HERBIE HANCOCK — Future Shock (1983) RM | HDCD | Blu-spec CD | Three Version | FLAC (image+.tracks+.cue), lossless

Herbie Hancock completely overhauled his sound and conquered MTV with his most radical step forward since the sextet days. He brought in Bill Laswell of Material as producer, along with Grand Mixer D.ST on turntables -- and the immediate result was "Rockit," which makes quite a post-industrial metallic racket. Frankly, the whole record is an enigma; for all of its dehumanized, mechanized textures and rigid rhythms, it has a vitality and sense of humor that make it difficult to turn off. Moreover, Herbie can't help but inject a subversive funk element when he comps along to the techno beat -- and yes, some real, honest-to-goodness jazz licks on a grand piano show up in the middle of "Auto Drive." Richard S. Ginell
Tracklist :
1    Rockit 5:22 

Bass – Bill Laswell
Bata – Daniel Ponce
Drum Machine [DMX], Electronic Drums [Synare], Programmed By [Mini-Moog Programming] – Michael Beinhorn
Synthesizer [Fairlight CMI, Rhodes Chroma, Clavitar, Mini-Moog, Dr. Click Rhythm Controller, E-mu 4060 Digital Keyboard], Vocoder [Sennheiser] – Herbie Hancock
Turntables – Grandmixer D. ST.
2    Future Shock 8:02
Backing Vocals [Background Vocals] – Bernard Fowler
Bass – Bill Laswell
Clavinet, Synthesizer [Memory Moog] – Herbie Hancock
Drums, Bongos – Sly Dunbar
Guitar – Pete Cosey
Lead Vocals – Dwight Jackson Jr.
Synthesizer [Prophet-5, Pro I], Programmed By [Memory Moog Programming] – Michael Beinhorn
3    TFS 5:15
Bass – Bill Laswell
Drum Machine [DMX], Synthesizer [Prophet-5], Electronic Drums [Synare], Programmed By [Memory Moog Programming] – Michael Beinhorn
Piano, Synthesizer [Rhodes Chroma, Emulator, Dr. Click Rhythm Controller] – Herbie Hancock
4    Earth Beat 5:10
Bass – Bill Laswell
Bata – Daniel Ponce
Drum Machine [DMX], Electronic Drums [Synare], Programmed By [Memory Moog Programming] – Michael Beinhorn
Synthesizer [Fairlight CMI, Yamah GS-1, Yamaha CE-20, Dr Click Rhythm Controller] – Herbie Hancock
Turntables – Grandmixer D. ST.
5    Autodrive 6:25
Bass – Bill Laswell
Drum Machine [DMX], Electronic Drums [Synare], Electronics [Shortwave], Programmed By [Mini-Moog Programming] – Michael Beinhorn
Piano, Synthesizer [Rhodes Chroma, Mini-Moog, Yamaha GS-1] – Herbie Hancock
6    Rough 6:57
Backing Vocals [Background Vocals] – Bernard Fowler, Grandmixer D.ST., Nicky Skopelitis, Roger Trilling
Bass – Bill Laswell
Drums – Sly Dunbar
Lead Vocals [Lead Vocal] – Lamar Wright
Synthesizer [Fairlight CMI, AlphaSyntauri, Emulator] – Herbie Hancock
Synthesizer [Prophet-5] – Michael Beinhorn
Turntables, Voice – Grandmixer D.ST.