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Future Shock
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Track Listing
- Rockit
- Future Shock
- TFS
- Earth Beat
- Autodrive
- Rough
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #892220 in Music
- Released on: 2001-01-05
- Format: Cutout
Customer Reviews
Riding the Shockwave!
Futureshock is an abrupt and welcome departure from the mediocre saccharine fusion that Herbie Hancock churned out post-Headhunters. This set originally released in 1983 (seems so long ago!)actually sounds strangely contemporary from the perspective of someone like myself who thrives on electronica but likes some jazz on the side. With its mixture of phat electro drums, hip-hop scratching, vocal samples, and synth riffs one can understand how this must have been greeted with derisive incomprehension by most of the jazz critics upon its original release. This electro-fusion approach is summed up on the now legendary track, "Rockit", which opens proceedings.The sound mutates into classic fusion-funk territory on "Future Shock", but again the track is underpinned by those dry electro drums! This combination of tight drum patterns married to funky bass courtesy of Bill Laswell (the plot thickens), oriental synth droplets, scattered jazz piano, occasional guitar licks, and vocal cut-ups continues through "Earth Beat", "Autodrive", and "Rough". The cd in my possession also features a contemporary remix of "Rockit" , which, while perfectly adequate, does not add anything dramatic to the original. In fact the latter would not be out of place in a contemporary electro/new school breakz set. This collection of seven tracks harks back to the cool elements of seventies fusion while simultaneously pointing the way to new territory eventually mapped out by the techno and hip-hop hybrids of the nineties. However, it's not only an important release for those electronica buffs with a sense of history, but is also a damn funky listen right here right now!
Future Shock
This CD is sensational, the bomb. I purchased the cassette back in the summer of '83. Herbie Hancock was one of the first to record the scratching sound, and took it to a new level with "Rockit". This is my favorite CD from Herbie Hancock.
