Ornette Posted September 26, 2005 Report Share Posted September 26, 2005 Break name: The Power Artist: MantronixTrack name: King Of The BeatsOriginal release: Join Me Please... (Home Boys - Make Some Noise) 12"Label: CapitolCat number: V-15386Year: 1988Drummer: Also available on: Example:DJ SS - Like A Bird (Revamp) Bay B Kane - Hello Darkness Notes:Obviously well known as the beat behind Snap!'s "The Power" it is in fact taken from the multi-chaptered sample masterclass that is Mantronix's "King Of The Beats" Clip: HERE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phokus Posted December 24, 2008 Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 Clip added Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Manipulator Posted December 25, 2008 Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 12" it was taken from added... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_M_M Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 it has a bell sound, do you think it's basically a heavy edited Take me to mardi gras break? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Manipulator Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 yes. but the added bass synth makes it unique, and makes it clear that Snap! sampled Mantronix! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specialjustin Posted September 15, 2015 Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 Sampled on Underground Posse - Straight up House [bTB Records] 1991 And Mr. Stone - My Favourite Sounds [sweMix Records] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ornette Posted May 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 Shut Up & Dance - 5,6,7,8Raw Sex - Suck It Deep And... a flip up between SUAD and this track for who used it first: Princess Ivori - Wantedhttps://www.discogs.com/Princess-Ivori-Wanted/master/125429 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specialjustin Posted May 20, 2016 Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 Suad used it first, by a whole year i reckon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ornette Posted May 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 Suad used it first, by a whole year i reckon. I know the Princess Ivori is up there listed as 1990 on discogs, but I'm pretty certain I have it on tape of Tim Westwood playing it from late (maybe Oct) 1989 The UK release has a Mantronix Remix and says "licenced from Popular Records", yet the US release has a "Wanted (Original UK Radio Mix)" on it! That points to this being the original release:https://www.discogs....release/2380413 I know it was before The Power, which was quite early 1990 (maybe April or May) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ornette Posted May 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 For your enjoyment... (not seen this before!) Which also says 1989 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specialjustin Posted May 23, 2016 Report Share Posted May 23, 2016 For your enjoyment... (not seen this before!) Which also says 1989 Ah cool, not seen the video either, nice one! I had the track on a pirate tape from 1990, was unaware of it being 89. The reason i thought SUAD was first, is that the French release of SUAD 3 is stamped for release on 2/4/89 and i thought 5678 came out before that, making it really early 89 at least. Unfortunately 5678 doesn't have a standard "SUAD XX" catalogue number. But i can't find a SUAD 2 release... I dunno, it's all Mantronix's fault!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ornette Posted May 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2016 Ahhh! I wonder if that cat no. represents a date Trying to think of the first track I ever heard of Shut Up & Dance... I'm thinking I once heard one of theirs on Max & Dave on Kiss FM once, not sure what. I remember seeing the fly-posters about for their album, which I always found a bit intimidating and off-putting. That was probably after Raving I'm Raving hit the top of the charts. Be interested in hearing about this pirate tape you got and what's on it. Also, found out where the hat & cane motif came from! http://www.discogs.com/release/893415-Tennents-Puppet-Capers/images Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specialjustin Posted May 25, 2016 Report Share Posted May 25, 2016 Haha, DJ Hype looking well DnB..! Great spot! The tape is long gone, 25 years ago! Sadly recycled to make way for new stuff, wish i had some foresight! But the tape has always stuck with me, I don't know the station but the DJ was sending shout outs to Ritchie Malone, because he was ill or something. Some of the tracks were: Unique 3 - Weight for the Bass (Digi House Mix)Paradise X - 2 MuchParadox - JailbreakOxygen - Planet Dance (Preferred this to Unique 3's original, sorry!)Princess Ivori - Wanted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ornette Posted August 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 Doug Lazy - Let It Roll is one I've just discovered uses also! Although a slightly different segment (no bass synth as The Manipulator described)says on discogs 'Feb 1989' Here's a cool recent article all about the origins of hip house I came acrosshttp://daily.redbull...se-oral-history Still wondering about this 'freestyle' term you mentioned in the other thread - can you go into any more detail about that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVXP Posted August 6, 2016 Report Share Posted August 6, 2016 Dunno if i'm right, but i heard the term Freestyle when i was a teenager. Always thought it was just Electro, as it uses the same type of beats. Maybe just with some added latin influence. But that's just an educated guess from the tunes that people played to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specialjustin Posted September 18, 2016 Report Share Posted September 18, 2016 Still wondering about this 'freestyle' term you mentioned in the other thread - can you go into any more detail about that? It was just a term i heard people say in London, nowhere else that i can remember. It may have been a short lived interim name given to what became 'ardcore. A bit like "Sublow" and "8 bar" being names for what became Dubstep/Grime. I never heard it alot or for a long period, but it was definitely referring to this new breakbeat led style of music, and somehow Hip-House was different. But it was along time ago now, the haze has set in... Internet searches have turned nothing apart from some genre in America that isn't related. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeeee-mk2 Posted September 22, 2016 Report Share Posted September 22, 2016 The American genre is kinda related as it was New York music and connected to the house producers there like Todd Terry, Omar Santana, Carlos Berrios, Chep Nunez etc. some of whom made mad house records with cut up tape edited breakbeats. A lot of freestyle is just latin pop music that sounds a bit like Madonna or something, but there is definitely a connection with house music and then hardcore in turn. Some of the records were sampled in hardcore tunes e.g. Tony G - Tony's Song, which makes an appearance at the start of Edge *1: https://www.discogs.com/Tony-G-Tonys-Song/master/79239 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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