Whats yo 10 fav' 80's electro-beats.

[midas]

Warp 9 -light yesars
neucleus - jam on it
planet patrol - play at your own risk
egypt-egipt (sp) egiptian lover
yazoo - dont go
freeeze - iou
royalcash- radio activity
and smurf, and shannon.

most of the tunes mentioned are among my fav.
yes and captain rock, very nice,

and Captain Rapp, remember him
"I cant stant this"

and CDIII, get though and success

[Davicillo]

Pants! I wanted to put 'World Destruction' - Afrikka Bambaatta and John Lyndon in my top 10 but I forgot and also it's not strictly electro. it's more Punk-Hop!! :lol:

[xyzyzzyx]

Love it all!

Kraftwerk - Numbers
Egyptian Lover - Dance
B.O.S.E. - Don't Knock It Till You Try It
Soul Sonic Force - Planet Rock (Instrumental)
Channel One - Technicolor
Jonzun Crew - PacJam
Twilight 22 - Siberian Nights
Pretty Tony - Fix It In The Mix
911 - 24/7
Grandmaster Flash - Scorpio

No particular order, but what a mega mix you could do!!

[efunk_adelic]

Originally Posted by midas

Captain Rapp, remember him
"I cant stant this"

one of my favorite dance hip-hop tracks

[soulsta]

all pretty tony songs because he really got that whole electric thing going in the eighties.

[studio-steve]

Great thread! here's just over 10 of my fav old tracks just mixed:-

1. Manu Dibango - Soul Makossa
2. Kurtis Blow - The Breaks (12" version)
3. G.L.O.B.E. & Whiz Kid - Play That Beat Mr.DJ
4. Herbie Hancock - Rockit
5. Shannon - Let The Music Play
6. Freeez - I.O.U. (12" version)
7. Man Parrish - Hip Hop Bee Bop (Don't Stop)
8. Aleem - Release Yourself
9. Kraftwerk - It's More Fun To Compute
10. Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express
11. Hashim - Al-Naafiysh (The Soul)
12. Cybotron - Clear
13. Egyptian Lover - Egypt, Egypt
14. Model 500 - Future (Vocal)
15. Model 500 - Technicolor (Long Mix)
16. Planet Patrol - Play At Your Own Risk


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[STEPHEN L FREEMAN]

Hmmm... Here's a genre that I rarely revisit, but realize that I have some serious favorites within!

In no particular order...

We Are The Jonzun Crew - The Jonzun Crew (DiscoNet)
Salsa Smurph - Special Request (DiscoNet)
Numbers - Kraftwerk
Hip Hop Bee Bop (Don't Stop) - Man Parrish (DiscoNet)
Heatstroke - Man Parrish (DiscoNet)
Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight - Dominatrix (Hot Tracks)
Body Mechanic - Quadrant 6 (Hot Tracks)
Tastes So Good - File 13 (The Edge)
Moskow Diskow - Telex
Playgirl - Ladytron

[disco1999]

Pretty Tony - Fix in the mix
Boogie boys - Zodiac
Chris 'The Glove' Taylor - Itchiban scratch
G.L.O.B.E. & the Wiz kid - Play that beat Mr.DJ
Hashim - Al-Naafiysh (the soul)
Interboro Rhythm Team - Watch the closing doors
Kamikaze - Tokyo rose
Midway - Set it out
Twilight 22 - Siberian nights
Pleasure and the beast - Dr. Sex

[FranceJoliFan]

Originally Posted by Super D

1. Soul Sonic Force, "Planet Rock"
2. Mann Parrish, "Hip Hop Bee Bop"
3. Kraftwerk, "More fun to Compute"
4. Vasage, "Frenquency Seven"
5. Cybotron,"Clear"
6. Soul Sonic Force,"Renegades of Funk"
7. Kano,"Its a War"
8. Model 500, "Future"
9. Number of Names, "Skitzoid"
10.Cybotron, Alleys of your Mind.

Thats mine! Whats yours?
Now I feel like break-dancing :D :D
super d(motordetroit) 8)

What do you consider "electro-beats?" Mostly instrumental?

[disco1999]

Not just instrumental, vocals, notably high pitched & vocoder are often used in this music style that was initiated in early 80's.
You'll find a good description of this music style in wiki
Electro music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia