Arthur Baker NEW HARDBACK BOOK Looking For the Perfect BeatRemixing and Reshaping Hip-Hop, Rock and Rhythms

500-page Memoir of legendary American record producer and remixer, Arthur Baker.

Wicked new book from legendary producer Arthur Baker. Loads of great stories in here and wicked pix!

Anecdotes about working with the likes of New Order, Bruce Springsteen, Diana Ross, the Rolling Stones, Al Green, Pet Shop Boys, Quincy Jones, New Edition, Hall & Oates, Neneh Cherry, Mogwai, Fleetwood Mac and many others

Baker started DJing in the early-70s in his native Boston and released his first production in 1977. Moving to New York in the early 80s at the peak of disco, Arthur first heard Kraftwerk’s ‘Trans-Europe Express’ and was inspired to transpose that evocative melody with an electronic drum track, which eventually became Afrika Bambaataa and Planet Patrol’s iconic ‘Planet Rock’, the first electronic hip-hop tune, which had a monumental impact as electro-funk was born in NYC. As well as pioneering the ‘cut ‘n’ paste’ sampling technique, Baker also foresaw the coming dance music trends.