Track of the week 6/11/16
As a child of the late ’70s and ’80s, I grew up with the credence that “disco” was inherently uncool, manufactured and rubbish.
Today, at the tender age of 47, I finally feel I can come out of the closet and declare my love for the genre. The sheer joy, glamour and dancibility of the music makes them irresistible. I was hard pushed to make a choice as to which track would be “the one”, but More More More is it.
Although I think I had realised it myself many years ago, it was only when watching the (brilliant) “Get Down” on Netflix that it crystalised in my mind that the reason I liked so much hip hop, house & garage etc. was for the snippets of sampled tracks rather than the new hip version. On the Get Down, Grandsmaster Flash explained how you needed to find a bit of a track that you love – with no singing on it – and that is the bit that becomes the basis of your track. For me, that snippet occurs after about 2.19mins in my track of the week. Must have a go at sampling & mixing one day.
And because I’m coming out in this post, it demands an extra track of the week:
(bonus) Track of the week 6/11/16