again no drum machines, just 2 turntables & a microphone... the breaks are actual drums being played. may i remind you digital drum machines hardly existed in 1982 and were way out of reach to most of these guys that being said, outside of wild style, grandmaster flash was experimenting with a drum machine as early as 1979 with a vox king unit that basically he had to trigger live through pedals (the instrument was initially planned for organ players!) it was used and recorded in this classic piece:
I remember reading somewhere that the Wild Style soundtrack was done by a studio band put together by some of the guys from Tom Tom Club.
The film producers couldn't clear any of the original breakbeats that were popular at the time (no budget), so they hired the band to replay the grooves. They then pressed up acetates for the DJs to scratch.
So it's basically studio musicians using live percussion, electronic clap boxes, linndrum, and such.
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Digital drum machines did exist in 1982 and there's no reason why they couldn't have used them at a studio if they wanted to. However, what they did was have a group of musicians (drums, percussion, bass gtr, synth) cut tracks in a studio and then they pressed up a small batch of copies for some DJs to cut for the soundtrack and to be rapped over.
I remember reading somewhere that the Wild Style soundtrack was done by a studio band put together by some of the guys from Tom Tom Club.
The film producers couldn't clear any of the original breakbeats that were popular at the time (no budget), so they hired the band to replay the grooves. They then pressed up acetates for the DJs to scratch.
So it's basically studio musicians using live percussion, electronic clap boxes, linndrum, and such.
^ this, except the band wasn't "put together", they already existed, and it wasnt the Tom Tom Club, it was THE CLASH, who was heavily embedded in the hip hop and graffitti scene. The vinyl of these sessions was then handed over to Grand Wizard Theodore (inventor of the scratch), to create the soundbed for the rappers in the movie.
cool info..i was just basing my earlier observation on that the drums on the album sounded like live breaks not drum machines..had no clue the clash were involved
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that being said, outside of wild style, grandmaster flash was experimenting with a drum machine as early as 1979 with a vox king unit that basically he had to trigger live through pedals (the instrument was initially planned for organ players!) it was used and recorded in this classic piece:
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