Man Parrish

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Man Parrish
Background information
Birth name	Manuel Joseph Parrish
Born	May 6, 1958 (1958-05-06) (age 50)
Genre(s)	Electro, disco, old school hip hop
Occupation(s)	Musician, record producer
Instrument(s)	Keyboards
Years active	1982 - 1998
Label(s)	Polydor Hot Productions

Man Parrish (full name Manuel Joseph Parrish, born May 6, 1958) is considered to be one of the pioneers of the Electronic Music and Hip Hop genres. He, along with artists such as Kraftwerk, Art of Noise, Arthur Baker, Afrika Bambaataa, John Robie, Jellybean Benitez and Aldo Marin helped create and define the sound of B-Boy Hip Hop of the early 80’s. He became an underground music scene icon in the 1980s and 1990s and is one of the most important and influential figures in American electronic dance music.

A native New Yorker, Parrish was a member of the extended family that converged nightly at Studio 54. His nickname, Man, first appeared in Andy Warhol's Interview magazine, and his early live shows at Bronx hip-hop clubs were spectacles of lights, glitter, and pyrotechnics that drew as much from the Warhol mystique as from the Cold Crush Brothers.^[1] The form of early Hip Hop music that he pioneered dominated the post Disco pre House Music club scene in the early eighties and was very instrumental in the structure of subsequent genres of House Music and Techno Music.

His premier release was Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don’t Stop), released in 1983 and is considered a classic in the genre of Electronic Music.

According to The New York Times, as a gay white man who was one of the founders of hip-hop, Man Parrish defies several stereotypes set forward by hip-hop culture today.^[2]

He currently lives in New York City and is managed by X-Rated Management in the UK. He is also now signed to Pink Biscuit Records and is set to release tracks on that label and then via Southern Fried Records, which is the label owned by Fatboy Slim.

Contents 1 Collaborations 2 Discography 2.1 Releases 2.2 Remixes / Productions 2.3 Appearances / Compilations 3 Notes and references 4 External links

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Parrish has collaborated with:

[edit] Discography

[edit] Releases

[edit] Remixes / Productions

[edit] Appearances / Compilations

• Hip Hop Be Bop (Don't Stop) on DJ-Kicks, CD (Studio !K7)
• Boogie Down Bronx on MASK 500, 12" (SKAM)
• Manmade on Mixed Up In The Hague Vol. 1, CD (Panama)
• Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don't Stop) on Street Sounds Electro Crucial, LP (Street Sounds)
• Motorbike on Window Shopping In The Mirror, 12" (Throbdisk)
• Smooth on Freddy Fresh Presents AbstractFunkTheory, 3x12" (Obsessive)
• Boogie Down Bronx on Viva Hacienda - Fifteen Years Of Hacienda Nights, 3xCD (Deconstruction)
• Smooth on Freddy Fresh Presents: AbstractFunkTheory Sampler, 12" (Obsessive)
• Hip Hop Be-Bop on The Perfect Beats Volume 2, CD (Timber! Records)
• Hip Hop Be Bop (Don't Stop) on Deep Beats - Essential Electro Dancefloor Classics 1, CD (Castle Communications)
• Boogie Down (Bronx) on Deep Beats - Essential Electro Dancefloor Classics 1, CD (Castle Communications)
• Male Stripper (U.S. Original Mix) on Male Stripper, 12" (Ariola)
• Male Stripper (UK Love Mix) on Male Stripper, 12" (Ariola)
• Boogie Down Bronx on Urban Theory Presents Electro Science Mixed By The Freestylers, 2xCD (Urban Theory)
• Hard Hop Reebop on Increase The Beats Volume 1, CD (Thrive Records)
• Hip Hop Be Bop (Don't Stop) on Street Sounds, New York vs L.A. Beats, LP (Street Sounds)
• Heatstroke on Kranke Musique Ist Schn, LP (Kranke Musique)
• Smooth on Abstract Funk Theory, CD (Obsessive)
• In The Bottle on Abstract Funk Theory, CD (Obsessive)
• Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don't Stop) (Original 12" Mix) on Classic Electro - Definitive Electro Mastercuts Volume 1, CD (Mastercuts)
• After The Fall on Simple Man, LP (RCA)
• Icurok on Simple Man, LP (RCA)
• Rubberband Lazer on Simple Man, LP (RCA)
• Ding Dong on Simple Man, LP (RCA)
• Simple Man on Simple Man, LP (RCA)
• Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don't Stop) (Original 12" Mix) on Classic Electro - Definitive Electro Mastercuts Volume 1, 2x12" (Mastercuts)
• Hip Hop Be Bop (Don't Stop) on Essential Electro, 9x12" (Street Sounds)
• Hip Hop Be Bop on Best Of Electro Volume 1, CD (Street Sounds)
• Boogie Down Bronx on Can't You See / Boogie Down Bronx, 7" (Howlin' Records)
• Doin' It (Hot Single Mix) on Doin' It, 12" (Dice Records)
• Hip Hop Be Bob (Don't Stop) / Sucker DJ (Suckapella) on The Wild Bunch, CD (Strut)
• Man Made on Kranke Musique Ist Schn, LP (Kranke Musique)
• Try My Love (Club Mix) on Try My Love, 12" (Recca Records)
• Hip Hop Be-Bop on The Perfect Beats Volume 2, 3x12" (Timber! Records)
• Hip Hop, Be Bop on Hot Disco Takes 2, 12" (Rams Horn Records)
• Le Freak (Extended Version) on Le Freak / Try, 12" (QMI Records)
• Boogie Down (Bronx) on Boogie Down / Destiny, 12" (Unidisc)
• Boogie Down (Dub) on Boogie Down / Destiny, 12" (Unidisc)
• Do Ya Wanna Funk on Do Ya Wanna Funk, 12" (Recca Records)
• Do Ya Wanna Dub on Do Ya Wanna Funk, 12" (Recca Records)
• Radio Funk on Do Ya Wanna Funk, 12" (Recca Records)
• I Need A Man (New York Remix) on N.Y.E.P, 12" (Recca Records)
• The Lonliest Man In The World on N.Y.E.P, 12" (Recca Records)
• Love Me Like A Locomotive (Man-Hattan Express Mix) on N.Y.E.P, 12" (Recca Records)
• I Need A Man (Original Mix) on N.Y.E.P, 12" (Recca Records)
• Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don't Stop) on 80's Dance Party: Volume One, CD (SPG Music Productions Ltd.)
• Hip Hop Be Bop on Best Of Electro Volume 1, 2x12" (Street Sounds)
• Hard Hop Re Bop (Hard Hop Mix) on SoundShock Vol. 1, The Funky Breaks Edition, CD (StreetBeat Records)
• Male Stripper (Out Of The Ordinary Techno Mix) on Male Stripper / Action!, 12" (ZYX)
• Action! (Dance Floor Action!) on Male Stripper / Action!, 12" (ZYX)
• Energy Is Eurobeat (UK Mix) on Energy Is Eurobeat, 12" (Bolts Records)
• I Need A Man on Energy Is Eurobeat, 12" (Bolts Records)
• Male Stripper (On The House Mix) on Energy Is Eurobeat, 12" (Bolts Records)

[edit] Notes and references

[edit] External links

• Official Site
• Man Parrish at the Internet Movie Database