Wearing eyeball helmets is the trademark of the Californian artist collective The Residents. Inspired by avantgarde and pop, the band anticipated the idea of audio piracy and developed groundbreaking multimedia projects. 42-minute mix with some of the group’s conceptional thematic compositions and deconstructions of Western popular music.
In the Eighties, old and new styles alike get developed in Jamaica. Ragga evolves and electronic production tools enter the studios, helping to establish the digital dancehall era. 37 minutes with Bunny Lie Lie, Charlie Chaplin, Don Carlos, Johnny Clarke and others.
Equally at home in the art world and the artists’ pub, Ata Tak‘s proprietors manage their label from a nice office in Düsseldorf; in the adjoining music studio, they pursue the idea of a world rebellion with sound – as Der Plan. 32 minutes with Holger Hiller, Minus Delta T, Picky Picnic, Wirtschaftswunder and others.
The stoic, almost machine like drumming of many West-German tunes from the early Seventies became the hallmark of a new sound – different from British pop or American rock, and in no way related to the country's horrible Nazi past. 45 minutes with Cluster, Faust, Harmonia 76, Wolfgang Riechmann and others.
Future Japan – Technopop (1979-86)
- 10. August 2021
- Tagged as: Apogee & Perigee, Dolette McDonald, Friends Of Earth, Haruomi Hosono, Imitation, James Brown, Japan, Jun Togawa, Keiichi Suzuki, Maceo Parker, Masumi Hara, Miharu Koshi, Non-Standard, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Steve Scales, technopop, Testpattern, The Beatniks, The Kakutougi Session, wave, Yasuaki Shimizu, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Yen Records, Yukihiro Takahashi
Yellow Magic Orchestra’s concept of connecting pop, dance music, and Far Eastern folklore quickly becomes synonymous with technopop in Japan. The band’s members also occur in each others solo recordings and cooperate with other musicians. 49 minutes with Apogee & Perigee, Friends Of Earth, Miharu Koshi, Ryuichi Sakamoto & The Kakutougi Session and others.
After years of increasing harshness on the dancefloor culminating in Gabber, round 1992 the time has come for more friendly grounds. 55 minutes from the advent of personal computers and internet for everyone – with tracks by Acid Jesus, The Black Dog, Cylob, Like A Tim and others.
Reggae? – Some Seventies Soul Fire
- 1. July 2021
- Tagged as: Al Barry, Augustus Pablo, Brentford Disco Set, Derrick Harriott, Dub, Dub Specialist, Gregory Isaacs, Jackie Mittoo, Jamaica, Keith Hudson, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Norma White, Ramon The Mexican, Reggae, Sound Dimension, Studio One, Susan Cadogan, The Cimarons, The Dynamic Four, The Heptones, Windel Haye
Fuelled by collaborations between producers, singers, and studio musicians in ever new constellations, the Seventies mark the transition from ska and rocksteady into a multitude of styles in Jamaica. 46 minutes with Keith Hudson, Norma White & Brentford Disco Set, Sound Dimension, Susan Cadogan and others.
Known for his innovative studio techniques, unique production style and weird tunes, Lee “Scratch” Perry combined influences from soul, funk, reggae, and dub in the early and mid Seventies. 46-minute mix with 14 tracks from the Perry orbit.