Jackdanny Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Here ya go kids - there is really only one electro sound Yorkshire Bleeps and Bass Yorkshire Bleeps and Bass (Yorkshire Techno) was a short-lived (1989-1991) local musical movement in the cities of Sheffield, Leeds and Bradford in the UK. Characteristics The sound was characterised by harsh, funky minimalism, speaker-breaking sub-bass and electronic bleeps or other futuristic sounds. Early History The first record of the genre was "The Theme" by Bradford's Unique 3 in 1989. LFO's "LFO" was released on Sheffield's Warp Records in 1990. Nightmares on Wax next released "Dextrous" on Warp Records in 1990. The label went on to release the club anthem "Testone" by Sweet Exorcist (DJ Parrot, and Richard H. Kirk of Sheffield avant-garde experimentalists Cabaret Voltaire), a track that went on to define the Yorkshire sound, and also the rather silly "Tricky Disco" by Tricky Disco. These were followed by a string of releases on the short-lived Leeds label Bassic Records, including the "Ital's Anthem" by Ital Rockers, a Chapeltown[disambiguation needed] dub reggae band diversifying into techno, and Juno's "Soul Thunder", an understated track now recognised as a techno classic. Groups Unique 3 Forgemasters LFO Sweet Exorcist DJ Parrot Nightmares on Wax Richard H. Kirk Ital Rockers Juno Releases The Theme Track With No Name LFO Dextrous Testone Clonk Aftermath/I'm for Real Tricky Disco Ital's Anthem Soul Thunder Demise The music scene in England changed, as piano house anthems took over northern clubs and the breakbeat hardcore scene grew in London and the West Midlands. Bassic Records folded in 1991, taking most of their acts with them. Those who survived changed styles, with Ital Rockers going back to dub reggae and LFO shifting to techno. Aftermath It influenced London breakbeat acts such as Shut Up And Dance and The Scientist. It also had some later influence on jungle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushup Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 That's a nice Wiki description of some great music. Though it doesn't really describe electro, or electro-house as what this thread really seems to be about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booch Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 That's a nice Wiki description of some great music. Though it doesn't really describe electro, or electro-house as what this thread really seems to be about. Does this then? http://www.vinylvulture.co.uk/beats/streetsounds.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossian Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Real electro is closer to hip hop than house. It annoys me all these people going around saying they are into electro, when in fact they mean electro house which is as far away from hip hop as you can get really. I mean hip hop & electro had a gritty, underground, DIY ethos - whereas this new electro house sound is just the new mainstream "chart house" (formerly funky house) and the nights generally seem to be frequented by the types with more concern for their haircuts and expensive clothing than the actual music. Having said that electro house as a genre started out quite promising, with labels such as Get Physical (MANDY & Booka Shade amongst others) producing some amazing and original tracks. However it quickly got hijacked by the cheese mongers and became something different altogether. Now I get the feeling most of the original "electro house" producers don't really associate themselves with the genre, more with tech house, deep house and minimal - and who can really blame them? I suppose it's similar to what happened with trance - in the early nineties it was a new, innovative, underground genre - but during the mid nineties became the over-commercialised, formalic nonsense that people associate trance with now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris BIO Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Does this then? http://www.vinylvulture.co.uk/beats/streetsounds.php I'm sure I've seen those records for sale in Virgin (or whatever it's called now), was most suprised. I think it's fair to say that the term electro has been hijacked to mean 'lowest common denominator electro-influenced house music' though. Owt with a few 80's sounding synths, a couple of Ghostbusters-esque stabs and/or an analogue bass gets tagged with it nowadays. When I think of 'electro' I think of the old b-boy stuff like Bambaata, Nayfish, Mantronix etc etc, although - but you'd have to tip a nod to their predecessors who pioneered electronic music. Oh and one word that I don't think has been mentioned yet..KRAFTWERK! By the same token you can't disuss electro without mentioning the godfather Greg Wilson either. http://www.electrofunkroots.co.uk/ Greg's top-notch website for all things electro! As an aside to this - anyone noticed the posters for Pin Up Club being resurrected at Cellar 35? 'House and Elektro' it says. Discuss.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discodown Posted November 15, 2007 Author Share Posted November 15, 2007 do freemasons and fedde le grand fall into this category dd.....cause i'm still lovin lovin lovin it dude! Freemasons aren't electro and i won't hear a word said against them. They are really nice guys and (current single aside) their output is way above average in quality. FLG will forever be known for Put Your Hands Up which is a hateful record but most of his other work especially his more soulful stuff under the Funkerman alias is actually very good The Pinup thing is actually the name but it isn't the original promoters, venue, night, music policy or DJ's. Make of that what you will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisWayUp Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Real electro is closer to hip hop than house. It annoys me all these people going around saying they are into electro, when in fact they mean electro house which is as far away from hip hop as you can get really. I mean hip hop & electro had a gritty, underground, DIY ethos - whereas this new electro house sound is just the new mainstream "chart house" (formerly funky house) and the nights generally seem to be frequented by the types with more concern for their haircuts and expensive clothing than the actual music. Having said that electro house as a genre started out quite promising, with labels such as Get Physical (MANDY & Booka Shade amongst others) producing some amazing and original tracks. However it quickly got hijacked by the cheese mongers and became something different altogether. Now I get the feeling most of the original "electro house" producers don't really associate themselves with the genre, more with tech house, deep house and minimal - and who can really blame them? I suppose it's similar to what happened with trance - in the early nineties it was a new, innovative, underground genre - but during the mid nineties became the over-commercialised, formalic nonsense that people associate trance with now. Nail on head P.S If you do fancy an alternative to all this "Electro House" then come to Muse this Saturday where myself and Will Atkinson will be playing a fine selection of Deep Techy Housey Goodness. Stuff like: Jimpster, Get Physical, Greenskeepers, Swag, Justin Martin, Claude Von Stroke, John Tejada, Brett Johnson, Worthy, Hipp-E, Miles Maeda, Style of Eye, Chris Duckenfield, Jesse Rose, 2020, DFA, and loads more good house music coming in your ears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj4321gsr Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 I suppose it's similar to what happened with trance - in the early nineties it was a new, innovative, underground genre - but during the mid nineties became the over-commercialised, formalic nonsense that people associate trance with now. True Rossian. but trance to me was never innovative. Just Georgio Moroder in the year 2000. Donna Summer - I feel Love beats any trance record by miles for sound, inovation and rhythm. Your right about MANDY and I would put Milo in that bracket too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Den Perry Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 2 topics come to mind here Firstly we shall start with Electro. In my eyes there will only be one style that is Electro and that is mid 80's Electro funk (Zapp, Midnight Star, O'bryan, Parliament, Shannon etc) or Hip Hop (Hashim, Cybotron, Newcleus, Bambaataa.) Everything else is just digital carbon copied sounds that is just crap. Electro house is practical 1 in 50 tracks and the majority of it sucks big time. I may as well get out my early detroit techno and jackin tracks as they have more creativity than most of the electro house stuff now and they were done on early crappy sequencers. R&B is a funny one. Unfortunately I think of R&B as soul pop now and nothing else but black pop music. The word R&B is bastardised into a money making pop machine in which a lot of black artists now can be blessed and get paid for a change, as back in the day when the music was cool, alot of them were ripped off. Underground R&B (Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Tony Tone Tone, Babyface) unfortunately can not be dissed. It is toooo cool. Unfortunately a lot of forumers are not exposed to it. So please people when your dissing, keep it real. I love house music but there is still a lot of crap in it like everything else. I love R&B but there is still a lot of crap in it. I love Hip Hop but there is a lot of crap in it. I wont let the crap influence my taste in music, as its all about the quality. Its funny though how so many sexy girls love R&B as oppose to House, nowadays. I mean so manyyyyyyyy I hate Trance however and only love deep house and real house music, not the Freemason crap. DJ Spen stuff... Well said, you obviously know your stuff, check our radio show soul purpose on sheffield live saturday mornings, you won't be dissapointed it's all proper house, hip hop and soul vibes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DelMonte Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 Yep, real electro for me is 'Planet Rock' and that early 80s era. Another bastardised term within music...just in the same way people might think of Fiddy when you say your into hip hop/ God forbid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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