Arthur Baker Shows How He Produced Afrika Bambaataa's Iconic 'Planet Rock' @ IMS Ibiza 2022

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  • We teamed up with Arthur Baker, the legendary artist behind the production of Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force's iconic electro track, 'Planet Rock', for an exclusive breakdown of how the song was created at IMS Ibiza 2022 for IMS College in partnership with Point Blank, Beatport and Microsoft Surface. Features exclusive footage from the new Rockers Revenge documentary, "On A Mission" (Working Title) to be released in 2023.
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Komentáře • 652

  • @PointBlankMusicSchool
    @PointBlankMusicSchool  Před rokem +60

    When did you first hear Planet Rock?

    • @Roland808
      @Roland808 Před rokem +8

      I’m originally from LA and used to fly to Ireland every summer as a kid via NYC, and I remember hearing it at an electronics shop on 7th Ave. in Manhattan. Coincidentally, this the exact same way I heard my first hip hop song two years earlier. The days of discovery!

    • @artigaps8091
      @artigaps8091 Před rokem +5

      Power 106 in LA or Soul Train - I was probably 8 or so and remember exactly what he said, that it sounded futuristic and the bass was monstrous when I heard it on a big system. It's so much fun to go back now that I have a basic understanding of music production. I appreciate 10 fold now that they put together such a hit with a limited gear and not the endless takes that a DAW provides. Thanks for the upload! the nostalgia alone is fantastic.

    • @brooklyncarmelena5755
      @brooklyncarmelena5755 Před rokem +12

      I first heard it playing on the radio in my grandma's car on 92 WKTU. My grandma turned it up blasting it from her 79 Caprice Classic with her custom car stereo. We were driving from Brooklyn to Manhattan. That day she stopped me off at the record store on 13th avenue and 72nd street Brooklyn and gave me $4.19 to go in and buy the 12 inch single. I still have it today.

    • @TranceTrackOne
      @TranceTrackOne Před rokem +5

      Heard it for the first time in 1982 and danced "Break-Dance" on it in 1984 , Arthur Baker is a very good producer 👍

    • @eskayareegee
      @eskayareegee Před rokem +1

      In trailer park boys lol

  • @AlmaLibreStudios
    @AlmaLibreStudios Před rokem +122

    Arthur Baker is still one of the most underrated producers to ever walk this planet. Aside from all of his successful songs, his song "Breaker's Revenge" from the movie 'BeatStreet' became THE breakdancing anthem of the 1980s. The iconic "Roxy Battle" scene is still the best breakdancing movie scene ever!

  • @eltruheyo
    @eltruheyo Před rokem +34

    I'll be 53 years old soon and can still remember the very first time I heard Planet Rock. I remember loving it and wanting to hear everything and anything that sounded like it at the time. Just watching this got me feeling excited as the day when I first heard it back in 1982. Planet Rock along with Play At Your Own Risk will always be reasons why I fell in love with the Hip Hop culture at the time and still DJ this very day.

    • @PaulPaid
      @PaulPaid Před 7 měsíci +2

      Well said.

    • @utonneil9046
      @utonneil9046 Před 3 měsíci

      Planet Rock will forever be the master hit of rap music.

  • @scottmasson3039
    @scottmasson3039 Před rokem +25

    Kraftwerk is genius. “Trans Europe Express” is brilliant. “Numbers” is incredible.

  • @robertmason8416
    @robertmason8416 Před rokem +52

    Fall of 1982...blew my mind. Lost whatever mind I had left when "Play At Your Own Risk' came months later. Those two songs it's so hard for me to contain myself...I danced so hard on them for years!

    • @smoothoperator7023
      @smoothoperator7023 Před rokem +1

      Now your hips & inees are creaking! 🥹

    • @boogiel01
      @boogiel01 Před rokem +1

      What a tune that was play at your own risk ..

    • @robertmason8416
      @robertmason8416 Před rokem

      @@smoothoperator7023 Definitely my hips! 😆

    • @seangiere8068
      @seangiere8068 Před rokem

      same here my man

    • @utonneil9046
      @utonneil9046 Před 3 měsíci

      You said it all. I got carry away with both Planet Rock and Play at your own risk.

  • @keith-marvk-harrisii8666

    "It sounded like it was tomorrow"
    -Quest Love

  • @robertmason8416
    @robertmason8416 Před rokem +28

    Mannnn..... i'm 55 years old and I'm starting to move some furniture here! Give me some room and let me start poppin' on that "Play At Your Own Risk' riff! This is classic sounds here! Thanks for posting this historic moment!

    • @georgea.henryjr.5191
      @georgea.henryjr.5191 Před rokem +2

      Brother Robert still love PLANET ROCK AND PLAY AT YOUR OWN RISK in 2022 at 58 years old! I will always love those songs and music in general until I die!

    • @utonneil9046
      @utonneil9046 Před 3 měsíci

      🙏🏿🔥⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

  • @blakberi
    @blakberi Před rokem +117

    This track changed break dance music forever. I remember we used to dance to funk and soul played on real instruments, but as soon as this came out, Electro was born. It led to some incredible changes in dance music at the time, Al Naafiysh by Hashim is a direct descendant of this track, Hip Hop Be Bop by Man Parrish, another direct relation. All of a sudden the 808 was everywhere. Nobody had heard bass drums that heavy in a club before and people were wild for it. The Beat Goes On by Orbit was almost a rip off, but it worked. It reminds me of when Soul II Soul's Keep On Moving came out, and all of a sudden the 909 beat was everywhere. Good times man

    • @skeennah1927
      @skeennah1927 Před rokem +7

      Yes this track changed everything, not just for music, but for me, the beat pattern is ingrained in my life, and the music I make. Electro runs through my blood, and I am glad to say I have the 12" record of this fabulous track

    • @user-tt2qn1cj1x
      @user-tt2qn1cj1x Před rokem +4

      Love Electro

    • @onetimepeace
      @onetimepeace Před rokem +4

      @@user-tt2qn1cj1x electro is still strong today 2022 with some killer skratch musicians on top of that its icing on the cake.

    • @user-tt2qn1cj1x
      @user-tt2qn1cj1x Před rokem +5

      @@onetimepeace I've seen QBert and others doing their thing over those Electro beats.

    • @miami8089
      @miami8089 Před rokem +6

      You are absolutely right. It also trickled down to Miami and started that whole Freestyle scene with Pretty Tony Butler.

  • @hurricane4500
    @hurricane4500 Před 2 měsíci +3

    This era of music has me in tears. That was my generation of music.

  • @lvhomesales
    @lvhomesales Před rokem +21

    Authur Baker was the genius of 80s dance music. Growing up in NYC at that time I was about 16 . I remember, I was going to house parties, sneeking in to Fun House night club and you heard planet rock everywhere ! Fun times !

    • @mustafahajj
      @mustafahajj Před rokem +3

      Tell more. I can listen to 1980's NYC stories all day long.

  • @DjdoubleedgeRegg
    @DjdoubleedgeRegg Před rokem +21

    This song changed my purpose for living! I became a DJ & a Dancer instantly. 💯🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @Sarahvinyl
    @Sarahvinyl Před rokem +11

    One of the greatest songs of all time! 🔥🔥🔊🔊❤️❤️🙌 great watch and listen.

  • @rokkettscience
    @rokkettscience Před rokem +6

    “Numbers” blew my mind…. It was the biggest thing since Pac Man and Space Invaders…. No lie Bro

  • @carlosmedrano7005
    @carlosmedrano7005 Před rokem +24

    Arthur Baker needs a proper interview that encompasses his entire electro sound. I’ve now seen this one and the Red Bull academy interview but no one has connected the dots in his electro career. IOU/john rocco, Breakers Revenge, Tina B, Streetwise Records, all that which was “underground.” He needs a good documentary that covers all that before working with big artists.

  • @RoomAtTheTopStudio
    @RoomAtTheTopStudio Před rokem +3

    I worked with King Arthur at the start of this century. I'm proud that he requested me to work with. He's a wealth of knowledge and was there when history was being created. Such a down to earth character. I've got nothing but respect for him

  • @ChrisFeeney
    @ChrisFeeney Před rokem +40

    This is fantastic, I always figured that “Play at your own risk “ was recorded in the same session. I didn’t realise it was taken from the actual track.

    • @brooklyncarmelena5755
      @brooklyncarmelena5755 Před rokem +8

      I have copies of the studio masters. If you listen close, you can hear play at your own risk in some of the tracks very faintly in the background.

    • @wwlittlejOfficial
      @wwlittlejOfficial Před rokem +4

      I literally thought it was sampled, but now I realize it couldn't have been sampled because as Baker said, the tech for sampling times just wasn't there in those years. Crazy.

    • @ChrisFeeney
      @ChrisFeeney Před rokem

      @@brooklyncarmelena5755 oh my god that is crazy.

    • @SPAZZOID100
      @SPAZZOID100 Před rokem +2

      @@wwlittlejOfficial nope. Phrase sampling was not possible at that time.

  • @dontcallmejon
    @dontcallmejon Před rokem +72

    i dont think people realize what a big deal this is. this guy spawned a whole genre, every freestyle record until 95 used the planet rock beat.

    • @Glol91ABC
      @Glol91ABC Před rokem +2

      what is a freestyle record ?

    • @dontcallmejon
      @dontcallmejon Před rokem +9

      @@Glol91ABC Freestyle music, also called Latin freestyle or Latin hip-hop is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in the New York metropolitan area and Philadelphia, primarily among Hispanic Americans and Italian Americans in the 1980s

    • @Glol91ABC
      @Glol91ABC Před rokem +1

      @@dontcallmejon can you name some Latin Italian freestyle artist?

    • @leroykidd5010
      @leroykidd5010 Před rokem

      @@Glol91ABC no he can't he just talking out his ass

    • @djdubbs313
      @djdubbs313 Před rokem +3

      It's Techno...

  • @telogic1
    @telogic1 Před rokem +12

    Bought planet rock the week of release. Massive tune in 82. Then I got to meet Arthur 35 years later at the 808 movie

  • @mcdan2696
    @mcdan2696 Před rokem +9

    "Planet Rock" literally intrigued me on how that record was produced. 2 years later, Information Society's "Running" inspired me to buy my very first Casio micro keyboard!
    Today, i have Ableton Live 11...

  • @funtimeswithtom4108
    @funtimeswithtom4108 Před rokem +6

    Arthur Baker is my all time favorite producer. Way back when I would go to the record store every Saturday and go through the 12" singles and buy everyone that Arthur Baker produced or remixed... Yep I even had Bruce Springsteens' Cover Me 12" single.

  • @dancemusicorganisation
    @dancemusicorganisation Před rokem +5

    These tracks blew my mind in early 80's and they still blow my mind now, RESPECT to everyone involved and thank you for the joy you have given ☮❤☯👊🖐

  • @anthonyrothercom
    @anthonyrothercom Před rokem +9

    Thank you so much Point Blank Team. This so great. As an electro lover - Arthur Baker breaking down "Planet Rock" is a dream.

  • @josephhertzberg2734
    @josephhertzberg2734 Před rokem +9

    I remember back then after Planet Rock, Egyptian Lover, White Pony, etc... I definitely thought we were listening/dancing to future music

    • @Einnor084
      @Einnor084 Před rokem

      U 4got PUSH DA BUTTON, by Newcleus.

  • @phinnaeusoconnor
    @phinnaeusoconnor Před rokem +6

    AB is a GENIUS. This song changed my life, still gives me Goosebumps now!

    • @pyenapple
      @pyenapple Před rokem

      He’s also a child sexual abuser fyi

  • @SKILLSPORTSPREP
    @SKILLSPORTSPREP Před rokem +6

    Breakers Revenge!

  • @Symmetre
    @Symmetre Před rokem +7

    I still remember the mind blowing experience of hearing Planet Rock on the radio for the first time. Dr. Sweet’s late night show on KSTN. The next day at school everybody was talking about it, and we all had our tape decks ready the next night to record it. Because the 12” didn’t hit the record stores for a week on the west coast. Massive!

  • @mrflynn01
    @mrflynn01 Před rokem +10

    Arthur Baker is a legend!!! #Period

  • @MightyD18
    @MightyD18 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Wow!! What an amazing panel to be at!! Thanks for sharing this!!❤❤❤

  • @EricKeinrath
    @EricKeinrath Před rokem +8

    Amazing interview! This is seriously going classic. The 808, Kraftwerk, Arthur, Planet Rock, Electro, is the new classic music 🎵!

  • @djalioop
    @djalioop Před rokem +2

    Awesome Interview thank you Mr. Baker, can't wait till the movie comes out. This man deserves his flowers.

  • @georgegeez8708
    @georgegeez8708 Před rokem +1

    Great video. Planet Rock is the record I live for. It changed and affected my life forever. Growing up in the Bronx during this time, this record was and forever be our anthem. Besides hearing it on the radio, this record played loudly through every window in the Bronx. This was the record to play by the DJs in all the park jams when sound systems were hooked up to the near by light post. Every boombox you heard played Planet Rock and Play It At Your Own Risk. Thank you to Arthur Baker, Afrika Bambatta, The Soul Sonic Force, the inspiration of Kraftwerk music and Mr. Ikutaro Kakehashi (RIP) (founder of Roland) for the TR-808, for changing my life forever. 👍👍👍👍👍

  • @rraykwon
    @rraykwon Před rokem +6

    I wish I was at this event. Arthur Baker would have ran me off cause I have so many questions about the music, the technology, the programers, the musicians, the rappers, the equipment, and so much more!

  • @AZTEC-VAMPIRE-GOD1997
    @AZTEC-VAMPIRE-GOD1997 Před rokem +3

    Absolutely Amazing ~ thank you kindly for blessing the world with this Mr Baker

  • @dnifty1
    @dnifty1 Před rokem +3

    The late 70s to late 80s were a key transitional era in music production in general and especially in R&B, Funk, Disco and Hip Hop. DJs were experimenting with techniques for making improvised music using turntables and other equipment. Rap music was just starting out as an extension of the street acapella tradition often based on beating on various surfaces like a table or car to make beats. But the real source of most of the trends in music in this era were the studios and in Disco you had Sigma Sound Studios with Philly Sound and the Salsoul Orchestra, other studios were making trends in R&B and Funk. While in Europe you had the Euro Disco sound, plus the early experiments with electronic music, including Kraftwork and Cerrone. From these various sounds came the basic beat that DJs in Discos and parties were using for improvisation and Hip Hop was using to make break beats. But these DJs had to depend on the studios to produce the sounds from which they were making their beats, for the most part. One example of the earliest forms of synthesizer drums in rap was the break beat from Cerrone IV called "Look for Love". The only exception to this was Grandmaster Flash who released a tape called "Flash on the Beatbox" in 1981 where they were rapping over an improvised beat made in real time (and Afrika Baambata was part of some of these sessions). But beyond that they generally had no way to make these beats yet themselves and just depended on existing songs, such as that on "Rappers Delight" from Sugarhill Gang. So as the 70s moved into the 80s and more electronic music was being produced following the lead of kraftwerk and others, it was the studio engineer that was the one who would introduce this form of music into rap music album production. And thus Planet Rock was born and the 808 became a well known name among those beginning to experiment with electronic music production. And this led to the rise of house and techno in the late 80s and other various electronic instruments becoming integrated into the Hip Hop and rap repetoire for improvising music outside of a studio.

  • @MarcusVinicius-xz5to
    @MarcusVinicius-xz5to Před rokem

    Awesome lecture ! Listen to the original material on the tracks without edition is magic !

  • @MorbidManoeuvres
    @MorbidManoeuvres Před rokem +7

    its an insane masterpiece, who on the ''Planet'' herd it and never bopped there head !?? endless love to Kraftwerk and Arthur / Afrika Bambaataa for having this track exist !

    • @ungoyone
      @ungoyone Před rokem

      A lot of NY HipHoppers didn't appreciate it at the time due to the non-funk/disco sound. That electro sound was still new.
      And I found this out late in life. My entire life I figured everyone loved whatever Bam did but, nope.

  • @oscillationcommunications709

    This is Epic! Thanks for posting! Respect to Arthur,and the Bambaataa crew,and to Point Blank as well. It’s really great for this to be shared,our Electronica history is still very enthralling and ever evolving,and it’s a beautiful thing.✨⚡️✨

    • @pyenapple
      @pyenapple Před rokem

      Bambaataa is a child abuser.

  • @gsmusic2009
    @gsmusic2009 Před rokem +6

    They made Planet Patrols whole EP album in 24 hrs. From this! While trying to perfect Planet Rock!!!! just putting different melodies together experimenting and went back later and came up with Cheap Thrills, Play at your own risk, didn't know I loved you etc. I was a 11years old when Bay area Kid when Planet Rock came out. We were already Poppin, waving and strutting to Kraftwerk and other Funk stuff Like Parliament and Funkadelic. They took Funk, New Yorks Hip Hop Party style and Kraftwerk's structure and came up with the beginning of Electro Freestyle type Music. The 808 was the Nucleus of course

  • @Joncosta495
    @Joncosta495 Před 27 dny +1

    This song was my anthem to break dance back in 84 , i was 14 years old

  • @djkellykel3383
    @djkellykel3383 Před rokem +3

    The first time I heard this great track was at my Uncles wedding. I was eight years old and I’d never heard anything like it. The DJ played it all night I swear, and I make it a point to play it at my events all of the time. Great content and appreciate you posting this mini documentary.

  • @Arthur-hg7ny
    @Arthur-hg7ny Před rokem +1

    I like this guy, Arthur Baker. Great meeting

  • @Cheekykeefy2023
    @Cheekykeefy2023 Před rokem +3

    Thanks tho. Was amazing to hear a legend tell the amazing story of this amazing track.

  • @Simonewhitesim-1music
    @Simonewhitesim-1music Před rokem +13

    Beautiful History. I still own the original pressing on Vinyl Today. I was a huge Kraftwerk fan then this came out. I bought everything Arthur did. All this music is part of me. Getting me into production helped my drumming and keyboard playing. Years later playing live with a machine on stage as the drummer of Hiphoprisy then Meeting Kraftwerk in person. This has made my day. Thanks so much. #point Blank.

    • @voltron2407
      @voltron2407 Před rokem +2

      Numbers and Trans-Europe Express by Kraftwerk, these are the back bones for Planet Rock. John Rubie is the white alien on the edits for planet rock groove.

    • @j.maxell3030
      @j.maxell3030 Před rokem +1

      Kraftwerk (Numbers 1981) toma la electro EDM (NRG & Synthpop) de Giorgio⚡Moroder que data de 1977 y que se venía sofisticado a inicios de los 80s junto a la electro fluida de Tangerine Dreams, Jarre, Lasckman, Schulze, Vangelis, YMO, Martin W. & Ian C, Faltermeyer...etc.
      Solo por citar a Ryuichi Sakamoto ex YMO (2 Unit 1980), Logic System, Dan Lasckman (Telex) etc...Arthur B., John R, B. Jellybean toman estás bases electrónicas para el desarrollo de su Freestyle.
      El Dusseldorf Krautrock de Kraftwerk no tenia este perfil ni modelo electronico hasta que se influyó de los artistas citados.

    • @Einnor084
      @Einnor084 Před rokem +1

      Hiphoprisy?
      R u talkin Mike Franti?

    • @Simonewhitesim-1music
      @Simonewhitesim-1music Před rokem

      @@Einnor084 yes

  • @PeterParker-nc5ke
    @PeterParker-nc5ke Před 2 měsíci

    Loved this video!

  • @thegoatcatcher
    @thegoatcatcher Před rokem +2

    This inspired me to want to be a DJ. I grew up going to record stores, crate digging for records for hours. I stayed in school, got a job as a teenager, stayed out of trouble, and used my money to buy DJ equipment. 40 plus years later, I still have my Planet Rock record nd my DJ equipment.

  • @miami8089
    @miami8089 Před rokem +15

    This was awesome. In my opinion the instrumental “Rock at Your Own Risk” is the greatest produced melody of all time. It is absolute perfection. I wish the audience would have asked better questions. I also would have loved hearing what the concept was behind his song “Who You Stealin From” which is also one of my favorites. This man is an absolute genius

    • @amarstreetfunk
      @amarstreetfunk Před rokem

      Gru who you stealin from arthur baker and john robie production

    • @miami8089
      @miami8089 Před rokem

      @@amarstreetfunk Yes that is correct. They went by "Guru" for that song. i remember reading that that song was based on other artists that had stole from them. I'm guessing stole their style.

    • @jessmireles4022
      @jessmireles4022 Před rokem +2

      Thank you for naming that song from Guru. I’ve been trying to remember who the group was!

  • @rokkettscience
    @rokkettscience Před rokem +9

    Sounds like this group of guys haphazardly fumbled thru the equipment in the studio and literally made history. Hearing this song blasting as I walked into the auditorium. I was with my high school wanna-be dj group and Tony G and the KDAY Mix Masters was on stage. I knew I would be a DJ until the day I croked… to this day as I type, I still own a set of scratching decks and a battle mixer…

  • @yuufeternal5837
    @yuufeternal5837 Před rokem +9

    Why is no one asking how they layered the kick so perfectly with the Lazer zaps and bass? There was so much things going on sonically that was interesting that they didn't touch.....how about how they got the "rock rock planet rock don't stop" to sound vocoded so different than the intro with a delay machine....

    • @80srad
      @80srad Před rokem +1

      I know that is the obvious question that I would've done

    • @djpanikdonfuturo
      @djpanikdonfuturo Před rokem +2

      Bro i had to read the comments to see if anyone else was gonna mention the lazer zap sound...so u think thats what it is???? Just a lazer sound??? Or is it some kind of bent key or keyboard?? I wish i had that exact sound i would listen for days lol

  • @brooklyncarmelena5755
    @brooklyncarmelena5755 Před rokem +21

    This was a great interview. The only thing wrong with it was the audience who are most likely too young and stupid to realize who he really is. I, as someone who grew up in the 80's and is a dj would have had so many questions to ask. Funny thing is, today before I even knew this video was posted, I bought New Order "Confusion" on 12 inch single because I knew he worked on it, and wondered if it sounded anything like "I.O.U." by Freeez . when I played it, the song came back to me remembering back in 1983 when I was 12 years old hearing it on New York radio. It was great to realize it was a song I liked back then that I never was able to buy and now have it in my huge record collection. Thank you Mr. Baker for all the hits you had me go out and buy in my childhood!

    • @domorewithsage
      @domorewithsage Před rokem +2

      Exaclty, he explains early on how he got the sounds on Bam's vocal and then one of the first questions is 'How did you get the vocal sound?' its like WTF were you even listening! 😄

    • @brooklyncarmelena5755
      @brooklyncarmelena5755 Před rokem

      @@domorewithsage these are dummies. Millennials. It should have been an older crowd. These are people who don't know how to sew a button back on a shirt, or boil hot water.

    • @dirtyglovekennels616
      @dirtyglovekennels616 Před rokem

      I remember in 5th or 6th grade we used to talk about was I.O.U. the first house song.

    • @635mobile7
      @635mobile7 Před rokem +1

      Confusion was awesome and so technical when you listen close

    • @brooklyncarmelena5755
      @brooklyncarmelena5755 Před rokem

      @@635mobile7 confusion is a great track, but the vocals are awful. I was listening the other day. Sometimes off key and not recorded tight enough. The music is great though.

  • @michaelkhoo5846
    @michaelkhoo5846 Před rokem +1

    Very cool to hear and see how this is built up.

  • @edonarthur
    @edonarthur Před rokem +1

    Wow. We should do a show to share our memories on how it sounded to us in Ghana back in the day! 😅

  • @LMaxx5
    @LMaxx5 Před rokem +1

    Both were super special, but that Play At Your Own Risk was one the ONE! EX-SO-LENT production!

  • @followingfist6
    @followingfist6 Před rokem +1

    Daaaamn, I did not know AB produced this song. Looking for the perfect beat will never get old.

  • @Worldnewstime.
    @Worldnewstime. Před rokem +13

    Arthur baker and the musicians behind the project came right from another dimension and also the breakdance scène from the 80s.,because we don't experience such phenomena anymore in this time .🎹🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @defenderandoom7833
      @defenderandoom7833 Před rokem +1

      It was such an incredible time for music and dancing 😊

    • @defenderandoom7833
      @defenderandoom7833 Před rokem +3

      When I hear him playing keys from PLAY AT YOUR OWN RISK I think of BODY MUSIC by The STIKERS , which was a big waving and popping song .

  • @tntshuffle-9799
    @tntshuffle-9799 Před rokem +1

    I was a kid living in New Jersey at the time this came out. My fam was originally from Brooklyn, Ny and when this stuff came out, it was a total game changer in music. I remember thinking wow, this is amazing, Because everyone started dancing whenever this came in the house or it was blasted out of my uncle's oldsmobile cutlass supreme. I was young then but it was still good times. My man was a geniuos creator with this stuff and thats what I love the most about it..the creativity. It's almost like it forces you to go off on the dance floor. Throw in the amazing job the rappers did and it was an instant classic!

  • @mingwingming1999
    @mingwingming1999 Před rokem +6

    The audience seemed very quiet there were so many questions to ask this guy is a legend.. it’s like they couldn’t wait to get out the room..
    I love the fact they had the use of my dream machine a Fairlight yet no 808

    • @TeeTV22
      @TeeTV22 Před rokem +1

      Right! Worst audience EVER.... Pathetic

  • @ashfaq1999
    @ashfaq1999 Před rokem

    Brilliant video. Arthur baker is a music production legend.

  • @The808BassAddict
    @The808BassAddict Před rokem +2

    Imagine having those sounds tracked out like that. Amazing.

  • @CarlosRiveraDallasTexas853
    @CarlosRiveraDallasTexas853 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Im 50 years old, Hip Hop is the music of my choice since I know I exist, watching this it's so enjoyable,to Learn the roots of my favorite music and all the work that makes it what it is, i can wait to see what this masters are going to come up with next,I hope is something amazing as well, thank you for keeping me happy listening and dancing to my favorite music.

  • @admiralhipowa7158
    @admiralhipowa7158 Před rokem

    I’m in the U.K. & when Planet Rock came out it was a game changer, the first time I heard It had never heard anything like it before, I was hooked on the sound, here comes Electro, the soundtrack to my youth.
    At the time we had a DJ over here Greg Wilson, he fully embraced the sound & was criticised for playing electro as he was known for playing Funk, Soul & Jazz, Greg was our hero, I wasn’t old enough to go to clubs but we taped Greg’s mixes from the radio. Greg was so taken by electro he even managed a breakdance crew named Broken Glass.
    The amount of labels Arthur Bakers name was on was phenomenal.
    Just to mention back in the day a lot of tunes had remixes that included dub, a direct descendant from Jamaican versioning from King Tubbys, Scientist etc.

  • @keithr.4645
    @keithr.4645 Před rokem +3

    This song has one of the best beat drops of all time!

  • @R9DL
    @R9DL Před rokem

    Dam! this is genius, legendary & inspirational. Another underated producer - using limited tools but tons of creativity

  • @Leo-ws1id
    @Leo-ws1id Před rokem +2

    Kraftwerk tried to stop the recording
    . But by that time. ,THE WORLD HAD EMBRACED IT. ( it played everywhere) Hot Beats

  • @bwest6275
    @bwest6275 Před 4 dny

    Amazing. I grew up on Kraftwerk in the early 80's and when i heard Planet Rock when it first came out, was completely floored by it. Then fell in love with New Order and came to find Mr. Baker was the mastermind behind the scenes. Respect.

  • @cbrown940
    @cbrown940 Před rokem

    Excellent piece, thx thx! I first heard 'Planet Rock' in 1982 at a summer sports calmp when one of the best poppers in our state did a few moves to it that blew my mind. I had been poppin to anything on Sugar Hill ('Apache') before then, after that we hunted anything on Tommy Boy ('Pack Jam')

  • @4kvintagesports768
    @4kvintagesports768 Před rokem

    CLASSSSSICCCC!!!!!!!! THIS JOINT CHANED EVERYTHING

  • @user-tt2qn1cj1x
    @user-tt2qn1cj1x Před rokem +1

    Love Arthur Baker and other Electro tracks he produced.

  • @johnretama3402
    @johnretama3402 Před rokem

    Wow!!! This is phenomenal!!!

  • @MOSHAEMUSIC
    @MOSHAEMUSIC Před rokem

    Thank you for sharing this!

  • @SPAZZOID100
    @SPAZZOID100 Před rokem +3

    Arthur has had to tell this story 500 times over the years.

  • @seanrota3359
    @seanrota3359 Před rokem +1

    From the day I heard Planet Rock in the 80s I have continued to play this regularly in my car and when I'm at the gym. This track is epic and its impact on music at this time and beyond. From New Zealand

  • @def-supreme5409
    @def-supreme5409 Před rokem +1

    That's the most incredible HIP-HOP song, and there will never be one that can come even close........

  • @darrellwayne9974
    @darrellwayne9974 Před rokem +1

    Shout out to Arthur Baker! Still one of the Dopest tracks I've ever heard! 👊👍

  • @offworldnetwork
    @offworldnetwork Před rokem +3

    John Robie is soooooo fundamental to E L E C T R O

  • @NurfHerderEclipse
    @NurfHerderEclipse Před rokem

    This is awesome. Props PBMS

  • @yankees304
    @yankees304 Před rokem +4

    Arthur baker true legend! How can people sit there so calm? I’d be up popping n locking!

    • @trufnk
      @trufnk Před rokem +1

      My thoughts exactly, he deserves a better, more knowledgeable crowd.

    • @Einnor084
      @Einnor084 Před rokem +1

      & Rockin no stoppin!

  • @boomboompyrofireworks346

    1982 NYC Baker is a legend!

  • @dpalaoro
    @dpalaoro Před rokem

    Arthur Baker! Release the documentary already.
    We're waiting!

  • @shirkophobe
    @shirkophobe Před rokem +4

    Arthur Baker, the LEGEND! Crazy! How do you have a freaking FAIRLIGHT, but no drum machine? LOL

    • @maccagrabme
      @maccagrabme Před rokem

      Funny he should say Perfect beat is his favourite as I have always preferred it over Planet rock and Renegades. I still have all these classics on vinyl, unplayed since the 80s.

  • @ol2rap
    @ol2rap Před rokem

    I first heard it in another famous Dj record shop in NYC called Rock n Soul on 7th ave in Manhattan. I remember it was the same blew me away affect like the first time I heard Smells Like Teen Spirit. I remember I bought Planet Rock that same day rushed home to begin bustin out my poppin moves to it. LOL!!! From that day after it was getting played all over the radio especially 92KTU. The following week weekend Iwent the FunHouse and Jellybean hit us with Planet Rock. 40 years later it still affects me the same. It never gets tired. Thank you all for bringing this masterpiece of Hip Hop to this planet.

  • @rwnet1
    @rwnet1 Před rokem

    That right there, changed my whole outlook on music forever. Back then I was never one to look too deep into the other name's behind the production of a track. Was totally surprised to discover jellybeans involvement in play at your own risk. It fits though. These folks are legends . Still on my playlist , and always will be.

  • @jus1taj
    @jus1taj Před 6 měsíci

    Jesus, this guy has been behind some of the most iconic music. His influence changed the landscape of music in the united states and beyond. Every reference he made I opened another tab and listened to the songs and groups. What a legend. Thank you Mr. Baker. Thank you!

  • @kelseywarren7020
    @kelseywarren7020 Před rokem

    Beyond fascinating! Baker is the man!!! Shout out to Robie!

  • @trufnk
    @trufnk Před rokem

    Best Breaking song ever!. Would love to hear all isolated tracks! Just iconic.

  • @danteshydratshirt2360
    @danteshydratshirt2360 Před rokem +1

    watching after a random YT suggestion in August 2022...sounds cool so Im going give Planet Rock a try

  • @RyanMillsPresents
    @RyanMillsPresents Před rokem +1

    Treasure this song, but i was born in 85… never knew he was from Boston.. super inspiring, hope to work together. 💎

  • @ignacioromero5014
    @ignacioromero5014 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Changed the World, it did.

  • @hanshandkante5055
    @hanshandkante5055 Před rokem +3

    Arthur Baker: "We didn't have much technology back then" - shows pictures of a NEVE mixing desk and a FAIRLIGHT.
    Just to give you a perspective: a Fairlight at this time had a price of 40.000 - 100.000 dollars - depending on what options you would choose.
    40.000 USD in 1982 would be 122.000 USD today
    100.000 USD in 1982 would be 307.000 USD today if you count in the inflation adjustment.
    Also it is not true that the fairlight had a millionth of the sample rate of todays phones: the audio sample rate on modern phones is typically between 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz and a Fairlight had up to 24 kHz - so it was HALF the sampling rate we have today - not a millionth.
    At 24 kHz the Fairlight had only half a second sampling time but it still had 24 kHz.
    And the Neve mixing desk - i don't know what this mixing desk would cost today but one NEVE channel strip costs 2.800 € TODAY!
    So for 1982 this was basically rocket science and the most high end equipment you could have.

    • @Einnor084
      @Einnor084 Před rokem

      TRUE DAT!!!!
      Dudez, tryin 2 give da mpression, dat he rubbed 2 rickz 2gether & produced dis track. Fairlight aline, wuz cutting edge, back then!
      Jan Hammer used it 2 score da iconic MIAMI VICE trackz he did n da 80z.
      Totally awesum keyboard, 4 itz time.

  • @contact94
    @contact94 Před rokem

    Omg , years ago when Authur Baker had his Harlem Soul food restaurant I saw him waking down the road and ran up to him (so uncool but was compelled to ) and said thank you for Planet Rock, respect due , it was my jam an everyone’s jam , blessings

  • @MuzikJunky
    @MuzikJunky Před rokem +1

    Back in 1982, this is the number-one song that changed my life. At long last I had found my music! Peace.

  • @markcasarez447
    @markcasarez447 Před rokem +1

    Man I love this! I was 6 in 1982 My Dad and my uncle's played it for the first time, that's when I heard it. Respect to this man and appreciation. I've heard his name now I know who he is and what he contributed to Hip Hop. So dope. If you listen closely the reverb in that room sounds a lot like the effect used at the beginning of Planet Rock when Bam says "Party People". @ 22:16 when he says "boom, boom" you can hear it. So dope!

  • @f_stop
    @f_stop Před rokem +3

    A legend telling alegend. Love this.

  • @240walnut
    @240walnut Před rokem

    This I one of my favorite youtubes ever

  • @c.eso9045
    @c.eso9045 Před rokem

    planet rock is song that is forever engraved in my mind. one of my favorite songs!

  • @QuadDamage-tt7sj
    @QuadDamage-tt7sj Před 3 měsíci +1

    Legendary

  • @rahmediagroupinc
    @rahmediagroupinc Před rokem +2

    Beautiful Music 🎶.
    Great History Lesson on
    One of the Best Break Dance / Rap Songs of All Time.
    Salute 🙏

  • @marceloribeirosimoes8959

    I had the orange Tommy Boy label 12" and saw the first one with the classic light blue label - dub version, bonus beats, all that became a new currency...
    ...oh, BTW, I just had my first Kraftwerk song numbers a couple of months before Planet Rock came by...
    A really cool moment in music history for me and many others...

  • @TolgaKatas
    @TolgaKatas Před rokem

    Yes!!!! Amazing!

  • @MrWillem1970Hlem
    @MrWillem1970Hlem Před rokem

    This awesome track changed and sparked everything.

  • @MeMyHustleN-I
    @MeMyHustleN-I Před rokem +1

    I heard it first in 1982 10th grade Skate city in Queens, it was Brooklyn Tech night.