This very album, got me going. It remains to be a huge inspiration and still looms in my top 5 of all time albums. Arifs' the man.
Great post!@
@Beth , yes you can get it for your iPad. And I'm not kidding: here. I own a mod II and I almost fainted when CMI released that app.

 

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@artwerkski thanks ! (i just need an ipad then first lol)

 

Scritti's early stuff wasn't even sequenced, it was more or less all played (apart from drum machines, but even then they had a mixture of played/real and programmed drum parts). One of Dave Gamson's techniques was to play to tape at half speed / pitch, so when it was played back at normal speed, the timing errors got smaller and the parts even tighter.

The later "Provision" album was more Synclavier, in terms of sequencing and sampling. I don't think they ever were big Fairlight users or fans.

 

@dkny, partially. There's a lot, alot of Fairlight on C&S.

 

Would you believe, as soon as I saw this in the feed, I knew who posted it?

SP, been a looong time since I heard mention of these guys, I shall have to dive into my ( multiple ) vinyl bins
to see if I still have this, if ever.. ahhh 80's gold..

this one gives me chills, from the dawn of the 80's ...but what they became.. eh

@WolwerineBlues if you like chill, I suspect you will like this, chill.. with a bit of an edge

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David & Fred from memory.

 

Love this thread grew up in the 80's so right at home.

 

I guess they were selling the Scritti sound which was popular at the time, and good programmers were in demand.

This throws up a few questions regarding the production of the album.

https://www.discogs.com/Scritti-Politti-Cupid-Psyche-85/release/185429

 

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Having knowledge of the past is the key to inventing the future, the past is where everything that is new comes from

And it's none more true than in the field of music. Every budding modern musician should be scouring the past for clues, hence the reason why I post threads like this.



PS UB40 were great in the beginning but soon became a parody of themselves, as they released one cover version after another.

 

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