Originally posted by 2rip
Jacking was a form of dance that spawned from "punking out." Punking out involved bending a girl over on the dancefloor and grinding on her backside. The humping motion carried over and people began doing humping, jumping & pushing motions that were then considered to be "jacking."
don't niggas still do this?
2rip
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Originally posted by leebates1986
don't niggas still do this?
lol. well the grinding, yes... but punking out and jacking had a different kinda tone, especially when it first made it's way out in the gay house club scene.
THE_Chris
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Originally posted by 2rip
Jacking was a form of dance that spawned from "punking out." Punking out involved bending a girl over on the dancefloor and grinding on her backside. The humping motion carried over and people began doing humping, jumping & pushing motions that were then considered to be "jacking." People would be seen inside the clubs jacking each other, jacking speakers, jacking the dj booth, jacking doorways, and jacking walls. It was a release for people to go to the clubs and "jack their bodies." This release was inspired by the house music.
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leebates1986
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Originally posted by 2rip
especially when it first made it's way out in the gay house club scene.
enlighten us
2rip
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Originally posted by leebates1986
enlighten us
Well I wasn't necessarily there at the time lol but the gay chicago house scene was all about letting loose. It wasn't about walking around and trying to grind up on everyone in the room that you wanted to (like what was referenced in the "niggas" comment someone made a few posts prior)
In fact the gay chicago house scene was blowing up so much that straight people were making their way into the circuit just to check it out. It was about the music more than it was the hookups. Granted it's been said that the Warehouse probably was responsible for quite a few kids.
Anyway, I think anyone who has been exposed to the rap scene as well as the house/techno scene can understand how jacking is not necessarily the same kind of energy expression as grinding.
Gonna post up the next episode in a few hours. :)
leebates1986
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Originally posted by 2rip
In fact the gay chicago house scene was blowing
There was several parts of the house music history that were integral to the development of the culture but not yet discussed in this series. This episode is geared towards covering some early Chicago house records as well as some early Chicago acid house. The final portion of this episode features many Balearic-style beats that were popular in Ibiza around the time of Paul Oakenfold & Nicky Holloway's famous trip to Amnesia.
In 1983 Jamie Principle released "Your Love" to a reel-to-reel cassette. To this day the original track is still unreleased although many bootlegs exist. Marshall Jefferson recalls in an interview on Pump Up The Volume "We thought Jamie was a god. We had no idea this was just some kid making music in his basement. I thought Jamie Principle was some millionaire from the UK. I didn't even know he was black!"
Larry Heard aka Mr. Fingers produced "Can You Feel It" in 1986. His sound was noted for it's warm production style and soulful vocals that helped lead the way for the sub-genre of deep house to emerge.
When Earl Smith and DJ Pierre purchased a Roland 303 bassline machine in 1984 the unit did not come with a manual or directions. Once they plugged it in the machine was preset to a strange sound. It was making a high pitched squelching noise. DJ Pierre played with the knobs on the machine to manipulate the sound. Earl Smith added drums and they sequenced it to reel-to-reel, titling it "Acid Tracks." This tape was given to Ron Hardy before the Music Box had even opened. On opening night Ron Hardy played the track and it immediately cleared the dancefloor. However, Hardy was persistent and played it again with only a few people really paying attention to it. He tried a third time later in the night and it was becoming accepted. On the fourth try the crowd went insane and the record became a hit.
In 1987 Michael James, a friend of Derrick May, recorded a ballad in Derrick's studio. After Michael James left the studio Derrick May looped a part of this ballad and added drums to create "Strings Of Life." This track reached anthem status in 1989 and put Detroit techno on the map, paving the way for even more successes to come.
Jamie Principle - Your Love
Mr. Fingers - Can You Feel It
Kevin Irving - Children Of The Night
Phuture - Acid Trax
Farley Jackmaster Funk - The Acid Life
Bam Bam - Where's Your Child?
Fast Eddie - Acid Thunder
TOT - What U R
The Garden Of Eden - Garden Of Eden (7" Mix)
A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray
Yazoo - Situation
Corporation of One - Real Life
Sueno Latino - Sueno Latino
Marshall Jefferson - Open Our Eyes
Rhythm is Rhythm aka Derrick May - Strings Of Life
Ce Ce Rogers - Someday
Echo of Silence
Whoa, you're going too fast, here.
This is Episode 9? Did I miss 8 episodes? Ack. I downloaded the first one (the 3rd post in the thread).
david.michael
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Originally posted by Floorfiller
please do. was pretty sure what was coming hence my lol post. as soon as someone starts talking about the history of electronic music, but doesn't even mention ambient or space music you can pretty much predict that it will consist of very mainstream hits...
Well, he did say it was about the progression of electronic dance music, to be fair.
Seems like a cool project, I'll have to check this out.
Echo of Silence
From what I can tell, you shared Episode 1 and then jumped to Episode 8?
nefardec
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Originally posted by leebates1986
don't niggas still do this?
