...and not forgetting Larry Levan.
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 8:44 PM, Jacob Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Yes it does happen. It happend Saturday night. Although I think Harvey is >> supposed to be a pioneer of the whole edit craze before it was fashionable >> like in the mid- 90's. >> Don't get me wrong, I had a blast. I was dancing my Tush off all night >> with no drugs. Im millitary now, so that part of my life is way over.LOL > > That would certainly be between when it was fashionable. The first period > of dance edits were in the late '70s by Tom Moulton, Walter Gibbons, and > Danny Krivit, and resulted in the birth of the disco 12". > > The second period (getting more repetitive as we go) was in the early '80s > by Frankie Knuckles and Ron Hardy and resulted in the birth of house > music. > > Then in the '90s, remixes got all slick and commercial and cheesy so it > actually took a good fifteen years or so until people went back to listen > to the old style and realize their value. Theo Parrish probably did the > most to bring them back into the limelight. > > Cheers, > Jacob > > > -- > underground music reviews > http://www.gridface.com/ >
