Let's create New Beat like we're back in the 80s
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- čas přidán 3. 07. 2024
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In the late 80s belgian clubs were the place to be. New Beat is the direct predecessor of rave, hardcore and euro dance. Lets take a look at the history of this genre and create a New Beat track like we're back in the 80s!
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:48 The sound of Belgium, New Beat history
3:59 Rock to the beat
6:54 The sound of A(lpha)
8:10 Los MS del 20
9:17 Lalal.ai sponsored section
10:22 I sit on acid
11:29 There is no future
13:13 The final track
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This is literally my favourite CZcams channel. No one else is revisiting the colourful history of dance music and I really feel that this is so important. I love your tutorials on creating these historic genres. Please keep going!!
Thanks a lot :)
Hear hear. I always look forward to Jonas's videos. They're always super informative and he's got such a relaxed and chilled presenting style. The end result of each video is a banger every single time.
The Gabber and happy hardcore ones are my favs
Thank you for using the influence of your channel to promote New Beat.
Hartelijk bedankt, merci 😉
A request: MORE EBM! Love the historical context of your videos.
Fantastic track by the way!
New beat never went away. You can hear it in the Goth clubs.
It also globally gained niche following after 2010 thanks to Soulwax FM.
This reminds me of all the Technodrome International tracks I used to play.
The voice reminds me of The Maxx's tune "Cocaine". Another New Beat classic of that time.
For the record, the classic "Rock To The Beat" is originally a Techno tune from Detroit made by the legendary Kevin Saunderson as Reese & Santonio.
Also a fun fact: it is believed that the trio Morton, Sherman & Belluci might have produced about 1/3 of all the New Beat records between 1987 and 1989.
The same Sherman who would later in the 90's create the famous Sherman analog filter... 🙂
Yes, it was actually a 'cover' indeed.
I did know about Sherman though.
A lot of interesting history for sure.
Speaking of Kevin Saunderson, I recall VHS footage of him performing as Inner City on one of major New Beat nights, besides top acts of the NB scene. "Rock To The Beat" was likely produced on his approval.
edit: found the link: czcams.com/video/5KPfjmJewg0/video.html
Great work! We had 2 of our songs released in Belgium in 1989 (originally released in 1984 on Parlophone/EMI) on Play it again Sam/LD Records. The 12" single was a double A side, A 8:15 To Nowhere and AA The Spaceship Is Over There, they were classed as New Beat. The single achieved chart success as high as number 2 in parts of Europe. The songs are on our CZcams Channel, come visit!
Very cool!
Classed as new wave and new beat ❤
I was 18 in 88, in the UK and remember this very well! Still have all the new beat vinyl that I purchased all those years ago! Happy memories. Just discovered your channel. Good work man - hugs from the UK!
Great track, love that driving bassline. It makes me think of Front 242’s classic track Headhunter.
I had no idea this genre existed, but I'm digging it. Reminds me of the dance floor industrial of early Front Line Assembly etc. The history section in these videos is really cool too. I'm just getting into electronic music so it's fascinating to hear the background. I've just moved to Belgium too, and I had no idea it was such a hub for electronic music.
I was in Belgium on an exchange program in the late 80s. Ahh, memories!
Happy Birthday!
That final track is awesome ! Great job and happy birthday Jonas
Thanks!
I woulda danced to this! Was just getting out of college in the New Beat and Hard Beat era in the US, and I loved it. Belgium had some great stuff back then, including Front 242 creating Electronic Body Music.
Well done, this track could be played in the clubs today, if I knew of s club playing this, I would go there, although, the door staff may not let me in as I'm almost 65 !!!
😁
I still remember when I first heard The Sound Of C, I was about 9 years old and I was so intrigued by it. This probably started my love for electronic dance music. Alongside The KLF 😊
Thanks ! I'm moving again like i was 18'y old on the Boccacio club ! haha ! ;o)))))))))))))))) . Hugs from a old belgium guy who still produce some EDM tracks for fun ^^
You are spot on my friend
Great time in music
New beat take 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
lol 😆 warm Leatherette the normal 👍
The New Beat compilations on Subway were great and quite popular in the UK. I remember picking up New Beat Take 5 in order to get 'Pump Up the Jam' on vinyl.
As a 41 year old flemmish belgian myself, I had a very similar experience when it comes to newbeat.
Though in '95 I heard jeff mills live in tokyo, and I was completely sold to that kind of techno for the years after.
Fun watch, and your track sounds really nice and I love the composition!
Welcome to the 4's. It ain't so bad.
Nice video. New Beat kind of predates me as well. I remember the sound but I was too young to really get into it. Fun watching you dissect and reconstruct it.
Now I understand where Gesaffelstein took his inspiration from.
Thanks for this video! I'm from Lille (France) and was a Confetti's fan back in the days (I even danced at "family parties" dressed like them 😀), which soon got me into techno and then EBM/industrial (I became a huge Front 242-fan). I still make the new beat-moves when I dance... in my house basement! It's part of my everyday exercising, haha!
I've also noticed many NB tracks had heavy usage of stock sounds of samplers and sample based synths of the era, predominately Emu Emulator II or Roland D50. This is why it sounds so grounded in 80s, and it was probably the main reason it well out of favor so quickly (oppositely to freshly arrived House and Techno from States).
This is the sound of C, the sound that creates a new dimension... I remember 😀
Fantastic work! New Beat is one of those long forgotten genres of music that played a piviotal role in what was to come.
The first Eurodance tracks were basically up beat new beat tracks with a rap lyric on top.
"Rock to the Beat", I still have that record. Your music, I would dance to it.
Great track
Fully unaware of this sub-genre of the 80s! It does seem fitting for Belgium in a way. I love the dark texture it has and as far as I can tell your track sounds really good! Thanks for the video!
The best things happen after 40 😎 great track! I love it, it’s on repeat for the rest of the day
Awesome, once again. Learned something new. In the very early 90s, in the midwest US, I classified this style under industrial/techno/ebm. Didn't know it was called New Beat. The first vinyl I purchased was Nitzer Ebb - Getting Closer - Mixes 1990. Started Djing with all the industrial tracks. Makes sense industrial/ebm evolved from earlier 80s genre song elements. So many elements overlap. Keep them coming, Thanks!
I had about a 100 new beat badges attached to my tshirt back in 88… all fun and games untill i fell one day on the playground … aauuuwch ! 😂😂😂
This sounds great !
Id love to see a video where you do some experimental IDM like The Future Sound Of London and their album Lifeform, or, agressive gabber like KnightVision or Nasenbluten !..
Damn, you nailed it again.
Did you know that, like wine, music genres get better with age?
Anyways... welcome to the 40+ club ;)
You definitely captured the sound of New Beat with your amazing track. I’ve been a huge fan of New Beat since my first introduction here in the U.S. back in the early 90’s after picking up the “This Is The New Beat” compilation CD from 1989 that re-introduced New Beat to the U.S. market. I published a video to my channel a couple of months ago showcasing my New Beat record/CD/cassette collection. I’ve added 6 more Mint condition New Beat 12” records since then that I bought directly from Praga Khan (aka Maurice Engelen) himself. Great video! Cheers!
80s from a different dimension
I was an 18 year old dj in England in 88/89 myself and my friends loved new beat and hard beat... mixed well with British, American and Dutch acid house and techno at raves 😍 Thanks for making this you nailed it
Huh. Could you give insight how would you mix 100 bpm with 140? To me it’s the most striking difference between ‘continental’ and uk sound. That and breakbeats (sped up). Also if you can point out some old school playlists from the era would be cool. Would like to deepen my knowledge of the scene from the source
No one was making 140bpm tracks in 1989. Almost all house music back then was in the lower end of 118-130bpm, so you could have sets that began with 110bpm stuff like The Maxx's "Cocaine", then worked through Mr Fingers (around 115bpm), and Marshall Jefferson, Todd Terry (123bpm) and Technotronic (125?). Things like Tyree's "Turn Up the Bass", which was a peak-time floorfiller, was considered "a bit fast" at around 126bpm. The faster stuff didn't arrive until bad drugs hit the scene in the '90s.
Leuke herinnering.
Ik had veel New Beat platen op maxi singel en de New Beat Take one, two, etc. Lp's.
This explains so many Amiga demoscene music tracks.😊
So good! :D I love late 80s/early 90s house, techno, etc. If you have the time I'd be interested in a video on arrangement, transitions, etc. I've been binge watching your videos and I don't think you've done one of those, but I haven't gotten to all of them, yet. Thanks for your videos.
Happy birthday then. You don't look that old. Your mindset, the fact you like what you do and you are sharing information keeps you strong and vibrant. Keep on going. This channel is an inspiration!
Thanks!
8:20 love that sound! final track is amazing!
Belgium was the place it came from, but Ibiza was the place to dance to it
Fantastic work! I live near Houston where the biggest clubs in the states were playing this type of music. I was too young for clubbing then but I loved hearing the live mixes on the radio and recording them. Definitely still my favorite music.
Omg I think I know for sure what I want to do with my life it’s Music!
That baseline was killer. In fact everything was just amazing.
Oh vous êtes belge ! I can understand why your channel was all I needed, as belgian my self!
Oh man… That Split Second track 🔥🔥🔥 Classic track !
I don't care really for the lore of the sound, but you simply NAIL IT in all musical genres. I feel so inspired by your channel.
Happy belated birthday! Here's to many more genre deconstructions!
Making new beat with a TR-8S, very nice definitely!!!!!
I loved the New Beat sound back in the day and I'd say you encapsulated the essence of the genre in your track very well.
ITALO OR SPACE DISCO NEXT! Thanks for the excellent content!
Teacher, you are a true master. I had no idea about new beats. I was influenced by the 80's and when I listened to Technotronics and Robert Miles - Children, and I was hooked myself. I love that you connected the dots. No worries about turning 40. I'm 2 years older than you. Wisdom gets better as you age. Keep up the great work.
Interestingly, Technotronic were Belgian too... one couldn't escape from Belgian music in late 80s - early 90s 🤪
Wow… top shelf New Beat track. Takes me back to the Barocci and Boccaccio clubs.
I Love the Kraftwerk style MS20 melody. Thanks so much! 💜
My pleasure. It was big time to dedicate a video to Belgium's very own dance music genre.
@@Estuera 👍🏻 Side note: The expression “big time” fits the era nicely! 🤓
Oh shit! That was awesome man well done! 🧄🥩
I tried to play the final track at 1.25x, the EBM becomes a very dark trance🤣
Jonas, Dude... You look 10 years younger! If it wasnt vor the small grey hairs... We would never notice. Great Video as alwways!
Your editing deserves more credit. The visuals/music videos you create for each of your tracks are amazing!
10:49 TB-303 enters the chatroom. Yeeesss.
Nu beat was a great genre and mostly forgotten, I’m pleased you’ve chosen it to focus on.
Dude I love it, I also only catched the tail of the New Beat hype but I love it (I love so many music from Belgium anyway). I think you did a great job!
Thanks so much for mentioning our service 💛 much appreciated!
This is dope bro. You should submit the track to the New Retro Wave channel 🤘🎹
It was only a few years after this that Belgian Techno emerged. The sound of Frank De Wulf, T99, Beltram, Outlander, Human Resource, Landlord and a whole load of Michiel Van Der Kuy projects. This should be your next video.
Frank De Wulf produced so many bangers, I feel like he should be lauded more
I got into Frank De Wulf when he did his "B-Sides" EPs, but I was thrilled when I discovered he'd actually made the earlier (1989) New Beat classic "Acid Rock" by Rhythm Device. I loved those dark but shouty Belgian tracks of the late '80s. Tragic Error was another band I liked at the time. Their videos on CZcams are hilarious.
That track you made is awesome mate. Coupled with the video. That should be released and out there. I enjoyed watching the video very much. Nice work, keep it up dude, I've subscribed
More stuff like this please.😊😊😊
CONFETTIIIIIISSSSSS 🤣 Good, so I killed the New Beat scene.. Just kidding.. the 'turn up the bass' casettes sold massively and the first 2 or 3 contained many new beat classics and got me hooked.. Humanoid, Taste of Sugar, Voices..
Fantastic track! At times the main synth melody reminds me of Kraftwerk’s Computer World album.
Alot of love and support from egypt 🇪🇬🔥✅
The dark themed video 👌🏻👌🏻😈
in late 80s this could well be played not just in clubs, but somewhere at Goa parties of the time...
just amazing
Amazing work!
I enjoy a lot watching you creating music!
That was awesome! Great track!!
Thanks for all you've shown us
Great tune, thanks!
GREAT!!!
Awesome! Finally get to know what New Beat is!
Story time - in the very early 90s I was in a music shop with some mates and a few of us were asking if they had any hardcore dance stuff and another mate was asking for New Beat. Can't remember what we bought but I never did hear what the hell New Beat was. Wasn't a massive problem to not know but now and then I wondered about it and it wasn't a genre many people ever mentioned. But now after this video I finally know! And it turns out I'd heard a fair bit of it and quite liked it back then.
Yessssss this is awesome
3:28 flashmob op de Teniersplaats!
such a good series!
Welcome back! It's always a pleasure watching your videos!
Fantastic track! The visuals aswell!
So good
Great work
This video was a blast!
Great Job👏👏👏🎼🎼🎼🔥🔥🔥
Nice one Jonas, keep it up!
This track was on point no doubt it is and would have been radio worthy and you would be known today. Excellent! Please consider doing a tutorial for New Beat.
i liked it the different sounds and fiffs you used . Amazing
Haha this is so ace. Great work ;)
absolute killer new beat track!!
This is great. I love new beat! 🙂
Mate thats awesome nailed it🔥
Nice one!! Best track so far 👍🏻
Stunning video and track! I think it’s a banger 😊
new upload, awesome!
happy late birthday! appreciate you and your videos a lot!
Another NIce Video :) I want to expect "Let's create "Progressive Trance" like we're back in 2004".
Happy 40th B-Day !!! :)
Could have been played for sure! Great stuff
Great video, interesting origins info and Boss track - takes me right back :)
One of my fave genre ,,!!
Thank you jonas