Technotronic Pump Up The Jam Album
The initial album cover and early promotional videos featured a model named felly who lip synched vocals performed by belgian emcee ya kid k when this was discovered further videos featured ya kid k instead.
Technotronic pump up the jam album. An absolute classic and role model for the entire dance scene of the 90s and beyond. A classic dance album the originally peaked at number 2 in the album charts in 1990 and stayed on the chart for over 40 weeks. Listen to pump up the jam on spotify. The album must be taken for what it is unapologetically dance oriented party music pure and simple.
An absolute classic and role model for the entire dance scene of the 90s and beyond. Beginning with the distinctive synth sounds and the springy bass rhythm section with its hi hats snares and claps up to the voice of ya kid k. The album in north america is the debut studio album by belgian dance act technotronic it was released on 28 november 1989. Thomas de quincey in 1988.
Music video by technotronic performing pump up the jam. Pump up the jam is the opening track on belgian act technotronic s album pump up the jam. Technotronic is a studio based house music project from belgium formed by jo bogaert a k a. Pump up the jam.
An image for the act was put together utilizing zairian born fashion model felly allegedly without her permission as its. It was a very special symbiosis culminating resulted in this song. Belgium s technotronic never set out to conquer public enemy or ice t s sociopolitical turf and strives to be nothing. The song was later certified triple platinum.
From the first 2 tracks pump up the jam get up to move this that was never a hit the beat is technotronic and rocking over the beat several of the unreleased tracks could have been hits in their own right. Pump up the jam. Technotronic had their own style. Technotronic had their own style.
Pump up the jam. Together with ya kid k born manuela kamosi 1973 zaire he produced the hit single pump up the jam which was originally intended as an instrumental. Hip house a blend of rap and house music had one of its greatest commercial successes in technotronic which brought a euro disco element to the style. Released as a single it was a worldwide hit reaching number two in the united kingdom in 1989 and in the american billboard hot 100 in early 1990.
Technotronic album 1989 12 songs.