taezee
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i dont feel that information society set out to be a "freestyle group" but were just embraced by the freestyle community..or secne at the time back in 87 or 88...
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Although Information Society's entire music catalogue is not freestyle; their most known mega hits "Walking Away", "Running" and "What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)" amongst others are 100% FREESTYLE.
Duran Duran has a freestyle mix on the 12" "All She wants" both in dub and vocal versions.
And Pet Shop Boys only freestyle single is the latin rascalz and ultimix versions of "Domino Dancing".
wether it is old school, new school, west coast, breakbeat, electro, planet rock 2 step. Who the hell cares, it is part of our freestyle movement, keep playing it, stop whinning and just turn it up!
Duran Duran has a freestyle mix on the 12" "All She wants" both in dub and vocal versions.
And Pet Shop Boys only freestyle single is the latin rascalz and ultimix versions of "Domino Dancing".
wether it is old school, new school, west coast, breakbeat, electro, planet rock 2 step. Who the hell cares, it is part of our freestyle movement, keep playing it, stop whinning and just turn it up!
taezee
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i would have to disagree..Information society would be considered more of a "euro pop"which was embraced by freestyle...im sure even the members of the group would say we did not set out to be a top "freestyle band"..alot of freestyle is just as much as a melting pot of music as the city itself which birthed "freestyle" New York..
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MY OPINION...I DON'T THINK "INFORMATION SOCIETY" IS A FREESTYLE GROUP AT ALL........THEY HAD 2 "FREESTYLE SONGS"....THE REASON WHY I'M QUOTING IS BECUASE "RUNNING AND WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND" AREFREESTYLE SONGS BUT INFORMATION SOCIETY IS NOT A FREESTYLE GROUP....WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT..THEIR TWO SONGS APPEAR IN BASICALLY EVERY MIXED FREESTYLE TAPE, CD OR WHAT EVER YOU WANNA CALL IT......IF THEIR 2 SONGS ARE NOT FREESTYLE....I MUST SAY THEY PLAYED A MAJOR, MAJOR , MAJOR ROLE IN THE FREESTYLE ERA..............
ANTHONY AKA FREESTYLE LOVER
ANTHONY AKA FREESTYLE LOVER
taezee
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yeah i agree they made an impact on freestyle but still not really a freestyle group is all
Interesting words From InfoSoc themselves
So there we were, in the summer of 1982, playing live, no tapes, all electronic.I'm pretty certain that it was the first pop/rock all-electronic local-band show in Minneapolis history. The line-up at that time was Paul, Jim, Murat Konar (who later wrote and sang "Running"), Mithat Konar, and Lisa Tonra. 2 years as a conceptual art/music skit had been fun and rewarding, but we were getting older and wanted to get more serious about things.
One of the songs on this album was "Running", and it would change our lives forever. Running was written by Murat Konar in 1984. The album came out on Twin Tone records, and Wide Angle records put out the single of Running. Not much happened with either, except for one thing: Winde Angle was not only a singles-oriented record label, they also had their own record store, catering to DJ's, and more importantly, the had a RECORD POOL. The record pool supplied copies of "Running" to many DJ's, including some in New York City. There it became an almost cult favorite in the latin clubs in the Bronx.
Meanwhile, we were back in Minneapolis, completely unaware of any of this. We had In the fall of 1985. At about the same time, a guy who called himself "Andy Panda" called us from New York and told us that our song "Running" was a "huge underground dance hit" in the Bronx. Neither Paul nor I knew what this meant, but he wanted us to come play a show at his club for (GASP!) $900!!. We had never been paid more than $250 to do a show up to that point, so we were more than pleased to trundle a bunch of gear into a stationwagon and drive straight through, 1200 miles to NYC to play the 3-song show. They said they only wanted 2 or 3 songs, and that we HAD to do Running. Also, they didn't want to actually bring in a sound system and set up for a complete live band show, they just wanted us to bring a tape and play it through the house system while we sang over it. Weird. They called it a "Track Show", meaning that we performed over backing tracks.
Sorry if this is lengthy but from thier own words. They were not a freestyle band. We made them one
So there we were, in the summer of 1982, playing live, no tapes, all electronic.I'm pretty certain that it was the first pop/rock all-electronic local-band show in Minneapolis history. The line-up at that time was Paul, Jim, Murat Konar (who later wrote and sang "Running"), Mithat Konar, and Lisa Tonra. 2 years as a conceptual art/music skit had been fun and rewarding, but we were getting older and wanted to get more serious about things.
One of the songs on this album was "Running", and it would change our lives forever. Running was written by Murat Konar in 1984. The album came out on Twin Tone records, and Wide Angle records put out the single of Running. Not much happened with either, except for one thing: Winde Angle was not only a singles-oriented record label, they also had their own record store, catering to DJ's, and more importantly, the had a RECORD POOL. The record pool supplied copies of "Running" to many DJ's, including some in New York City. There it became an almost cult favorite in the latin clubs in the Bronx.
Meanwhile, we were back in Minneapolis, completely unaware of any of this. We had In the fall of 1985. At about the same time, a guy who called himself "Andy Panda" called us from New York and told us that our song "Running" was a "huge underground dance hit" in the Bronx. Neither Paul nor I knew what this meant, but he wanted us to come play a show at his club for (GASP!) $900!!. We had never been paid more than $250 to do a show up to that point, so we were more than pleased to trundle a bunch of gear into a stationwagon and drive straight through, 1200 miles to NYC to play the 3-song show. They said they only wanted 2 or 3 songs, and that we HAD to do Running. Also, they didn't want to actually bring in a sound system and set up for a complete live band show, they just wanted us to bring a tape and play it through the house system while we sang over it. Weird. They called it a "Track Show", meaning that we performed over backing tracks.
Sorry if this is lengthy but from thier own words. They were not a freestyle band. We made them one
Kenny Guido
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1. During the period 1986-1988, Insoc was widely considered to be a
freestyle group.
2. At that time, freestyle was known as "Latin Hip-Hop."
3. The songs "Running" and "Walking Away" were, shall we say, seminal
classics of the genre.
4. Certain members of Insoc were less impressed with dance music as a
whole, including freestyle, than others.
5. Certain members of Insoc loved freestyle and collaborated with such
giants of the genre as: India ("Breaking Night"), Noel ("Silent
Morning"), TKA ("When You Still Loved Me") , the Latin Rascals
(various remixes), the Cover Girls(lots of oggling), and Nocera
(numerous songs--she also toured with Insoc).
6. This "freestyle" has nothing to do with "freestyling" in rap music,
which means rhyming in an exxtemporaneous, off-the-cuff fashion.
7. With the chart succes of "What's on your Mind," the group was
forced to abandon the dance-club niche and attempted to become a
straight-up pop act, with the frequently-noted, less than satisfying
results.
freestyle group.
2. At that time, freestyle was known as "Latin Hip-Hop."
3. The songs "Running" and "Walking Away" were, shall we say, seminal
classics of the genre.
4. Certain members of Insoc were less impressed with dance music as a
whole, including freestyle, than others.
5. Certain members of Insoc loved freestyle and collaborated with such
giants of the genre as: India ("Breaking Night"), Noel ("Silent
Morning"), TKA ("When You Still Loved Me") , the Latin Rascals
(various remixes), the Cover Girls(lots of oggling), and Nocera
(numerous songs--she also toured with Insoc).
6. This "freestyle" has nothing to do with "freestyling" in rap music,
which means rhyming in an exxtemporaneous, off-the-cuff fashion.
7. With the chart succes of "What's on your Mind," the group was
forced to abandon the dance-club niche and attempted to become a
straight-up pop act, with the frequently-noted, less than satisfying
results.
Kenny Guido
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In light of that, I don't see InSoc as being freestyle.
Unless green eggs and ham counts.
But that's not really a love theme.
(And if it was, I really don't want to know).
-Sue
InSoc-er hooligan.
Unless green eggs and ham counts.
But that's not really a love theme.
(And if it was, I really don't want to know).
-Sue
InSoc-er hooligan.
Kenny Guido
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well, ill accept 1 of the 3 songs as freestyle!! 🙂