Looking for the Perfect Beat
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Looking for the Perfect Beat

Remixing and Reshaping Hip-Hop, Rock and Rhythms

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eBook - ePub

Looking for the Perfect Beat

Remixing and Reshaping Hip-Hop, Rock and Rhythms

About this book

'These insider stories are written with genuine love and passion' Irvine Welsh

' Every chapter of Looking For The Perfect Beat is absolutely mesmerising.' Buzz Magazine

For fifty years as DJ, producer and remixer, Arthur Baker has been at the pioneering forefront of hip-hop, rock, and electronic music. His unique and genre-defying sound can be heard on tracks by legendary artists like New Order, Bruce Springsteen, Diana Ross, the Rolling Stones, Al Green, Pet Shop Boys, Quincy Jones, New Edition, Hall & Oates, Neneh Cherry, Mogwai and Fleetwood Mac.

Starting as a club DJ and disco producer at the start of the seventies in his native Boston, Baker moved to New York City in 1981. Through his early disco and hip-hop productions, he came to the attention of the most influential names in a music industry at the height of its powers. This would begin a career that would take him from the sweaty dancefloors of NYC to late-night studio sessions with Bob Dylan and to his celebrated anti-apartheid album Sun City, created with Little Steven Van Zandt.

From the underground to the mainstream, Looking for the Perfect Beat is the unique story of an artist with a need to discover new sounds and new ways to move an audience -- and who has influenced the sound of popular music for half a century.

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Information

Publisher
Faber & Faber
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9780571387441
Edition
0
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Music Biographies

Table of contents

  1. Landing Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Intro: Fifty Years of Looking for the Perfect Beat
  6. 1: School Dazed • 1955–69
  7. 2: Change the Tracks • 1969–71
  8. 3: Streets of Laredo • 1972–3
  9. 4: ‘Boom Boom’ Baker • 1973–5
  10. 5: The Combat Zone • 1975–7
  11. 6: Make Me Dance • 1977–8
  12. 7: Going Uptown • 1978–81
  13. 8: Just Hit Me • 1982
  14. 9: P.L.A.Y. • 1982
  15. 10: Takin’ It to the Streets • 1982
  16. 11: Beat This • 1983
  17. 12: Pop Frenzy • 1983
  18. 13: Out of Order • 1983
  19. 14: It’s Party Time • 1984
  20. 15: Just Wanna Have Fun • 1984
  21. 16: Me and Mr B. • 1984
  22. 17: Shakedown Sound • 1984
  23. 18: Twelve Bars of Beck • 1984
  24. 19: Too Much Drugs • 1984
  25. 20: We Are the Champions • 1984
  26. 21: Married to the Mob • 1985
  27. 22: Rum and Coke • 1985
  28. 23: ‘(Ain’t Gonna Play) Sun City’ • 1985
  29. 24: ‘Turn Me Loose’ • 1986
  30. 25: My European Adventure • 1987
  31. 26: Looking Out for Love • 1987
  32. 27: Something Goin’ Round Inside My Head • 1988
  33. 28: Rev It Up – Me and Al Green • 1989
  34. 29: Living the Life of Quincy Jones • 1989–90
  35. 30: ‘Bueller? Bueller?’ • 1991
  36. 31: ‘Whatever You Want’ • 1993–6
  37. 32: Go West • 1991–5
  38. 33: Twisted Tenderness • 1998–9
  39. 34: ‘It’s Only Rock’n’Roll’ • 1999
  40. 35: Sunday Jamming • 2000–1
  41. 36: ‘My Father, My King’ • 2000–1
  42. 37: On the Road Again with New Order • 2001
  43. 38: Return to New York • 2002–18
  44. 39: Munchie Dreams of a ‘Hip Rap Mogul’ • 2001–8
  45. 40: Felder Felder • 2008–18
  46. 41: Lime Life • 2007–14
  47. 42: 808 the Movie • 2012–14
  48. 43: ‘On a Mission’ • 2016–Present
  49. 44: Beat Street the Musical • 2016–Present
  50. Outro
  51. Acknowledgements
  52. Picture Credits
  53. Photo section
  54. About the Author
  55. Copyright