Interesting that you mentioned Mr. Leblanc, and his Tackhead cohorts. I was going through some old tapes yesterday and was listening to an old Brave New Waves (w/Brent Bambury [sp?]) episode which contained a spotlight on them.
Needless to say i broke out a few records and had another listen. I actually played a Tackhead tune a couple of weeks ago on my show... Cheers! G SILICON wrote: > > -- > Another cat or two to check out would be, Keith Le Blanc, and some of > the Mark Stewart & Maffia > stuff. Keith Le Blanc was part of the Sugar Hill Gang as a drummer > along with Skip Mc Donald and Doug Wimbish. Tack Head was another > name they all went by as well. > > peace, > silicon > > www.vmax.net > > > Cybotronic have been claimed as proto-techno, due to the > > people involved with it, but their sound reminds of electro (without > > the hip hop attitude) and, erm, UK pop dude Gary Numan. The > > techno we got to know as techno (since the late 80s) has more in > > common with house music than with electro. > In fact, I regularly listen to his "Replicas" and "The pleasure principle" > albums, which I have discovered a few months ago, and I really love them... > They sound quite "fresh" to my ears, and not at all that ridiculous, > especially since Numan's looks are starting to fade from the collecive > memories ;-) > > > Anyway, arguments about 'proper' electro and 'proper' techno > > aside, *Mantronix* are the ones to look out for - with them, > > electro acquired a sense of production sophistication without > > losing the dance floor edge. If you crave for that mid 80s > > sound, try out anything by them - production work, remixes, > > their own releases - not only are their tracks great, their > > vocal recording work is definitely worth checking out. > Thanks for the Mantronix reco, but I already know two or three of his albums > ; I'll give them another try, but when I heard them I though his stuff was > too often the same, not enough differences from one track to another... > About Cybotronic : first time I hear mention of them, do they have any link > to Cybotron, who were these "people involved with them" ? > > Gwendal > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
