REPETITIVE BEATS: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC

[Greg Wilson]

REPETITIVE BEATS - A SOCIAL HISTORY OF ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC

6 Music, the BBC Digital Channel, is broadcasting a documentary called 'Repetitive Beats - A Social History Of Electronic Dance Music' this week. The first part is tonight (Monday 1st December) at 21.00 - 21.30 UK time, followed by three further parts at the same time on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The series is presented by Andrew Purcell.

You can check it out live via the internet at
www.bbc.co.uk/6music

Tonights programme includes Kraftwerk, Frankie Knuckles, Kevin Saunderson, Marshall Jefferson, Danny Rampling, Norman Jay, A Guy Called Gerald and the Chemical Brothers. I was also interviewed, suffering from a severe case of laringytis following a full-on weekends clubbing in London, including the Electro Empire night, Low Life and David Mancuso's London Loft, so, no doubt, I'm going to sound like I'm about 90 years old!.

http://www.electrofunkroots.co.uk

[UltimateBeeGeesFan]

does it make any mention of the 70's, the greatest time musically to ever have been?

[KBallenger53]

REPETITIVE BEATS - A SOCIAL HISTORY OF ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC

6 Music, the BBC Digital Channel, is broadcasting a documentary called 'Repetitive Beats - A Social History Of Electronic Dance Music' this week. The first part is tonight (Monday 1st December) at 21.00 - 21.30 UK time, followed by three further parts at the same time on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The series is presented by Andrew Purcell.

You can check it out live via the internet at
www.bbc.co.uk/6music

Tonights programme includes Kraftwerk, Frankie Knuckles, Kevin Saunderson, Marshall Jefferson, Danny Rampling, Norman Jay, A Guy Called Gerald and the Chemical Brothers. I was also interviewed, suffering from a severe case of laringytis following a full-on weekends clubbing in London, including the Electro Empire night, Low Life and David Mancuso's London Loft, so, no doubt, I'm going to sound like I'm about 90 years old!.

E L E C T R O F U N K R O O T S

MAN OH MAN!!! I'm sorry as hell I missed that one, that's definately something to record on the VCR!!! (Forgive me if I sound outdated, but I'm one of those people that still spins with records, and still watches movies on VHS tapes. Believe it or not, I don't even have cable or satelite, I have a rooftop antenna, and a DTV convertor box. Am I turning into my father or what!!!)I'm glad they started with Kraftwerk, because in my opinion they are The Godfathers of Electronic Dance Music. It would've been interesting to see how all those Chicago House artists evolved from making tracks in their basements, to recording in real studios. I bear witness to this because Farley Keith aka Farley Jackmaster Funk, started out that very same way. If you listen to his earlier recordings as Farley Keith, the sound is very dull, and flat. Although it didn't make a difference on the dance floor. But once he started making the money, and changed his name to Farley Jackmaster Funk, the quality of the sound increased.I'm glad someone besides myself remembers A Guy Named Gerald who made that classic cut, Voodoo Ray!!! Although there were a dozen re-mixes of it, the original imported version is truly the best to me!!! Do you know if that show's coming back on again? Is it available on YouTube?'NUFF SAID