records that saw the future

[captainplanet]

kinda weird example of this phenomenon, but I was skimming this kikrokos lp (cerrone/kongas rel.) and heard this little moment that pretty much blew me away. recorded in '78, this sounds like a techno/house beat that coulda been produced last year- made with entirely analogue synths! there's a ton of examples, but this one started me thinking.

take a listen:what are some other examples of songs (not even necessarily good ones) that sounded out the future. Silver Apples comes to mind, so does Jean-Jacques Perrey, and James Brown.

 

[deej]

song is nuts dude! never heard that before

i know the one getting a lot of hype lately in a similar vein is that black devil disco club LP

 

[shooterali]

kinda weird example of this phenomenon, but I was skimming this kikrokos lp (cerrone/kongas rel.) and heard this little moment that pretty much blew me away. recorded in '78, this sounds like a techno/house beat that coulda been produced last year- made with entirely analogue synths!

there's a ton of examples, but this one started me thinking.

take a listen:


what are some other examples of songs (not even necessarily good ones) that sounded out the future. Silver Apples comes to mind, so does Jean-Jacques Perrey, and James Brown.

price scan!! please!!

 

[SPlDEY]

Can - Fall of another year


This song is fresh, and it definitely doesn't sound like it's from '68.

- spidey

 

[captainplanet]

price scan!! please!!

mine set me back $1. not sure how hard it is to turn up, but here's a link to MP3 download:

http://getupandboogie.blogspot.com/2008/01/kikrokos-jungle-dj-and-dirty-kate-1978.html


CAN definitely fit the bill.

 

[Pony]

kinda weird example of this phenomenon, but I was skimming this kikrokos lp (cerrone/kongas rel.) and heard this little moment that pretty much blew me away. recorded in '78, this sounds like a techno/house beat that coulda been produced last year- made with entirely analogue synths!

there's a ton of examples, but this one started me thinking.

take a listen:


what are some other examples of songs (not even necessarily good ones) that sounded out the future. Silver Apples comes to mind, so does Jean-Jacques Perrey, and James Brown.

Wow, this shit jacks! That really is quite amazing, I can't really think of any other songs that had that sound that early. You should do a re-edit sir.

Def

 

[Hotsauce84]

Yeah, I know...I'm sure you had something else in mind when starting this thread, but still:

 

[SouthCrackalack]

kinda weird example of this phenomenon, but I was skimming this kikrokos lp (cerrone/kongas rel.) and heard this little moment that pretty much blew me away. recorded in '78, this sounds like a techno/house beat that coulda been produced last year- made with entirely analogue synths!

there's a ton of examples, but this one started me thinking.

take a listen:


what are some other examples of songs (not even necessarily good ones) that sounded out the future. Silver Apples comes to mind, so does Jean-Jacques Perrey, and James Brown.

Sounds good..that Black Devil whatchamacallit stuff is good too from what I heard a few years ago. I'd like to hear more.

 

[Bapt]

kinda weird example of this phenomenon, but I was skimming this kikrokos lp (cerrone/kongas rel.) and heard this little moment that pretty much blew me away. recorded in '78, this sounds like a techno/house beat that coulda been produced last year- made with entirely analogue synths!

there's a ton of examples, but this one started me thinking.

take a listen:


what are some other examples of songs (not even necessarily good ones) that sounded out the future. Silver Apples comes to mind, so does Jean-Jacques Perrey, and James Brown.

wow! good example.

 

[absoul85]

haha I clicked on the thread to say Cerrone. and on that note, Daft Punk's homework as well

 

[m_dejean]

kikrokos

I sold that LP last year. I remember that passage, but overall I wasn't that keen on it. But yeah, that snippet definitely fits the "crystal ball" category.

When it comes to synth-based music, I've heard some crazy futuristic stuff on Italian libraries.

This deserves a mention too:

Everyone sweats "Horrorscope" (and rightly so), but to me, the last song on the album, "Lifetide" is just as killer in a different way.

RALPH LUNDSTEN - "LIFETIDE"
http://www.zshare.net/audio/672989566715d5/

Big washes of ambient mush with some nasteee discofunk bubbling underneath. The band sounds like they're recorded in another galaxy. Live drums, mixed to sound like a machine. Boom on the kick, snare is almost inaudible, phaser on the hihat. Add farty synthbass, plastic-sounding clavinet and cheese guitar. Sounds as fresh today as it did in '79 IMO.

This reminds me that I still need to get "Discophrenia".

 

[DocMcCoy]

As for Daft Punk's "Homework", I remember thinking at the time that an awful lot of that record echoed the Cajual/Relief/Radikal Fear sound that had been pretty popular in some UK clubs a few years earlier. Personally, I think "Discovery" scores much higher on the

scale.

 

[DJ_WubWub]

kinda weird example of this phenomenon, but I was skimming this kikrokos lp (cerrone/kongas rel.) and heard this little moment that pretty much blew me away. recorded in '78, this sounds like a techno/house beat that coulda been produced last year- made with entirely analogue synths!

there's a ton of examples, but this one started me thinking.

take a listen:


what are some other examples of songs (not even necessarily good ones) that sounded out the future. Silver Apples comes to mind, so does Jean-Jacques Perrey, and James Brown.

Thought the same thing about the Kikrokos track when I picked it up a few years ago. It is pretty jacking techno after what is some pretty cheesy disco for most of the track.It is weird but i have never played it out.
Erotic Drum Band- Love Disco Style 12" has a section where it becomes techno-like in a similar vein

ESG-UFO was Drum and Bass before its time

 

[Kinetic]

This deserves a mention too:

Everyone sweats "Horrorscope" (and rightly so), but to me, the last song on the album, "Lifetide" is just as killer in a different way.

RALPH LUNDSTEN - "LIFETIDE"
http://www.zshare.net/audio/672989566715d5/

Big washes of ambient mush with some nasteee discofunk bubbling underneath. The band sounds like they're recorded in another galaxy. Live drums, mixed to sound like a machine. Boom on the kick, snare is almost inaudible, phaser on the hihat. Add farty synthbass, plastic-sounding clavinet and cheese guitar. Sounds as fresh today as it did in '79 IMO.

This reminds me that I still need to get "Discophrenia".

Total cosign. This record kicks ass, and it is way ahead of it's time. And yes, I sweat Horrorscope.

 

[The_Hook_Up]

kinda weird example of this phenomenon, but I was skimming this kikrokos lp (cerrone/kongas rel.) and heard this little moment that pretty much blew me away. recorded in '78, this sounds like a techno/house beat that coulda been produced last year- made with entirely analogue synths!

there's a ton of examples, but this one started me thinking.

take a listen:


what are some other examples of songs (not even necessarily good ones) that sounded out the future. Silver Apples comes to mind, so does Jean-Jacques Perrey, and James Brown.

price scan!! please!!
I ebayed one last year and got, I think, $12


I would like to nominate damn near every Sparks LP up until '79-'80...dudes always played music that was 5 to 10 years into the future...

 

[tomasl]

back cover of this

 

[Jonny_Paycheck]

DUDE

 

[DocMcCoy]

kinda weird example of this phenomenon, but I was skimming this kikrokos lp (cerrone/kongas rel.) and heard this little moment that pretty much blew me away. recorded in '78, this sounds like a techno/house beat that coulda been produced last year- made with entirely analogue synths!

there's a ton of examples, but this one started me thinking.

take a listen:


what are some other examples of songs (not even necessarily good ones) that sounded out the future. Silver Apples comes to mind, so does Jean-Jacques Perrey, and James Brown.

price scan!! please!!
I ebayed one last year and got, I think, $12


I would like to nominate damn near every Sparks LP up until '79-'80...dudes always played music that was 5 to 10 years into the future...


Did you know that, later this year, Sparks are doing a 22-date season at the Islington Academy in North London, where they intend to perform every single one of their albums in sequence and in its entirety?

 

[Jimster]

If you mean "Old acts that sound just like the stuff The Critics are flipping over now (2008)" then The Ramones, Stooges, Clash... I mean, The Strokes are just a mashup of that. If someone had played me The Strokes and said they were some obscure garage band in El Paso in 1971, it would seem a reasonable claim.

But then wtf do I know, I hate that sound

A Certain Ratio?
I don't think The Human League sound that dated.
The Steely Dan 70's catalog still sounds clean.

 

[PrimeCutsLtd]

cool thread... I think the smiths fall into this category