Lets look at Electro from the 80's

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A small talk on Electro from the 1980's, i will not now be filtering the comments ( 8,5,2007)1, al nafish, "the soul"

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[Jagged85]

A few other early electro songs I would recommend checking out would be Ryuichi Sakamoto's "Riot in Lagos" (1980), and "1000 Knives" (1980) and "Pure Jam" (1981) by Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO).

These were probably the first tracks to have that distinct "electro" sound, since they were the first to use the Roland TR-808 drum/rhythm machine that was used by most electro artists.

These YMO & Sakamoto tracks were a huge inspiration for early electro artists like Afrika Bambaataa, Mantronix, etc.

[NoCutCard612]

Thanks for speaking on old-school/true electro. That music was the soundtrack of my early teen years. Great vid.

[gocheekga]

Thanks dude am a big fan ,and lived the early days and did not no where too get some of these tracks so i can share with my son who is now 18 .Thanks bro big respect .

[hotnovel]

i think i found the streetsounds as mp3 on my computer a week ago...

[productofbelgium]

Great video man.Don't mind those haters.They are jealous because you know so much and are very informative.Keep it up !

[broncojonnes]

Dude, how can you have 3k videos ?!

[philly8301]

Great video john, 80s is my favorite era even til today. My favorite artists from this genre would be Newcleus, Hashim, Afrika Bambaataa, Cybotron, Twilight 22, Egyptian Lover, Herbie Hancock and Freestyle Express to name a few. Here is a list of songs from these artists, 1) Jam On It- Newcleus 2) Electric Kingdom- Twilight 22 3) Clear- Cybotron 4) Egypt, Egypt- Egyptian Lover 5) Planet Rock- Afrika Bambaataa 6) Dont Stop The Rock- Freestyle Express 7) The Party Has Just Begun- Freestyle Exp

[AndyLarkinCanada]

@radomer

Man Parrish - Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don't Stop)

[fender1000100]

Really great clip man. For me the ten greatest electro cuts ever are these THE RETURN OF CAPTAIN ROCK---CAPTAIN ROCK JAM ON IT---NUCLEUS PLAY AT YOUR OWN RISK---PLANET PATROL BE BOP DONT STOP---MAN PARISH LET THE MUSIC PLAY 12"---SHANNON KILLER GOOVE---FORMULA V LOVE ATTACK---SHANTELLE PLANET ROCK---AFRIKA BAMBATTA, DONT GO 12" YAZOO---Im serious this is a killer mix THE SOUL---AL NAAFIYSH HASHIM

[askadetra]

electro from 80s doesn't mean it's not alive today. when a style gets born it is forever. and i like electro. i can tell things about it. electro uses hip hop beats, vibrating bass, acid sounds, laser kicks, robot voices, rapping and etc. but unfortunately today most of house listeners and video uploaders are mistaken about electro and they call some house songs electro which is incorrect. electro & house are different genres though the first form of house chicago house is influenced by electro

[HuckleberryNitro]

Appreciate this dude knows and is passionate about true electro...not electro as what these guys call it today. The experimental sound can now be heard in most dance, hip hop, new school electro and mostly anything u hear in the clubs...those experimental producers paved the way for the cats today.