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August 16, 2004 11:41 AM

Rock and Roll Part 2Often associated with the glam rock likes of T-Rex, Gary Glitter, and Sweet, the 6/8 schaffel beat (German for shuffle) is now adding a teutonic swagger to minimal techno. DJ and blogger Philip Sherburne puts together this excellent mix (92megs).
posted by dydecker (14 comments total)

AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME. Thanks dydecker! And don't forget the awesome Schaffel comps out on the Kompakt label, the original home (as far as I know) of schaffel house.
posted by josh at 12:11 PM on August 16, 2004

I hope this guy has really really cheap hosting.
posted by bshort at 12:55 PM on August 16, 2004

Yeah, those Kompakt schaffel comps are outstanding. Also try Thomas Fehlmann's latest full length from last year (also on Kompakt) for some really wicked schaffel tracks.

The only problem I can see is that a lot of this stuff is going to be hard to find in the U.S., aside from the Kompakt and Mute releases- apparently EFA (the distributor for a lot of labels like Force) went under and many of these releases are hard to get a hold of.
posted by 40 Watt at 1:04 PM on August 16, 2004

Feh... what the world needs is more 5/4 and 11/8 techno.

And more cowbell.
posted by Foosnark at 2:08 PM on August 16, 2004

I feel like there must be a schaffel track with cowbell out there somewhere.
posted by josh at 2:35 PM on August 16, 2004

Whenever I hear Rock and Roll Part 2, I keep singing to myself,

Child Por - orn, Child Porn
Child Por - orn, Child Porn
Child Por - orn, Child Porn
Child Porn!

Poor Gary.
posted by Ayn Marx at 5:54 PM on August 16, 2004

It's good, but it's too much of the same...not enough peaks and valleys for me. (altho that Peggy Lee? part--I walk, you lead--is amazing)

When was that galloping beat first used in pop/rock? Was it only in the 70s?
posted by amberglow at 8:03 PM on August 16, 2004

but its not 6/8. its 4/4
posted by mary8nne at 9:29 PM on August 16, 2004

its strange the way its seen as such a revolution. its not. its just a swinging beat.
posted by mary8nne at 9:31 PM on August 16, 2004

Mary8nne - I think the time signature is actually 12/8. The KLF called it "The Glitter Beat" and their first hit ("Doctorin The Tardis" was made with it. Like you say, nothing new.
posted by skylar at 4:40 AM on August 17, 2004

Great mix, thanks for the link. Anybody looking for some more info on the style, I found this pretty decent article at Exclaim: Schaffel Beat Resuscitates Techno.
posted by Onanist at 6:45 AM on August 17, 2004

Mary8nne: It's a revolution 'cause in this climate when a new genre of electronic emerges it's pretty earth-shaking.
posted by abcde at 8:20 AM on August 17, 2004

I recall Moby saying that it was hard to find vintage blues to remix as most were in 6/8 time.

This could increase the available material.
posted by y2karl at 10:32 AM on August 17, 2004

Sherburne knows his techno-onions. His Needle Drops column has been a goldmine of cool shit for ages.
posted by inpHilltr8r at 11:32 AM on August 17, 2004