Get On Down launch their Beatbox book with a 45 minute mix of their favourite drum machine anthems
Without the likes of the Linn LM-1, the Oberheim DMX or the Roland TR-808, some of the world’s greatest pop songs would not exist. No “Thriller”, no “When Doves Cry” and no, erm, “Me So Horny”. With cheap software studios and trap-clap plug-ins dominating today’s music production, many think that the era of the physical drum machine is dead. But not author Joe Mansfield, who has lovingly compiled Beatbox: A Drum Machine Obsession for Get On Down, the essential pictorial guide to the greatest robot drummers in history. To celebrate its publication, we asked the Get On Down crew to make this killer tribute to their favourite drum machine anthems of all time, from Prince and Herbie Hancock to Madonna and Marvin Gaye.
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Tracklist:
1. Intro
2. Tear For Fears – Shout
3. Original Concept – Knowledge Me
4. Beastie Boys – Slow Ride
5. T La Rock – Its Yours
6. Run DMC – Sucker MC’s
7. Falco – Putting on the Ritz
8. Loose Ends Drum Beat
9. Marvin Gaye – Sexual Healing
10. Timmy Thomas – Why Can’t We Live Together
11. George Michael – I Want Your Sex
12. Phil Collins – In The Air Tonight
13. Mary Jane Girls – All Night Long
14. Schoolly D – P.S.K
15. Stevie Knicks – Stand Back
16. Vanity 6 – Nasty
17. Yaz – Situation
18. Beastie Boys – Brass Monkey
19. Freeze – I.O.U
20. Roxy Music – Same Old Scene
21. Falco – Der Kommissar
22. Prince – Kiss
23. Shannon – Let The Music Play
24. Kraftwerk – Trans Euro Express
25. Kraftwerk – Boing Boom Tschak
26. Herbie Hancock – Rockit
27. Art of Noise – Beat Box
28. Hall & Oats – I Can’t Go For That
29. INXS – I Need You Tonight
30. Mantronix – Bassline
31. Maze – Joy & Pain
32. Joe Mansfield – Set It Off (Remake)
33. Blondie – Heart Of Glass
34. Mr Fingers – Can You Feel it
35. Joe Mansfield – Let’s Get it Started (Remake)
36. Madonna – Vogue
37. Inner City – Goodlife
38. Farley “Jackmaster” Funk – Love Can’t Turn Around
39. Michael Jackson – Wanna Be Starting Something
40. Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams
41. Prince – Little Red Corvette
42. MC Esoteric – LM1 Drum Computer
43. Human League – Don’t You Want Me
44. The Time – Jungle Love
45. Prince – 1999
46. Joe Mansfield – 199 (Remake)
47. Trio - Da Da Da
48. Dee Lite – Who Was That?
49. Lady Gaga – Government Hooker
50. New Order – Blue Monday
51. Stacey Q – Two of Hearts
52. Eddie Murphy – Party All the Time
53. LL Cool J – Going Back to Cali
54. Soul Sonic Force – Planet Rock
55. Gary Numan – Night Talk
