K Y N K Y

oneweekonemix:

Mix # 15, Tracks 1 — 3

Theme: Nyk’s Musical Journey

1). Oxygene (Part IV) – Jean Michel Jarre

When I was a very small kid growing up in the 80’s, all I had for music was my parents playing old 60’s/70’s records and whatever was on the radio, it didn’t leave me with much choice and back then I really didn’t like music. I’ve never been impressed by guitars or vocals, to the point where a riff or certain vocal would normally get a reaction from someone I’d remain not impressed. It was when my Mum gave me a cassette that she had bought for her that she didn’t want that I finally ‘got’ music. It’s an album I don’t recall the name of, but it contained about 10-12 synthesizer tracks and Jean Michel Jarre was right there at the start. Considering it was a track made in the late 70’s it sounded futuristic at the time, despite being almost a decade old. 

2). Acid Thunder – Fast Eddie

After deciding that music was in fact good, I started to get into electronic music. Sadly at the time, electronic music was a sub-genre that was mixed up with drug culture and therefore very hard for a kid to get hold of. I managed to use my powers of haggling at car boot sales to buy tapes that had cool looking often 3D rendered graphics on, that way I could pretty much guarantee that it was electronic music of some sort. It might not be what I wanted but early compilations such as Deep Heat provided me with enough decent electronic music until the commercial rave explosion which was right around the corner.

3). The Tape – Frank De Wulf

I had this track on about 20 different tapes and this provided the soundtrack to many after school adventures. My friends started getting into it to and thankfully the City I lived in was quite a hub for the growing rave scene, still too young to go to raves though I found a hobby that was cheap and also highly addictive. Flyer collecting. Notable mention also to Joey Beltram “Energy Flash.” 

—Nyk