Sueno Latino is one of the most influential house tracks of all time. Essentially an updated version of Manuel Gottschings timeless E2-E4. It has been remixed by Derrick May and others. Those little bird chirps at the state and all that heavy breathing used to haunt me mind when I was younger.
The Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way Label: London Records Catalog#: LONXR 103 Format: Vinyl, 12" Country: UK Released: 1986 Genre: Electronic Style: Synth-pop, Hi-NRG From: DubboyVloox
Jimmy Summerville with the Hi-NRG classic Don't Leave Me This Way. Check out the Platinum Collection.
Duran Duran - Notorious (The Latin Rascals Mix) Label: EMI Music (Netherlands) Catalog#: 1C K060-20 1568 6 Format: Vinyl, 12" Country: Netherlands Released: 1986 Genre: Electronic, Pop Style: Synth-pop Credits: Producer - Nile Rodgers from: Duranism
THE LATIN RASCALS
Tony began his career with partner Albert Cabrera as The Latin Rascals in the early 80's. Their exciting style of fast paced chopped up rhythms were created by numerous razor blade edits on the master tape.
"I didn't realise we were being pioneering at the time!", Tony points out, though. "Every time I'd play what I'd done to someone else they'd say 'You're a maniac!'. You tend to create out of necessity sometimes and I didn't realise that what I was doing was crazy because it's a step by step process and doesn't feel like it's crazy at the time you're creating it. I was a mobile DJ and, back then, shared the same problem with many other DJs - the intros and breaks were rarely long enough. Take Chic "Good Times", for example. I wanted that bass break to be longer so I didn't want to have to keep mixing back and forth all the time. I bought a reel-to-reel and taught myself how to edit on it and began to create extended versions of all my favourite records. After a while I got so involved into the technical side of it that I was doing all these new kinds of 'multiple edits', taking a piece of one rhythm and incorporating it into another part of the record to create a whole new rhythm." - read the rest of this article HERE.
It's unbelievable to think that the edits on that Duran Duran remix were all done on tape. No computer editing, snap to functions, magnifying tools, timestretching, just good ears and patience... excellent.
S'Express - Theme from S'Express Label: Rhythm King Records Format: Vinyl, 7" Country: UK Released: 1988 Genre: Electronic Style: House Credits: Arranged By [Strings And Orchestration] - Mark Moore
Mr. Fingers - Ammnesia Label: Jack Trax Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP Country: UK Released: May 1988 Genre: Electronic Style: House, Deep House, Acid House Credits: Producer, Written-By, Arranged By - Larry Heard
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