A Split Second - Flesh

[Floffonlajn]

Story goes, some Chicago-based radio DJ played this one at a too-fast RPM, and inadvertently started the entire thing that became techno. I wouldn't be surprised if that was true...

[hermansdavy]

@Floffonlajn story is partially true. this happened at the legendary Boccaccio nightclub in Destelbergen, Belgium, by DJ Marc Grouls. New Beat was born...

[Vagatorro]

too fast for me-try the "original mix"

[phoenix25R]

wow I didnt know they had techno like this in the 80's? Its awesome!

[g1a1h1]

@phoenix25R Nothing has happened thats new since 1987.

[invisiblespandex]

So am I not hearing techno here hein!? ... and The Shamen, who them still?

[invisiblespandex]

So am I not hearing techno here hein!?

[zmanonimos]

80's & 90's the best music

[909rhythm]

Reminds me of pills n more pills

[wagnerstars]

My fav song EVER!

[Evyufologie1]

exellentissimo!!!!

[TheItalodancers]

Thanks my god for this track

[pontello3]

excellent track!

from wich year it is? 

[thomaslaurie]

Experience The birth of Acid House. Thanx.

[MZrecordSpain]

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeahhhhhhh!!!!!!

[sirdogsnout]

This is when your flesh Crimson and pale Withers behind the blackened veil The vacant flesh A petrifying look, the choice is easy The outcome always the same The shortest way to cardiac arrest The flesh that dreams are made of doesn't last This when you turn To sanctimonius rituals The duty of the beast

[wazthatme]

hahaha its funny to see what my mom and dad listen to back in the 80s lol

[myrielleful]

@wazthatme

nice parents !!!

[nadergt1]

Remember When U First heard This Track on " E " ?

[HugoVersace]

old memories revive :)

[Henk669]

it was used in the movies, am i right? at least parts of it

[Henk669]

reminds me of the beverly hills cop movies somehow

[fistripav99]

A Split Second, Klinik, Front 242, OMG those Belgium bands were way ahead of their time.

[REWFHU]

New FHU Release and Video:

youtube.com/watch?v=eSyqtzwrCJ­g

[killy731]

In high-school I had this track on a techno mix CD, I couldn't get enough of this particular track, and I remember going jogging with my discman listening to it, fond memories.

[dzedajusr]

Belgium bands are awesome!

[amulpatel07]

shit that arp hook...so amazing!! I had this shit on repeat in my walkman..in the 80's... i think I still remember the tape cover... dark electro at its best.

[namaste1968]

The beginning of the Aciiiiid and dance

[thefirstsandman]

120BPM !! this is way to fast !

[chacho6011]

thanks to you tube i would of never heard this song ever i'm 42yrs old and this brings back alot of memories especially going to metro and neo night club my all time favorite club ever.

[GolgothaBlack]

@chacho6011 And Aftermath and Strange Days.

[buzzblitzklubber]

Shot in London ?

[Yoshi3MPS]

14 idiots.

[JaymesB27]

No. Without the piano ... just NO.

[pailhead11]

if you take a look at what electronic music is today, you'd think that these guys became billionaires by this point

[BurnDuri]

@pailhead11

Yeah. Unfortunately not. They deserve every penny, but I'm not even sure they can live of it now.

[FLshadyrock]

wheres the button to slow the song down!!

[Xgrmpf]

No Techno...EBM!!! I admit it sounds very "technoid", but remember the year. Great stuff!

[featheredmusic]

Im so glad this 'wave' is over

[cidodido]

Techno en mis venas.

[screamukraine]

belgium wave!

[jdivision91]

Kick ass!

[xguy55]

op z'n eentje een betere plaat dan alle commerciele dance van de afgelopen 20 jaar :)

[caxus15]

@1976Europa very simple, go and listen something else, you are free to listen whatever you like.

[Ollietg]

,,Get into Magic''

gruß Olli-etg.

[Ribsy3k]

What a Wicked tune!!! Belguim tekno at its very best !!! ;-)

[zebramol]

M . A . S . T. E . R . P . I . E . C . E 

[pailhead11]

wax trax ftw

[OrgaBiz]

Great times of Belgium!

[GerdVdB1]

in fact, there are 2 musical generations responding here... and they're both right :-)

this track has had 2 lives: one in this original version as EBM, and a second life as an early start of New Beat, played at 33 1/3 rpm (+8)

[LexXopher]

perfection...not long enough

[oldskoolpaul89]

played to fast tierecke

[skumperboy]

@oldskoolpaul89 this is the real version, the slow version is a "remix" and the first new beat song

[grringgo]

remember first hearing this at the kitchen club on south beach in the late 80s

and i was like "what the fuck is this shit"?

[SecretMisery]

wtf

[cedX59]

Belgique

[struiksvogelbek]

@ ronniegeorge10

yeah sure dude, the do the same now to 2010 why.........? old shool are the best...now your music history :)

[enricokorderos]

AWWWWWSHIIII-!

I can see forever!!

[EdiGasGas250]

la 1ª vez vez que veo el video. Gracias por colgarlo!!!

[chrismotard]

graaien op 33 toeren das de max

[eljulianis]

AWESOME!!

[ronniegeorge10]

what a load of shite.obviously an annoying couple of keyboard keys on a loop is enough for brain dead dance floor morons. yazoo wannabes but will neverbe. ;0)

[atzenanu]

@ronniegeorge10 WTF??? Bieber fan aren't you...

[matrags]

Hmmmm....I wonder what this tune would sound like slowed down...lol.

[Steffilum]

@matrags It would sound like +8 , that´s what it was made for... ;o)

[adriebm]

A split second still awesome

Rigor Mortis

Crimewave

Colosseum Crash

Firewalker

Mambo witch

Colonial Discharge

Muscle Machine

fucking songs

[molonlave2010]

@adriebm you should listen to Drinking Sand, electric guitar mixed with eletro-pop, that's totally insane!

[phase909]

Brilliant.. I remember this importing this.

[NebelkriegerUruk]

best oldschool - this is one more flesh ..

[mmsyeah]

I want a man like this... *-*

[royalnash]

front 242 is good too go to sunday nigh vinyl on google thats where i learn all these songs from

[royalnash]

great dance group they had some club bangers

[dmassive]

Great Lyrics!!!

[lechugasnotdead]

Belgica!

[franciskus1960]

BOCCACCIO LIFE DESTELBERGEN !

[zebramol]

@franciskus1960 B.O.C.C.A.C.C I.O , Best place in our Milcky Way galaxy during 88-92 !!!!! Gre8t times !!!

[Italodancers]

Incredible future sound.

Amazing technology

[kennytrip]

oh yeh the belgians have it 88

[Beatroot73]

downham tavern classic : )))))))

[ranrio70]

I forgot about this shit!

[UltraSloMo]

Love this song.

[BrutalBassBB]

GREAT memories nice upload!

[chelitorevel]

FANTASTIC TUNE!!!

[MissAtlantique]

Good

[fstop77]

I REmember hearing this at Club Revival in Phila back in the '80s. Great times

[holandesism1]

great stuff !

[pailhead11]

Belgian electronic musing, and Belgian beer FTW

[vanbael]

1 turntable, 1 record and play in stead off 45 rpm on 33 rpm +8pitch, thatt's how it was played in belgian disco's in the late 80's early 90's

[robman78]

Wow this is a classic... brings back memories

[tool619]

holy fuck... this is awesome!! any other artists that sound like this?

[halexander44]

@tool619 Front 242, Nitzer Ebb, Terrence Fixmer, Portion Control, Liasons Dangereus, Cabaret Voltaire, Skinny Puppy to mention a few.

[holandesism1]

I have it on tape a lot slower and that is a lot better ! !

[molonlave2010]

Very popular band in Houston, played it on 104 KRBE a lot of times.

They went to clubs like CLUB 6400 and Rich's

[a090006]

OOOOO,to fast,!!!!!!!

[tuliusxp]

these guys were destined to be great, but after firewalker, keyboard-production wizard Chrismar Chayell called it quits, and Mark Icks the other half of the group continued with A Split Second with 2 more offerings: Vengeance COD (rate it good) & the amazingly awful Megabyte (please never use a sampled metal guitar it sounds horrible)

[InsomniHack2600]

fuck...

[caxus15]

there is only one word to describe this song "LEGEND"

[everyonetookmynick]

@caxus15 NO it is Awesomeness :D

[caxus15]

@everyonetookmynick :-) that one too mate and for all people that criticised this song, please remember that this song is from 1986, some probably were even born!!!

[mannix1994]

@caxus15 ARY !!!

[kortenberger]

According to the legend this was the song that started new beat. played at a slower pitch DJ grouls wrote history back in the 80's.

[ez2rbr]

This needs to be played at 33rpm +8 on a Technics SL1200

[francis2653]

@kortenberger Yes that's true this song started it all

Excellent track.

[alfredoiceman]

temazo!!!!!

[alexito1111]

Os acordais de la quinta marcha de Jesus Vazquez, pues esta era la cancion de la intro.

[JGBATLETICO]

@alexito1111 en serio??? no lo recordaba para nada

[TheUnicorn13]

SuperTRance!! this is Dancemusic with the BIG "D"

*******7stars

[neonixis]

A l'époque on ralentissait la vitesse de la platine et c'était 1000 fois mieux.

[fabienagitato]

big killer ....de la balle

[originalsavi]

DAMMI UNA PASTA DIIIIIJAIIIIII paste paste pate paste....uahaha cacchio ed io che pensavo che fosse il filmato del gioco x box 360 split second..oh bella spacca sta musica...

[doeme80]

Belgium is a music super power!!!!!!!!!!

[Galacticmaster]

what makes you say that,

i thought that it was UK and US which controlled the market

[bixbyy]

@Galacticmaster

well it used to be like that 15-20 years ago. he's living in the past ;-)

but hey, we're still standing strong nowadays

[GerdVdB1]

@Galacticmaster they do now, true.. and all they do is sampling and copying from the originals that came from Europe (Belgium, UK, Germany, Spain, Italy...) in the 80's ...

[maessesonoro]

i love this song!!!!!!

[SWATforce1]

is this origial song with official vid? is there any versions exactly like this but longer?

[extintorish]

This is the original and don't think there's one that's longer. If you don't count the 33 accident...

[stickmenwithrayguns]

Great... It's almost "Sisters of Mercy" Lucretia -like. :P

[Shadowthrone08]

A Split Second has more in common with Public Relations or Section 25 than Sisters of Mercy. Although they do adopt some of the latter's visual style for this video.

[papillonelectro]

i loveeeeeee

[ar8001]

wollt ihr kotzen ?

Ich hab von dem Track noch das ORIGINAL VINYL hier stehen :)

Aber in Fakt: einer der geilsten Tracks zu der Zeit!

[sohipithertz]

MrMint: play it at 33 rpm +8 and you have the first New Beat song!

[vanbael]

Nope that was Brilliant from Boytronic.

[PlastikBlakLawnJocky]

boooooooo

[larrartech]

mola mucho!!!!

[MrMint1971]

wicked track but it's inf played too fast, slow it down

[ElasticMinds]

I have had this melody stuck in my head for YEARS, and I finally found who did it. Heard it remixed on Evil Acid Barons video from 1988, it used this melody in one of its transitions.

[humlakullen]

I like flesh!

[GetY0urAssToMars]

THE DUTY OF THE BEAST!!!

[reboner]

YESSSS!!!!!!!!

[vroammm]

Deze hit moet normaal op 34 rpm gedraait worden

[torres86]

Este tema no era la musica q le pusieron a ese programa de telecinco llamado La 5ª marcha'? juraría q si. (y el pequeño dani martin dando por culo)

[CHIVIGON242]

goood y love this time

[irishelk1]

Amazing!!

[mx0001]

este video  es chingon

lomejor de lo mejor del techno

[zebramol]

@mx0001  ...... hi

[Head242hunter]

Familientreffen V

[Eintrachtolli]

very good old classic song!

[mactatio]

Awesome song... CLASSIC!!!!!!!!

[xxhadez187xx]

good song, use to hear this at the kitchen club in south florida!

[assignatus]

Waaaach , heerlijk konden we die tijden maar eens herbeleven.

Boccaccio in a split second ; )

[guyco2003]

dan moet je niet lang meer wachten vrees ik :

The GLOBE Team is proud to announce the very first official Globe reunion...

Taking place @ The Temple (Original Bocaccio)

Friday 03/27/09... Starting at 22PM

with The Globe Deejay Team:

Yves Deruyter

Frank Struyf

Tofke Guaperas

Franky Jones

Kevin Jee

[scanner1978]

clasico clasico clasico para la posteridad.

[bartvd1976]

The relation between New-Beat and this track is the following (from wikipedia):

Legend has it that the Belgian New Beat genre was invented in the nightclub Boccaccio in Destelbergen near Ghent when DJ Marc Grouls played a 45rpm Electronic Body Music (EBM) record at 33rpm, with the pitch control set to +8. The track in question was Flesh by A Split-Second.

[area51exist]

awesome never knew there was a video!!!

[handfull13]

This is not new beat

it's ELECTRONIC BODY MUSIC

Big difference: EMB was great dark music

New beat was in most cases total crap

[electronaut2009]

Couldn't agree more.

God, I feel old now :-)

[klocekk]

splendid!:)

[ordsbn1]

wow , i used to take the number 11 lincoln ave. bus to wax trax and buy some of the best music ever made.oh the 80s !!

[mathildake]

original of the very first new beat record

[casibefa]

very good acid sound. I like that.

[Zachar2]

I love the atmosphere. Hypnotic tune.

[jandsh0g]

The dj played the maxi on 33 instead of 45 : the crowd liked it and here in Belgium it was the beginning of "new beat"

[martiriobaby]

I think this version is a real improvement compared to the 1986 version...

[kombiklassic]

this used to be played alot slower.. almost on 33...

[mcnag]

probably because this is the updated more housetype version ?

[silvanski]

the "updated" version was the slowed down -33rpm- track

[silvanski]

this is the original 45rpm track

[QLIMAXCL]

hola, vendo este vinilo, el q lo quiera q me mande un email

[pheadorman]

De donde eres? Me interesaría comprarlo.

[mash3nka]

is this also from beverly hills cop?

[AtascaburrasClubMix]

Amazing song

[weds9994]

TUNE!!!

just realised the videos shot in london too - check out blackfriars bridge at 0:48!!!

[gonthar1]

One of Belgium's finest! :-)

[shadowwolf337]

Wow! This is the beginning times of Techno! Probably mid-80's. Euro-beat, Italo-disco, and a bit of Freestyle!

[Ichkovitch]

Medusa's Dance Club Chicago late 1980's. Viva Dave and Blue.

[nryan4]

not late 80s, '86 to be exact. Danced to this many times at Medusa's.

[pojeroo]

medusa's.. holy shite! good times!!

[ria1313]

@nryan4 It was at Medusas when I first heard this as well. Here's to old school!

[FeliksPL]

old sql rlz

[djfoil]

Bought this 12" in Chi Town in 89' at Wax Trax Records. I bought as a hit or miss.... A hit for sure!

[quentin3d666]

Great!

[yourtuber77]

wow, great to see the vid first time after 20 years! This was the begin of the house & new beat in europe

[potorristao]

mola pero le falta un poco de ritmo

machupichu

[sonycrx]

ni puta idea

[Evolution7X]

Great song. On Command is my favorite.

my favourite is 'a smell of bhoudda (boedda-)' sorry, or sometjing in that style, but