want heavy Electro.

Aux 88 are from Detroit Cal....theres still (or was) a massive electro revival from the likes of Dopplereffect (and our very own Gique).

About a year to two years ago the sound was massive in Europe.

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It's Mike Skinner apparently, I know there is a Zongamin remix.

Dont suppose you could upload the Zongamin remix or the Bug Dub, I've ordered off le Juno but cant find it on Oink and have no way of ripping vinyl to pc for mp3 playing goodness :)

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Pekoe

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Hmmyeah, I like loads of songs on those, but I'm looking for something dirtier and obscurer, if it exists at all? Something harder, maybe. Something a bit departed from the Bambaataa/Mantronix-steezed electro hip-hop (I realise that that's EXACTLY the stuff I wanted recommended to me, but I think what I'm saying is I'm after something that's a bit similar, but darker and heavier. I want some shit I've never heard before. Something WANKY B) ).

EDIT: This was written before you put that Aux 88 recommendation in there. Never heard of that at all. Cheers much.

Sorry I was editing it as I was posting. Definately take a look at the Beat Classic one, as its very raw, loud and more hip hop bedded which might be what you're looking for. I would up some tracks to sample but only have it on vinyl...

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Oddly enough i've just downloaded a 4 hour Dave Clarke mix from the Rote Sonne club. Bit jumpy to start with but has some fantastic mixing, goes from old skool to new (electro and Techno) and sounds great.

Clocks in at 4h 21 :)

And thought my mixes were long!

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