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Farley also had a big club, the Playground, where he emphasised freaky
Euro imports and the new rhythm tracks people were making. Here in 1985
he tried the technique of playing a drum machine (the boosted beat was
known as ?Farley?s Foot?) under old Philly records. Frankie Knuckles had
done this the year before with a Roland 909 he bought from Detroit?s
Derrick May, but it was Farley who reaped the most acclaim for the idea.
It was never as popular as sometimes stated, but what did take off were
the custom rhythm tracks created by and for the big DJs. And once these
made the move from reel-to-reel to vinyl, house music was finally on record.
p
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Are you being serious?
m
At 18:31 2007.11.15, you wrote:
Yep, was known as Farleys foot.
Also, I don't think he claimed to be the first guy to incorporate a
909 (or any other technology) into his sets, and I believe in an
old metroTimes article he stated that it was Jeff Mills, who was
already using a 909 in his sets, that encouraged him to try it out,
too. I remember him stating that he was initially hesitant because
he didn't want to be known as a Jeff Mills "biter."
Given the later disco guys used 808s to augment disco tunes (which
is what became house) I doubt even Mills was the first to use a 909
in that way.
robin...
