馃 GRANDMASTER FLASH AND THE FURIOUS FIVE [Hip Hop #281]
- GRANDMASTER FLASH AND THE FURIOUS FIVE➤Girls Love The Way He Spins➤Girls Love The Way He Spins➤00:00:25
- GRANDMASTER FLASH AND THE FURIOUS FIVE➤World War III➤Adventures On The Wheels Of Steel (Back To The Old School)➤00:06:56
- GRANDMASTER FLASH AND THE FURIOUS FIVE➤Flash To The Beat (Part 1)➤Flash To The Beat➤00:15:48
- THOMAS DOLBY➤Dissidents[The Search For Truth Part 1]➤Dissidents➤00:26:46
- RUN-DMC➤It's Tricky [Club Mix]➤It's Tricky (And More)➤00:34:01
- GEORGE CLINTON➤Atomic Dog➤Atomic Dog➤00:41:20
- MASTERDON COMMITTEE➤Funk Box Party➤Funk Box Party➤00:51:20
- MODEL 500➤Night Drive➤Night Drive (Thru-Babylon)➤00:58:20
- CYBOTRON➤Alleys Of Your Mind➤Alleys Of Your Mind➤01:04:28
- KRAFTWERK➤Trans-Europe Express [Birmingham, Uk, 1991]➤Dynamo Deutschland➤01:08:02
- NIGHTMARES ON WAX➤Aftermath [Ricardo Villalobos & Max Loderbauer Dub]➤Aftermath (Villalobos & Loderbauer Remixes)➤01:18:45
- TRES DEMENTED➤Shez Satan➤Shez Satan➤01:37:18
- FREEEZ➤I.O.U. [12'' Version]➤I.O.U.➤01:42:14
- GRANDMASTER FLASH TURNTABLE MIX➤Flash Got More Bounce➤Official Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash➤01:50:57
- GRANDMASTER FLASH AND THE FURIOUS FIVE➤Superappin' Theme➤Superrappin'➤00:00:25
✚ Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, a seminal force in the history of hip-hop, cemented their profound contribution to electronic music not through creating synth-pop, but by pioneering the technological and performative bedrock that would allow electronic dance music genres like electro and techno to flourish, directly transforming the DJ from a curator into an active musician and innovator. Formed in the South Bronx in the late 1970s, the group, centered around DJ Grandmaster Flash (Joseph Saddler) and the lyrical skills of Melle Mel, Kidd Creole, Cowboy, Scorpio, and Rahiem, moved beyond simply playing records by elevating DJ techniques into an art form, mastering and popularizing revolutionary skills like scratching, punch phrasing, and the backspin (or quick mix), essentially turning the turntable into the first real-time sampler and drum machine. Flash’s meticulous, scientific approach to manipulating vinyl and the mixer allowed him to create new, continuous rhythmic foundations entirely from existing records, a conceptual leap that became the rhythmic engine for hip-hop and, by extension, much of subsequent electronic dance culture. Their 1982 masterpiece, "The Message," featuring Melle Mel's iconic narrative, was a profound cultural moment, fusing conscious lyrics with a stark, synthetic electro-funk backdrop, proving that the electronic sound could carry serious social commentary and emotional weight, and its use of electronic drum machines and synth basslines defined the aesthetic of early 80s electro. Furthermore, their earlier track, "Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel" (1981), was a landmark recording, presenting a multi-track collage of their live DJ techniques, making it one of the first true demonstrations of DJ skills documented on vinyl and showcasing the raw potential of electronic manipulation and sampling long before widespread digital technology, ensuring their legacy as indispensable pioneers whose innovations with analog gear remain vital to the DNA of modern electronic music production and performance.
✚ Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, force s茅minale dans l'histoire du hip-hop, ont consolid茅 leur profonde contribution 脿 la musique 茅lectronique non pas en cr茅ant de la synth-pop, mais en 茅tant les pionniers du socle technologique et performatif qui permettrait aux genres de musique de danse 茅lectronique comme l'茅lectro et la techno de prosp茅rer, transformant directement le DJ de simple conservateur en musicien actif et innovateur. Form茅 dans le South Bronx 脿 la fin des ann茅es 1970, le groupe, centr茅 autour du DJ Grandmaster Flash (Joseph Saddler) et des talents lyriques de Melle Mel, Kidd Creole, Cowboy, Scorpio et Rahiem, est all茅 au-del脿 de la simple lecture de disques en 茅levant les techniques de DJing au rang d'art, ma卯trisant et popularisant des comp茅tences r茅volutionnaires comme le scratch, le punch phrasing et le backspin (ou quick mix), transformant essentiellement la platine en premier 茅chantillonneur et bo卯te 脿 rythmes en temps r茅el. L'approche m茅ticuleuse et scientifique de Flash pour manipuler le vinyle et la table de mixage lui a permis de cr茅er de nouvelles fondations rythmiques continues enti猫rement 脿 partir de disques existants, un saut conceptuel qui est devenu le moteur rythmique du hip-hop et, par extension, d'une grande partie de la culture de la danse 茅lectronique ult茅rieure. Leur chef-d'艙uvre de 1982, "The Message", avec la narration embl茅matique de Melle Mel, fut un moment culturel profond, fusionnant des paroles conscientes avec une toile de fond 茅lectro-funk aust猫re et synth茅tique, prouvant que le son 茅lectronique pouvait porter un commentaire social s茅rieux et un poids 茅motionnel, et son utilisation de bo卯tes 脿 rythmes 茅lectroniques et de lignes de basse synth茅tiques a d茅fini l'esth茅tique de l'茅lectro du d茅but des ann茅es 80. De plus, leur morceau ant茅rieur, "Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel" (1981), fut un enregistrement marquant, pr茅sentant un collage multipiste de leurs techniques de DJing en direct, en faisant l'une des premi猫res v茅ritables d茅monstrations de talents de DJ document茅es sur vinyle et mettant en valeur le potentiel brut de la manipulation et de l'茅chantillonnage 茅lectroniques bien avant la technologie num茅rique g茅n茅ralis茅e, assurant ainsi leur h茅ritage en tant que pionniers indispensables dont les innovations avec l'茅quipement analogique restent vitales pour l'ADN de la production et de la performance de la musique 茅lectronique moderne.

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