Rythim Is Rythim* - Nude Photo
Label:
Catalog#:
MS-002
Format:
Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM
Country:
US
Released:
1987
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Techno
Tracklist
| A | Nude Photo | 7:26 | ||
| Written-By - Mayday , T. Barnett* | ||||
| B1 | The Dance (Living Room Mix) | 6:59 | ||
| Written-By - D. Wynn* , Mayday | ||||
| B2 | Move It (Only Mix) | 3:36 | ||
| Written-By - Mayday | ||||
Notes
Mastered at Archer, Detroit. Cat# in run-out:
MS-002 A As ARCHER
MS-002 B As ARCHER
Some copies came with a comic book by Alan Oldham entitled Gambit and Associates (issue #1).
On the inside cover of issue #2, Alan thanks Transmat Records for the in-pack record promotion.
Thomas Barnett's version and the story behind this release.
The sampled laughter on Nude Photo is from Yazoo's (aka Yaz in the States) Situation.
MS-002 A As ARCHER
MS-002 B As ARCHER
Some copies came with a comic book by Alan Oldham entitled Gambit and Associates (issue #1).
On the inside cover of issue #2, Alan thanks Transmat Records for the in-pack record promotion.
Thomas Barnett's version and the story behind this release.
The sampled laughter on Nude Photo is from Yazoo's (aka Yaz in the States) Situation.
Recommendations
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Detroit Techno was the underdog to Chicago House when Trax was releasing stuff by Adonis & Phuture. Being an underground DJ made the roots of techno seem distant, and for me I was blind or better still deaf to the brilliant phuturisms Derrick May had to offer. I was first put up on these tracks via 'Jack Trax' U.K. compilations and it would not be until 1989 where I got the taste of 10,000+ people dancing to 'Strings Of Life' to really understand.
And here we have 'The Dance'. Simple. Detroit's way of expressing "No Way Back" by Adonis. A chirpy bassline, string, bell and choppy 909 drum programming. Those that bought records in 1989, 1990 know that bassline, as Altern 8, Shut Up & Dance (on "Derrick Went Mad") began to use that same bass over breakbeat. Here we have an untapped gem. Let the story be told, as this is not the obvious choice. Transmat truly was the Icon of its era.