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Pump up the Jam

Jo Bogaert aka "Thomas De Quincey" was the mind behind Technotronic, and he had a sort of mission: taking techno into the pop charts. He succeeded combining the techno sounds that came to Europe mostly from the Detroit scene of the late 80's with a pop/dance formula easily acceptable by the European club-goers and record buyers. With contributors like Manuela "Ya Kid K" Kamosi and Eric Martin aka MC Eric, and initially fronted by model Felly (who -incidentally- didn't sing one single word on the record, because she was just miming to Ya Kid K's voices) Technotronic topped the charts, and their hits "Get up (before the night is over", "Pump up the jam" and "This beat is Technotronic" were obsessively played by music channels and radio stations.  If you only know these, I'd advise you to try this album, because after the obvious hits and a couple of other similar numers, you might discover some uknown gem... one of these in "Come back", in which Bogaert demonstrates his ability in creating instrumentals (with a few vocal samples) that are equally melodic and danceable, and a bit different from the bunch of his hit singles, even if still bearing the trademark Technotronic beats and keyboard sounds. The fronts and vocalists kept changing, while Bogaert flooded the market with megamixes and remixes and later another album (but none of the follow-ups succeeded in repeating the triumphs of this one). Maybe, if you exclude some remix, the most interesting bits in the sequel were -er- mostly Bogaert's solo instrumentals.

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