Absolute legend and unsung hero! Burzootie mix of LL's 'I Need A Beat' is totally original & amazing, 'Drum Machine' (orig and Def Jam version) still sounds like it's from the future!

Maurice Hunt

4y↑3

Big up to the man Like Steve,Always representing,Always entertaining,And always On top respect my brother keep on doing what you’re doing and shine your light on us My brother.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

ETC834

38w↑1

He's a legend who made one of the best underground electro tracks called "Drum Machine"

trance master

2y↑2

He's a legend with the euphoria compilations 👌

Lee Lawrence

3y↑1

Shame the sound was suffering from a poor connection, it got better, but was a struggle at times, wish you had cancelled and tried to re-schedule!
Me and a friend used his studio in Blackfriars in the mid 90's, was shocked when I mentioned his record Drum Machine and he turned around and pulled out the actual artwork for the label, was amazing to see, wish I had a camera phone back then, he told me some stories about working on Planet Rock and Perfect Beat, which I totally forgot with my bad memory lol

Allcity TaxiTalk Show

Iknow lee was crap connection but i will do one in the cab get a better sound mad history

the low

thanks very much for this interview. great to have Jay Burnett provide info that's not easy to access elsewhere. "Drum Machine" (original) is one of my favourite electro 12's of the era. who played the keys on that?

forecast hinderer

Weirdly, in ‘86 I bought the Televisions Greatest Hits mix that Jay did, Jane, Get Me Off This Crazy Thing, just because I liked it (the TV tunes used weren’t relevant being from the UK), and then several years later I bought all the early Def Jam releases, partly for the sound Jay brought to them, not realising the connection until perhaps the arrival of the internet in the 00’s.