In episode 179 of The XS Noize Podcast, host Mark Millar speaks with legendary DJ and producer Arthur Baker, credited as a leader, pioneer and pioneer of electronic music.
Intellectual direction of innovative experimentation with tape editing and sampling. He left Boston for New York in the early 1980s. Initially he DJ'd and produced disco and soul music, but was recruited by Tommy Boy Records produce for a hip-hop team Afrika Bambaataa and the sonic force of the soul. Planet Rockthe fundamental single, with the voice of MC BALLOON – that emerged from those sessions, inadvertently starting a revolution: electro.
Baker would become an award-winning DJ and music and film producer, producing and mixing artists such as Bob Dylan, Hall and Oates, Al Green, Bruce Springsteen, The Rolling Stones, Tina Turner, Diana Ross, Cyndi Lauper, New order, The Pet Store Guys, Fleetwood Mac and Hurts.
40 years of hip-hop and electro street culture have passed and Arthur is now a truly legendary musical figure. He has now teamed up with the UK's house beat master. Esteban Mac for the EP sex machine.
In this interview, Arthur discusses the early days of hip hop, The Sun City album, the EP sex machineremixing blockbuster records and much more. Listen to Episode #179 of The XS Noize Podcast with Arthur Baker – BELOW:
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Dirty electronic Soulwax-style up-tempo main riff begins sex machine, and remains a constant at all times. A half-heard murmur, swaying percussion and mesmerizing swirling effects propel you forward like a metaphorical quad ride. This is dirty, dirty sex music that is a perfect DJ tool for those sexy, dirty, electro-tinged 4/4 DJ sets.
Lose you 24 begins in a hypnotic style before a hangover bass joins the fray. Trippy Four Tet bursts with brilliance and refracts through an elongated blob before reappearing with dirty swagger and cheeky cowbell.
Finally, Beans begins with percussion, synth beats, a pulsating bleep, and a yearning diva sample, which expands to provide the rhythmic antidote to the sassy A-side.
Track List:
1) Arthur Baker and Steve Mac – Losing 24
2) Arthur Baker and Steve Mac – Sex Machine
3) Arthur Baker and Steve Mac – Beans
Listen to the Sex Machine EP here.
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