EPISODE · Jul 19, 2021 · 30 MIN
House Music Pioneer - Marshall Jefferson
from Electronic Music · host Sound On Sound
Marshall Jefferson talks about his early years in the Chicago house music scene, his seminal 'Move Your Body’ track, the classic equipment he's worked with and how modern music technology allows anyone to create with ease.Chapters00:00 - Introduction01:10 - The Early Years 05:42 - Rock Music Influence 08:52 - Ron Hardy, Trax Records & DJ Pierre10:29 - Replacing Stolen Equipment11:44 - Logic and Roland Cloud13:19 - The Ten City Album13:47 - Incorporating Binaural 15:36 - Composing Alone18:03 - Working On Headphones22:47 - Sonic Improvements24:39 - Market Saturation27:09 - Females In Electronic Music29:25 - Future ProjectsMarshall Jefferson BiogMarshall Jefferson has been a key player in the house music genre. Starting out in the Chicago house scene, his early tracks like ‘Open Our Eyes’ and ‘7 Ways to Jack’ were put out on the TRAX Records label and made an impact on the scene, but it was his use of piano in ‘Move Your Body’ that bought wider attention to his work.Since those early years, Marshall has helped to develop the acid house movement with his work on ‘Acid Trax’ with DJ Pierre in 1987. He also turned his hand to deep house, most notably on ‘Open Our Eyes’, released in 1988 on Big Beat. He headlined the first House Music Tour of Europe in 1987 and in the 90s did a five-year residency with the Tribal Gathering and Big Love Events in London, during which time he released his 1997 studio album Day Of The Onion.In 2021, Marshall teamed up with Byron Stingily to release a new album 'Judgement' under the Ten City band name, their first collaboration in 25 years.https://www.beatport.com/artist/ten-city/39865Caro C BiogCaro C is an artist, engineer and teacher specialising in electronic music. Her self-produced fourth album "Electric Mountain" is out now. Described as a "one-woman electronic avalanche" (BBC), Caro started making music thanks to being laid up whilst living in a double decker bus and listening to the likes of Warp Records in the late 1990's. This "sonic enchantress" (BBC Radio 3) has now played in most of the cultural hotspots of her current hometown of Manchester, UK. Caro is also the instigator and project manager of electronic music charity Delia Derbyshire Day.URL: http://carocsound.com/Twitter: @carocsoundInst: @carocsoundFB: https://www.facebook.com/carocsound/Catch more shows on our other podcast channels: https://www.soundonsound.com/sos-podcasts
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Marshall Jefferson talks about his early years in the Chicago house music scene, his seminal 'Move Your Body’ track, the classic equipment he's worked with and how modern music technology allows anyone to create with ease.Chapters00:00 - Introduction01:10 - The Early Years 05:42 - Rock Music Influence 08:52 - Ron Hardy, Trax Records & DJ Pierre10:29 - Replacing Stolen Equipment11:44 - Logic and Roland Cloud13:19 - The Ten City Album13:47 - Incorporating Binaural 15:36 - Composing Alone18:03 - Working On Headphones22:47 - Sonic Improvements24:39 - Market Saturation27:09 - Females In Electronic Music29:25 - Future ProjectsMarshall Jefferson BiogMarshall Jefferson has been a key player in the house music genre. Starting out in the Chicago house scene, his early tracks like ‘Open Our Eyes’ and ‘7 Ways to Jack’ were put out on the TRAX Records label and made an impact on the scene, but it was his use of piano in ‘Move Your Body’ that bought wider attention to his work.Since those early years, Marshall has helped to develop the acid house movement with his work on ‘Acid Trax’ with DJ Pierre in 1987. He also turned his hand to deep house, most notably on ‘Open Our Eyes’, released in 1988 on Big Beat. He headlined the first House Music Tour of Europe in 1987 and in the 90s did a five-year residency with the Tribal Gathering and Big Love Events in London, during which time he released his 1997 studio album Day Of The Onion.In 2021, Marshall teamed up with Byron Stingily to release a new album 'Judgement' under the Ten City band name, their first collaboration in 25 years.https://www.beatport.com/artist/ten-city/39865Caro C BiogCaro C is an artist, engineer and teacher specialising in electronic music. Her self-produced fourth album "Electric Mountain" is out now. Described as a "one-woman electronic avalanche" (BBC), Caro started making music thanks to being laid up whilst living in a double decker bus and listening to the likes of Warp Records in the late 1990's. This "sonic enchantress" (BBC Radio 3) has now played in most of the cultural hotspots of her current hometown of Manchester, UK. Caro is also the instigator and project manager of electronic music charity Delia Derbyshire Day.URL: http://carocsound.com/Twitter: @carocsoundInst: @carocsoundFB: https://www.facebook.com/carocsound/Catch more shows on our other podcast channels: https://www.soundonsound.com/sos-podcasts
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