Kool Herc

[zotz]

Well, as nobody answered, I'm curious to know who at least understood. Don't feel under any pressure . . .

[Poll #142424]

Comments

[hirez.livejournal.com]

D'you mean there are people who don't know?

Cloth-eared philistines, the set of them.

[zoo-music-girl.livejournal.com]

I'd never heard of him till Graham mentioned him the other day, but then it's a genre I'm not really interested in. Or maybe I just haven't heard any of the good stuff.

I could work out who he was without too much trouble, but I thought my answer was more amusing, since I didn't really know who he was. :)

[hirez.livejournal.com]

I'm probably over-Cliffording.

That Guardian Article was... Interesting, because it reminded me that I should really have bought the Streetsounds Electro compilations at the time, since that last time I looked at a record fair even ratty copies were going for plenty dollar. But with appropriate hindsight and a (then) functional p2p network, it was easy enough to bag the tracks that weren't filler as MP3s.

Good stuff? There's lots. But there's no 'missing link' that I can think of that bridges what I understand to be Fiona-world-of-guitar and 'Good God it's like old-skool industrial re-wired by people who love Kraftwerk and James Brown equally.'

[reddragdiva]

Guardian article - got URL?

List of said tracks?

Bridge: hmm. Tackhead?

[hirez.livejournal.com]

Nope.

Here's a list. Skewed away a bit from New York classics and mostly Electro:

Hashim - Al Naafyish (the soul)
Malcom X - No sell out
The enemy within - Strike!
Afrika Bambaataa - Planet Rock
Kraftwerk - Tour de France (Kervorkian remix)
Cybotron - Clear
Word of mouth (feat DJ Cheese) - King Kut
Fats Comet - Rockchester
Herbie Hancock - Rockit/Hard rock
Timezone - World destruction
Tackhead - What's my mission now? (now what?)

Actually, The Dirtchamber Sessions is as good a sampler as anything.

[zotz]

Article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,970507,00.html

Older and longer article:http://www.guardian.co.uk/friday_review/story/0,3605,307496,00.html

[shermarama]

Yes, there are people out there who don't read the Guardian G2 section.

[zotz]

Well, he isn't talked about much, is he?

I just wondered if he was known enough for people to have heard of him, as nobody seemed to share my amazement at there being an actual photograph of him.

[hirez.livejournal.com]

Not much point, TBH. If I start enthusing about dodgy old hip-hop tunes, people start moving in the general direction of Away. It'll be even worse now since all will assume that I'm some Guardian-reading retro-hipster latching on to some percieved old-skool 'coolth' after a quick belt around Portobello to buy up any overpriced compilation he can get is grubby paws on.

I would commend anyone to view the Ch4 series about the genre. If nothing else, it made me realise that Public Enemy worked in much the same way as Cabaret Voltaire.

Sod it. I give up. I'll go listen to Seabound like a good little pigeonholed consumer.

[gingiber.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, I was about to mention that C4 series. it was very good, and I might still have it on tape somewhere.

Well worth watching, which much good music.

[blackmetalbaz.livejournal.com]

There are a number of photos of him floating around on-line...

[original-aj.livejournal.com]

I answerewd on the basis of most amusing, but I hadn't actually heard of him before your last post.