It began everything with.......... "KRAFTWERK".......... in 1978 with the song " We Are The Robots ". .........Seen and heard had burnt in my brain . It was to much for me in the age of 9 years................ I asked my father why they can speak so. He twitched with his shoulders and said " I don´t know, my son".............................
And I said I will find out, how they do that.................
From that time, I have looked on and on for this electronic sound. That's why they call me the Soundchaser..........The videoclip is the original scene from 1978 in German Television.................................................. .............The next big influence was 1979 with a big 12 inch record and a 15 minutes long rap, the longest I ever belonged. I'm talking about "Rappers Delight" ...........yeeep ............that was something brand new and fresh. I give up my respect to "Grandmaster Caz" Who had written the lyrics and get that time no honor for it...............................
Than there was a long time nothing and first in 1982 I got a Tape from a friend of my sister Valentina. On that tape was a lot of trash, but on the B Side, the last song was a unbelievable sound. The song started with a calling voice............. Party people Party people Can y'all get funky? Soul Sonic Force - can y'll get funky? The Zulu Nation - can y'll get funky?Yaaah! Just hit me Just taste the funk and hit me Just get on down and hit me Bambaataa's jus' gettin' so funky, now, hit me Yaaah! Just hit me ............................................................ .................................................I was going crazy, they real hit me, and when the melody was come with the "Vocodervoice" Rock rock to the Planet Rock, don't stop. ..........I can never forget this moment........... "With Planet Rock", Africa Bambaata, Soulsonic Force, Arthur Baker, John Robie, Tom Silverman and this futuristic new sound begun a new era of Music....................................................... ............................................
And then, when the most important movie came. I knew, that´s it . I could identify with this Style. A new era start for me in my life. ................"Wild Style" was so amazing and inspirited full of brand new things....... In 1983 I started to do graffitis and Breakdancing and a little bit later with Mixing and Rapping, I was enjoy the full culture.......................
After 1982 came one bomb after the other, I mean all the unforgettable Hit's like Electric Kingdom - Egypt Egypt - Hip Hop Be Bop - The Message - Al Nafish The Soul - Clear - Jam On It - Freak-A-Zoid - Jam The Box - Killer Groove and many other Bombs....
I evolved in the same time a lot of interest for "Funk Music" start with More Bounce from the legendary Zapp up to Atomic Dog from George Clinton the Funk Father and between there was a lot of good groups like SOS Band, MTUME, One Way, Bar Kays, Lakeside, Time, and many many others, you can read it on the left side in the box......................................................... .................
The 80's was the golden age of ELECTRIC FUNK MUSIC will be continued.................................Music makes me feel Go(o)d.............................More at http://mct-rock.de