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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.".
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RockitMichael Beinhorn, Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell | Herbie Hancock | Play | 05:28 | 12 MB | 40 MB |
| 2 | Future ShockCurtis Mayfield | Herbie Hancock | Play | 08:05 | 18 MB | 59 MB |
| 3 | TFSMichael Beinhorn, Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell | Herbie Hancock | Play | 05:47 | 13 MB | 40 MB |
| 4 | Earth BeatMichael Beinhorn, Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell | Herbie Hancock | Play | 05:13 | 11 MB | 35 MB |
| 5 | AutodriveMichael Beinhorn, Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell | Herbie Hancock | Play | 06:27 | 14 MB | 43 MB |
| 6 | RoughMichael Beinhorn, Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell | Herbie Hancock | Play | 06:58 | 15 MB | 48 MB |
| 7 | RockitMichael Beinhorn, Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell | Herbie Hancock | Play | 05:28 | 12 MB | 40 MB |
| 8 | Rockit (Mega Mix) | Herbie Hancock | Play | 06:18 | 14 MB | 45 MB |
| 49 mins | 113 MB | |||||
| 49 mins | 353 MB | |||||
Note: You are able to listen to 30-second samples for preview purpose.
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Willie Alexander | Synthesizer |
| 2 | Michael Beinhorn | Composer, Dmx, Drums, Electronic Drums, Guest Artist, Keyboards, Memory Moog, Mini Moog, Programming, Prophet 5, Shortwave Radio, Synthesizer |
| 3 | Bob Belden | Interviewer, Reissue Producer |
| 4 | Bryan Bell | Engineer |
| 5 | Steven Berkowitz | A&R |
| 6 | Martin Bisi | Engineer |
| 7 | Pete Cosey | Guest Artist, Guitar |
| 8 | Aïyb Dieng | Bells, Drums |
| 9 | DJ Chroma | Moog Synthesizer |
| 10 | Hamid Drake | Cymbals |
| 11 | Sly Dunbar | Bongos, Drums, Guest Artist, Percussion |
| 12 | Anton Fier | Drums |
| 13 | Bernard Fowler | Guest Artist, Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 14 | Howard Fritzson | Art Direction |
| 15 | Grand Mixer D-ST | Guest Artist |
| 16 | Grandmixer D.ST | Remix Producer, Turntables, Vocals, Vocals (Background), Voices |
| 17 | Herbie Hancock | Clavichord, Clavinet, Composer, Computers, DX-7, Emulator, Fairlight CMI, Fender Rhodes, Keyboards, Mini Moog, Original Recording Producer, Piano, Primary Artist, Producer, Rhythm Machine, Sound Effects, Synthesizer, Vocals, Vocoder |
| 18 | Dwight Jackson, Jr. | Guest Artist, Vocals |
| 19 | John Jackson | Production Assistant |
| 20 | Dave Jerden | Engineer, Mixing |
| 21 | Henry Kaiser | Guitar |
| 22 | Ari Kast | Packaging Manager |
| 23 | Toshinori Kondo | Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part |
| 24 | Mike Krowiak | Assistant, Engineer |
| 25 | Bill Laswell | Bass, Bass (Electric), Composer, Guest Artist, Producer |
| 26 | Randall Martin | Design |
| 27 | Material | Original Recording Producer, Producer |
| 28 | Patti Matheny | Artist Coordination |
| 29 | Curtis Mayfield | Composer |
| 30 | Tony Meilandt | Associate Producer |
| 31 | Daniel Ponce | Bata, Guest Artist, Percussion |
| 32 | Seth Rothstein | Project Director |
| 33 | Darren Salmieri | Artist Coordination |
| 34 | Wayne Shorter | Lyre |
| 35 | Nicky Skopelitis | Guitar, Vocals (Background) |
| 36 | Rob Stevens | Synthesizer |
| 37 | Foday Musa Suso | Synthesizer |
| 38 | Geoffrey Hargrave Thomas | Photography |
| 39 | Roger Trilling | Vocals (Background) |
| 40 | Howie Weinberg | Mastering |
| 41 | Mark Wilder | Digital Remastering |
| 42 | Billy Youdelman | Engineer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |