what song started the whole freestlye era?

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"Electro" meaning "computerized" I would have called it Computerized too for a while till the I knew the correct name for it. It's all the same.

Planet Rock -1982-old school Electro

Play at your own Risk-1983- old school Electro
 
What is Electro?
If it werent for Electro, we wouldnt have many of the genres we have today..

As has often been said, Electro is the missing link of Dance music. All roads lead back to New York where the level of musical innovation and experimentation throughout the early 80’s period was quite staggering. It wasn’t one narrow style that never strayed from within the confides of an even narrower BPM range, Electro-Funk was anything goes! The diversity of records released during this period was what made it so magical, you never knew what was coming next. The tempo of these tracks ranged from under 100 beats-per-minute to over 130, covering an entire rhythmic spectrum along the way. There was no set template for this new Dance direction, it just went wherever it went and took you grooving along with it. It was all about stretching the boundaries that had begun to stifle black music, and its influences lay not only with German Technopop wizards Kraftwerk, the acknowledged forefathers of pure Electro, plus British Futurist acts like the Human League and Gary Numan, but also with a number of pioneering black musicians.

Electro-Funk was the prototype, and Hip-Hop, Techno, House, Jungle, Trip-Hop, Drum & Bass, Freestyle, UK Garage, plus countless other Dance derivatives, all owe their debts to its undoubted influence. Without it’s inspiration, it’s unlikely that British acts such as Coldcut, 808 State, A Guy Called Gerald, Soul To Soul, Massive Attack, The Prodigy, William Orbit, Goldie, the Chemical Brothers, Underworld and Fatboy Slim, to name but a few, would have emerged. When all’s said and done, Electro-Funk (or Electro or whatever people choose to call it) was the catalyst, the mutant strain that bridged the British Jazz-Funk underground to the Acid-House mainstream, Until this fact is fully recognized the UK Dance jigsaw will remain incomplete and confused, with countless clubbers, twenty years on, having no idea of the true roots of the music they’re dancing to. Taken from ElectorkingdomCom...

Just my 2 cents.....
 
lachicabella said:
Since when was it an "electro" song? What is "electro"?? Whether its electro, etc., all of it is computerized. There are no real instruments.
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most FS producers don't us real instruments. meaning a real band so is all FS considered electro? or is electro a specific sound?
 
Anytime Payac and ChicaBella..



Wanted to add this list taken from "The 100 Essential Songs of Electro".
I took a small portion of it to just to show how it evolved from the Electro Genre..

On the bottom, you will find Shannon and Xena (which some of you may or may not consider Freestyle), yet , it is played at many Freestyle Clubs and played on many Freestyle mixed sets including myself...

AFRIKA BAMBAATAA & THE SOUL SONIC FORCE planet rock (US Tommy Boy)
SHOCK electrophonic phunk (US Fantasy)
SECRET WEAPON must be the music - remix (US Prelude – from the LP Kiss FM Mastermixes vol 1)
GUNCHBACK BOOGIE BAND funn (US Prelude)
THE SYSTEM it’s passion (US Mirage)
ROCKERS REVENGE walking on sunshine (US Streetwise)
GRANDMASTER FLASH & THE FURIOUS FIVE the message (US Sugarhill)
CYBOTRON clear (US Fantasy)
PLANET PATROL cheap thrills (US Tommy Boy)
NEW ORDER confused beats (UK Factory)
HOT STREAK body work (US Easy Street)
WEST STREET MOB break dancin’ – electric boogie (US Sugarhill)
GARY’S GANG makin’ music (US Radar)
CAPTAIN ROCK the return of captain rock (US NIA)
B BOYS two, three, break (US Vintertainment)
ARCADE FUNK search and destroy (US D.E.T.T)
DIMPLES D sucker dj’s (I will survive) (US Partytime)
G.L.O.B.E & WHIZ KID play that beat mr dj (US Tommy Boy)
TOM BROWNE rockin’ radio (US Arista)
GRANDMASTER & MELLE MEL white lines (don’t don’t do it) (US Sugarhill)
CAPTAIN RAPP bad times (I can’t stand it) (US Saturn)
TWILIGHT 22 electric kingdom (US Vanguard)
RUSSELL BROTHERS the party scene (US Portrait)
SHANNON let the music play (US Emergency)
DJ DIVINE get into the mix (US West End)
THE ART OF NOISE beat box (UK ZTT)
HASHIM al-naafiysh (the soul) (US Cutting)
B BOYS cuttin’ herbie / rock the house (US Vintertainment)
MALCOLM X / KEITH LeBLANC no sell out (US Tommy Boy)
XENA on the upside (US Emergency)
PUMPKIN king of the beat (US Profile)
 
thanks for the info babe..I 'm sure it clarifies alot of misconceptions.
 
Nyasia said:
thanks for the info babe..I 'm sure it clarifies alot of misconceptions.
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Anytime suga..(besos)

It may or may not settle the dispute.
Even with documented proof of the "Electro" era, some will still disagree, but I still wanted to give an insight to this topic...

The reason I agree and believe this myself is because I started DJing in The Bronx at 12 and I am now 38 (you can do the math), so, I was around when it pretty much started...

Have a great day CF....
DJ paradise
 
Vinss-T said:
so true, whenever i see these threads i just thing here we go again..

if only freestyle wasn't so, scientific. LOL
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Now I agree with you lol.
 
It really isnt so scientific if ya think about it..

Music evolves from other music..Plain and Simple..
Again, there is proof of this...

There are just some people who dont want to evolve or believe the evolution of music as it happens...

Again, its only my 2 cents... 🙂
 
D.J. Paradise said:
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There are just some people who dont want to evolve or believe the evolution of music as it happens...

Again, its only my 2 cents... 🙂
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or they want it to evolve thier way....which doesn't really go well with everyone, but what can ya do?
 
what you are saying dj paradise makes a lot of sense. looks like we own a lot to planet rock after all.
 
Afrika Bambaataa & The SoulSonic Force
"Planet Rock"
Tommy Boy Records
Originally released in April 1982
Produced by Arthur Baker


Planet Patrol
"Play At Your Own Risk"
Tommy Boy Records
Originally released in September 1982
Produced by Arthur Baker & John Robie


Freeze
"I.O.U."
Streetwise Records
Originally released in 1982
Produced by Arthur Baker


Freeze
"Pop Goes My Love"
Streetwise Records
Originally released in 1983
Produced by Arthur Baker


Jenny Burton
"Remember What You Like"
Atlantic Records
Originally released in 1983
Produced by John Robie


Xena
"On The Upside"
Emergency Records
Originally released in 1983
Produced by Mark Liggett & Chris Barbosa


Shannon
"Let The Music Play"
Emergency Records
Originally released in 1983
Produced by Mark Liggett, Chris Barbosa, and Rod Hui


C-Bank feat. Jenny Burton
"One More Shot"
Next Plateau Records
Originally released in 1984
Produced by John Robie


Nayobe
"Please Don't Go"
Fever Records
Originally released in 1984
Produced by Andy Panda & Chuck Ange


Carol Lynn Townes
"99 & 1/2"
Polydor Records
Originally released in 1984
Produced by Rod Hui


Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
"I Wonder If I Take You Home"
Personal Records
Originally Released in 1984
Produced by Full Force


Alisha
"All Night Passion"
Vanguard Records
Originally released in 1984
Produced by Mark Berry, Rick Tarbox, and Lou Bolognese


Debbie Deb
"When I Hear Music"
Music Specialists / Jam Packed Records
Originally released in 1984
Produced by Tony Butler


Debbie Deb
"Lookout Weekend"
Music Specialists / Jam Packed Records
Originally released in 1984
Produced by Tony Butler


Twin Image
"My Baby Loves Me"
Capitol Records
Originally Released in 1984
Produced by Sigidi


Nuance feat. Vikki Love
"Take A Chance"
4th & B'Way Records
Originally released in 1984
Produced by Ron Dean Miller


Jellybean feat. Audrey Wheeler
"Dancin' On The Fire"
Emi Records
Originally released in 1984
Produced by John "Jellybean" Benitez


Tina B
"Honey To A Bee"
Elektra Records
Originally released in 1984
Produced by Arthur Baker & John Robie


Aleem
"Release Yourself"
Nia Records
Originally released in 1984
Produced by Tundra Ra Aleem


Special Request
"Take It To The Max"
Tommy Boy Records
Originally Released in June 1984
Produced by Carlos De Jesus & Jose "Animal Diaz"


As you can see, there were more than a couple records out prior to Shannon & Nayobe that while not called "Freestyle" are clearly the prototypes to the music we are talking about now.
 
it's so sad, how come this much innovation isn't happening today. i would have loved to have lived in the early 80s to see it happening. there are no more groundbreaking new ideas in music nowadays
 
SO the bottom line is that Freestyle evolved from Electro..TransEurope Express which is where Planet Rock evolved from, you might say started the itch (for lack of a better word) that eventually turned into what we call today freestyle..so again... what came first the chicken or the egg.
 
freestyle avenger you know your sh*t too! thanks for the info.
 
Very informative thread guys thanks! DJ Paradise thanks for insight 😉 :cheers
 
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