
8-bit fun, the vanguards of bringing dance music to the masses
Review created: 08/31/03
by: skydelft -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
Pioneers of the mainstream techno sound, tracks that are still floor-fillers
Cons:
Definitely vintage 1989
Back in 1989, particularly in the US, the music scene was still in whiplash from the disco days. Club music was still very underground and the mainstream was dancing to pop, hip-hop and happy guitar rock. Then, out of Belgium, Technotronic showed up with unabashed electro beats, synth basses and a "get on the dancefloor" attitude. The unrelenting success of the song "Pump Up the Jam" paved the way for DNA's and Suzanne Vega's "Tom's Diner", Snap's "The Power", and laid the groundwork for the US success of today's superstar DJs and producers like Paul Oakenfold and Fatboy Slim. And even 2...
Review ID: 10000000000235488

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