Herbie Hancock - Future Shock (1983)

Front Cover	Album Info
	Artist/Composer Herbie Hancock Title Future Shock Length 44:28 Discs: 1 Tracks: 7 Format HQ 192+ kbps Packaging Jewel Case Label Columbia Cat. Number 65962 Style Fusion; Jazz-Funk Rating N/A Recorded 1983

Musicians

Credits

Herbie Hancock piano, synth., various Daniel Ponce percussion Foday Musa Suso synthesizers Henry Kaiser guitar Bill Laswell bass Wayne Shorter lyre Toshinori Kondo rap Steven Berkowitz A$R Michael Beinhorn synth, el.drum Pete Cosey guitar Aiyb Dieng drums Hamid Drake cymbals Sly Dunbar percussion Anton Fier drums Bernard Fowler vocals Grandmixer D.ST vocals Nicky Skopelitis guitar, vocals Rob Stevens synthesizers Roger Trilling vocals Dwight Jackson, Jr. vocals Rhodes Chroma moog Willie Alexander synthesizers

Producer Herbie Hancock Producer Bill Laswell Producer Bob Belden Producer Material Engineer Martin Bisi Engineer Bryan Bell Engineer Dave Jerden Engineer Mike Krowiak Mastering Howie Weinberg Engineer Billy Youdelman

Track list

01 Rockit (Beinhorn/Hancock/Laswell) 05:30 02 Future Shock (Mayfield) 08:07 03 T. F. S. (Beinhorn/Hancock/Laswell) 05:49 04 Earthbeat (Beinhorn/Hancock/Laswell) 05:15 05 Autodrive (Beinhorn/Hancock/Laswell) 06:29 06 Rough (Beinhorn/Hancock/Laswell) 07:00 07 Rockit [Mega Mix] (Beinhorn/Hancock/Jackson/Laswell/Mason/Maupin/Mayfield) 06:18

Notes

AMG Review (3): 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