classic sample-based music?

mdk · Post by **mdk** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 3:30 pm

fear of a black planet has got to be the first on the list.

its the best album ever, sample based or otherwise.

kb420 · Post by **kb420** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 4:04 pm

Hank Shocklee was the man. No doubt.

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 4:05 pm

kb420 wrote:Hank Shocklee was the man. No doubt.

*IS* the man - check out the movie "American Gangster", if you haven't. He did a lot of the soundtrack. Also, The RZA as an undercover cop posing as the junkie "Boogaloo" is a sight for sore eyes!

Rogue Scrunt · Post by **Rogue Scrunt** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 4:19 pm

Machinate wrote:
kb420 wrote:Hank Shocklee was the man. No doubt.
*IS* the man - check out the movie "American Gangster", if you haven't. He did a lot of the soundtrack. Also, The RZA as an undercover cop posing as the junkie "Boogaloo" is a sight for sore eyes!

can you provide documantation?
maybe you mean the score?
here is the link for the OST
http://www.discogs.com/release/1186524
shokllee did one song, that is hardly considered alot

here is an excellent podcast from the man
http://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/PODC ... tml?pod=53

signal · Post by **signal** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 5:41 pm

The link you provided lists four of his songs on the soundtrack. Five if you count Can't Truss It:

8 Public Enemy Can't Truss It
9 Hank Shocklee Checkin' Up On My Baby
10 Hank Shocklee Club Jam
11 Hank Shocklee Railroad
12 Hank Shocklee Nicky Barnes

More than one third of the soundtrack is in the neighborhood of "a lot".

Rogue Scrunt · Post by **Rogue Scrunt** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 5:52 pm

you're right
my bad.

I only saw the last one, for some reason?

any way, he is one of my favorites too.

signal · Post by **signal** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 6:12 pm

Fair enough.

I watched a video of Shocklee at the Red Bull thing ages ago. Not sure if it's the same thing as the podcast you mentioned. Pretty entertaining.

When I've seen/heard him speak, he's managed a pretty good balance of self-confidence bordering on arrogance (justified, of course) with a desire to hype others into feeling that way about themselves and their own creations.

leedsquietman · Post by **leedsquietman** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 8:39 pm

The Art Of Noise were brilliant and I don't care what anyone says. Horn was a pioneer of sampling and digital recording, even on mainstream projects such as Yes and ABC's Lexicon Of Love, he got into The Fairlight and PPG Wave computer very early. The early Sony UMATIC tape digital recordings of Frankie Goes To Hollywood and Propaganda, etc.

Another brilliant synth/sampling group from that time was Yello, Swiss visionaries and not just for 'Oh Yeah!' and 'The Race'.

EgAD · Post by **EgAD** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 8:42 pm

CONSOLIDATED

mdk · Post by **mdk** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 9:07 pm

nice choice.

friendly fa$cism is a fantastic album.

they were wicked live as well.

Synthbuilder · Post by **Synthbuilder** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 9:10 pm

Can I say Utah Saints? No, well I just did.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMLCrzy9TEs

New Gold Dream was my fave though...

kramer · Post by **kramer** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 9:16 pm

Lee Perry was the first person to put out sample-based music.

STRATEGY_510 · Post by **STRATEGY_510** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 8:08 pm

mdk wrote:fear of a black planet has got to be the first on the list.

its the best album ever, sample based or otherwise.

In order for it to be the best album ever, it would first have to be the best PE album ever, which it is not even close to being.

STRATEGY

mdk · Post by **mdk** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 8:13 pm

well for me black planet was their peak.

whats your favourite?

laird · Post by **laird** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:07 pm

Negativland - Escape from Noise.

even though they killed a perfectly good Punk rock record label by getting sued by U2 over illegal sample useage (not over this album in particular, but this one was their best imo)