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Quando Quango’s twisted electronic music experiments lasted a good six years, spawning an album and several dance 12” releases. A case of Fela Kuti meets Kraftwerk somewhere between manchester and rotterdam, part of a new wave of post-punk electronica, with a whole lot of Mike Pickering’s broad knowledge of soul, disco, reggae and pop to stuff the gaps.
Most significant to dance music fans were the insistent bass syncopations of Love Tempo, the party atmosphere of Genius and the boogie of Atom Rock, as well as Tingle with its Quando dance manifesto and Go Exciting, a pastiche of Fela basslines with latino flava lyrics, which reportedly touched the hearts of Latino clubbers in New York. It shows vague visions of future music, based on a curious musical cross-section of all that was interesting in the early 1980s.
The backgrounds of co-members also demonstrated the variety of Quando Quango’s approaches. Barry Johnson fitted his bass work between Sweet Sensation, The Twelfth Tribe of Israel and, later, reggae giants Aswad. Percussionist Simon Topping joined in-between A Certain Ratio (ACR), Salsa percussion classes in New York and, later, his Latino-flavoured house outfit T-Coy. First drummer Reinier Rietveld was simultaneously part of Dutch cult band Spasmodique.
Most significant to dance music fans were the insistent bass syncopations of Love Tempo, the party atmosphere of Genius and the boogie of Atom Rock, as well as Tingle with its Quando dance manifesto and Go Exciting, a pastiche of Fela basslines with latino flava lyrics, which reportedly touched the hearts of Latino clubbers in New York. It shows vague visions of future music, based on a curious musical cross-section of all that was interesting in the early 1980s.
The backgrounds of co-members also demonstrated the variety of Quando Quango’s approaches. Barry Johnson fitted his bass work between Sweet Sensation, The Twelfth Tribe of Israel and, later, reggae giants Aswad. Percussionist Simon Topping joined in-between A Certain Ratio (ACR), Salsa percussion classes in New York and, later, his Latino-flavoured house outfit T-Coy. First drummer Reinier Rietveld was simultaneously part of Dutch cult band Spasmodique.
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xenia_f wrote:
воистину задорно
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celiargh wrote:
just about my favourite thing
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treveera wrote:
A love tempoooooooooooooo.
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GlassCanyon wrote:
mike pickering is a genius and a blue.....geniusssss. this is our city.
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hearditfirst wrote:
Genius is def their highpoint....the oddly beguiling This Feeling too.....
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laser_laser wrote:
дэнс дэнс лав тэмпо
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grahamrlawrence wrote:
Live 2008! - 30th July 2008 M People continue to perform at festivals this summer with dates still to come in Manchester and Tunbridge Wells. Heather Small has announced a mini tour appearing at venues in Glasgow, Warrington and Southampton. The tour also includes 3 nights at the famous jazz club Ronnie Scott's in London! Heather is also set to perform at the Olympic handover in London at the end of August. Shovell is also off this summer to sunny locations with his 'Defected' connections. All dates and information will be added to the calendar on the 'Tours/Performances' page over the next few weeks at http://mpeople.webeden.co.uk Also on the events calendars on the M People & Heather Small Facebook Page & Facebook Group. Enjoy!
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grahamrlawrence wrote:
Mike Pickering is a genius http://mpeople.webeden.co.uk
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Lisiasp wrote:
i love tempo atom rocks!!!!!!
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dementio13 wrote:
Odd as fuck! Eclectic and cool...they paved the way for house and acid in Britain. 'Atom Rock' is awesome!
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planetjanet wrote:
i love love tempo
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