I have a huge box of cassettes I recorded off NYC radio in the 1980s. Hands down some of the most cherished are the Latin Rascals mixes. They took hundreds of tracks and mixed them in such an amazing musical and technical way. I used to play basketball and swim to this stuff everyday after high school. Even though it may not be apparent my own music is heavily influenced by these tracks. Hearing this is just a reminder I have to somehow convert my cassettes to digital ASAP. This stuff is the soundtrack of classic NY.
“As far as trends in DJ Culture go, New York always was light years ahead of anyone else on the planet. This mix changed everything – Latin Rascals – 1984 – I remember hearing it and that was it for me, it’s never been topped actually.” – Frankie Bones
“Albert Cabrera and Tony Moran (collectively known as the Latin Rascals) got their start as movers and shakers on the budding early’80s New York City club scene, hosting an influential continuous-mix show on local danceradio. The duo went on to become the most in-demand editing and remixing teams in the record business. The Latin Rascals also masterminded the Latin freestyle dance scene, including work for TKA , Sa-Fire and The Cover Girls…among others. The Latin Rascals were also artists for two albums released on Polydor records.” – rascaltunes.com
For more info: discogs.com/artist/Latin+Rascals,+The
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This entry was written by , posted on December 13, 2012 at 6:16 am, filed under DJ, music and tagged 1980's, 1984, cassette, New York, New York City, rap. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Spend two hours in the UK. The year is 1984 and your friends are wear black.
“this film has been rescued from an old mildewed-and-damaged VHS cassette tape so the quality in the first few minutes is pretty poor, but it settles down fine just in time for the action inside the club itself. The original video was commissioned by the couple who ran the club (Annie and Pete Swallow) and was distributed amongst family, friends and people who frequented it. I can’t remember if there was a charge for it at the time [thanks to the commenter who told us it was £2], probably was. This is the complete full length video as originally presented.” – Patrick Torsney
For more info: wikipedia.org/wiki/Goth_subculture
This entry was written by , posted on April 18, 2012 at 12:01 pm, filed under Uncategorized and tagged 1984, gothic, goths, Nightclub, UK. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
I’m not sure what to say here. This is from 1984. There was probably cocaine involved. Imagine we build a time machine and the first place we shoot back to is this precious moment. If you know me you know I’m not being sarcastic. I love this. I’m on eBay looking for a turquoise shirt like the hosts right now.
“I scored this “big box” VHS at a video store liquidation sale for a dollar. Quite possibly the best dollar I’ve ever spent.” – smashism
For more info: rick.com
This entry was written by , posted on March 20, 2012 at 5:08 am, filed under political and tagged 1980's, 1984, dance, dancing, Dazzle Dancin, Rick Dees. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Electronic Body Music recorded in Germany (1984). Transfered from cassette. One of my favorites. Heartless!
“Pure Electro Madness !” – netmax.ch
For more info: discogs.com/Stratis/release/1285056
This entry was written by , posted on March 8, 2012 at 6:03 am, filed under music and tagged 1984, EBM, electronic body music, German, Heartless, Herzlos, Stratis. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
I was 14 when I saw the 1984 Grammy’s and Herbie Hancock perform Rockit. It’s as fresh today as is was then. When I say fresh I mean FRESH. It wasn’t long before every suburban kid had pin-striped Lee’s and Shell Toe Adidas with fat laces (including me). Thanks to Laughing Squid for posting this and reminding me how great it was/is!
“In 1983, Hancock had a mainstream hit with the Grammy-award winning instrumental single “Rockit” from the album Future Shock. It was perhaps the first mainstream single to feature scratching, and also featured an innovative animated music video which was directed by Godley and Creme and showed several robot-like artworks by Jim Whiting. The video was a hit on MTV. The video won 5 different categories at the inaugural MTV Video Music Awards. This single ushered in a collaboration with noted bassist and producer Bill Laswell. Hancock experimented with electronic music on a string of three LPs produced by Laswell: Future Shock (1983), Sound-System (1984) and Perfect Machine (1988). Despite the success of “Rockit”, Hancock’s trio of Laswell-produced albums (particularly the latter two) are among the most critically derided of his entire career, perhaps even more so than his erstwhile pop-jazz experiments. Hancock’s level of actual contribution to these albums was also questioned, with some critics contending that the Laswell albums should have been labelled “Bill Laswell featuring Herbie Hancock”.” – Wikipedia.org
For more info: wikipedia.org/Bill_Laswell
This entry was written by , posted on January 25, 2011 at 12:52 pm, filed under music, video and tagged 1984, Bill Laswell, breakdancing, Grammy, Herbie Hancock, Rockit. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
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