Sorcerey aka Thomas Mcelroy and Denzil Foster went on to produce hits for Club Nouveau, Tony Toni Tone, En Vogue amongst many others. Recorded using extra studio time left over from their first studio effort, (released as Frost, “Battle Beat”, “The Test” is classic 80s west coast electro. Triangle Records was run by Jay King, [...]
Sorcerey, “The Test”, Triangle 1984
July 15th, 2009 · No Comments · electro
Tags: 80s·electro·old school·vocoder·west coast
Dolby’s Cube, “Get Out of My Mix (Special Dub Version)” Capitol 1983
May 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Music, cut n paste, synth
I’ve been doing a lil research on Detroit’s own Electrifying Mojo and came upon this Thomas Dolby gem. “Get On Out of My Mix” is basically an instrumental cut up of two of Dolby’s hits, “She Blinded Me With Science and “Europa and The Pirate Twins”, both off his first album, “The Golden Age of [...]
Funkmaster Wizard Wiz, “Grand Concourse & 138th”, Tuff City 1988
June 2nd, 2008 · No Comments · hip-hop
From the golden era of hip-hop, Funkmaster Wizard Wiz (aka Optimist Prime)’s “Grand Concourse & 138th”(according to the lyrics it’s actually 183rd, but whatever), an ode to his Bronx neighborhood. Wiz’s booming delivery coupled with awesome cut n paste SP12 production by Ultramagnetic MCs’ Ced Gee still holds up after all these years-and this is [...]
