Silicon Chip - Basil Kirchin - 1979 

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Same!

Same ☠️☠️☠️

Lmao just finished watching megan

Yup!

me toooo :)

Same, dude. Can't believe this song is as old as me.

@@philiphunn194 it is not, do more research and you will find out that it's a fake that meant to sound like it's from 1979. wow, people believe everything these days without questioning anything

it is lol

Actually, it sounds exactly like a product of its time. No 2022 production has these sounds and the warmth when it comes to the mix. Also, the instruments are completely consistent with the time of its production. Maybe grow some ears.

cinemusicberlin 🤓

@@cinemusicberlin Since this video is in digital format and compressed, so the audio is not going to be as warm as actually listening to it on vinyl.

@@cinemusicberlin Name me 70s songs that sounded like this, this was pretty radical for its time, it fits more in the late 80s or something, not the late 70s.

Elsie is a low-capable model though, its basically a mic connected to cloud computers, why did she not upload itself into the cloud in the first place, why bother with all those people if she had that ability in the first place? And how come she could control the security systems but was not able to control Bruce or what his name is? I guess no wifi access, or strong encryption system? So so many questions.

​@@forosasmrs7131 I guess you'll find out in M3GAN 2

I was just as shocked as you were, believe me.

The bass is the clue

I thank that the song was new and used disco beats as a kind of Revival of the genre

Nnno, it's a song from back then, you can tell by how it says 1979 😆

@@docthefaust4519 Yeah and the artist, Basil Kirchin, died in the early 2000's

Exactly!! :D

It's actually a little bit dull on this video, Hic. I played the guitar and synths on this track. The band was the Fairview studio (Hull) 'House Band': Bernie Dolman - bass, Dane Morrell - drums, and yours truly on keys and guitar. The singer is Gary Burroughs, who sang on many recordings with us. The composer of this track was Basil Kirchin. He was a big band drummer in the 40s and 50s, and a composer of film music. Silicon Chip was one of several recording we made with him when he was starting to write pop songs. He just gave us a piece of paper with a few chords jotted down on it, and we launched into it flying by the seat of our pants. We'd never heard the song before. There was no arrangement. We just made it up as we went along. Here's a link to the song posted by bass player, Bernie, from a 20 song CD that Basil gave him. It's got a bit more sparkle here. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vkxAvzkuXEQ.html

@@dannywood9804 Thank you for sharing, this is insane

@@MY-lo6cg ... Thank you, MY.

​@@dannywood9804 Do you by chance know anything about Basil Kirchin's interest in this type of music? Origins of this track? I mean he went all across the spectrum, but this type of dance track stands to me as an odd one out, though I haven't listened to everything in his discography yet. I get empowered by the timelessness of it...

@@MY-lo6cg ... Hello, MY... Basil didn't particularly have an interest in this type of music. He was a composer of 'big band' music and film music. When he was 53 years old, he thought he'd have a bash at something different... some 'songs'. With the assistance of his wife, Esther, who wrote most of the lyrics, he wrote half a dozen songs, one of which was 'Silicon Chip'. He didn't write a 'dance track'. It was us, the Fairview Studio Houseband, who gave it the four-on-the-floor disco rhythm. Berni (bass), Dane (drums) and yours truly (guitar and keys) were the studio musicians. We played for all the solo artists. We played ALL styles of music, and could come up with an arrangement on the spot. There were no instructions from Basil, he had no idea how modern music worked. He left it to us to make it sound wonderful. We didn't say, "Let's play Disco style"... we just started playing what we felt, and that's how it turned out. I put a few synths on it, and that was that. We did six songs on that session, all different. I don't think any of the other tracks were released. All we have are a few 40 year old cassette copies. Here's a link to one of my favourites from the session. All the synth sounds are my creations on the studio Yamaha CS80, THE state of the art synth at the time. And all the parts had to be played. There were no computers in those days. Lots of windy, swishy-swirly sounds on this, inspired by the line, 'Hiding in a rainbow, blowing pictures in the sky'. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-j_mS8Ps1-m8.html

I played on this track, Scott, and I can tell you, Basil WAS prophetic. Another song we did on the same 1979 session was '1999', where he predicted the future. One line in particular stands out for me: "Video eyes in obscure places". He was certainly right there. We've got cameras all over the place.

Right? Just when I thought I heard most of the stuff from then. How was this not a hit???

I’m pissed I didn’t find out about this song until now.

@@blacklivesorblackvotes2985 coz it did not exist before :) if I put 1923 in my youtube video would you believe it too?

And Basil was 52 when he created this 😮

It's more a factor of popular music having stagnated and degenerated the last couple of decades, nothing new under the sun, so the better music from the late 20th century will sound fresh and great.

I shazzamed it it last week and now checking it in and I literally went "No way it's from 1979"

It's not really that hard to believe when you realize that Star wars was just out 2 years prior and Robin Scott aka "M" aka "Msic out in that same year. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4575VVMpwzY.html

And here's the original 45 version of M Factor from '79. This was far superior to the previous version as there are more syntn's. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LVXI_fMX4ns.html

I played guitar and synths on this track, and I can tell you, it WAS a jam. We were just making it up as we played.

@@dannywood9804 that’s so sick man ! Wish I could’ve seen that live haha! Do you have any other song recommendations?

@@e.o3059 Not sure if this link is gonna work. This is 'Reflections', another one of Basil's songs from the same session in 1979. I rather like this one. Sadly, this audio is from a 40 year old cassette, so it doesn't sound its best. Basil played the Clavinet on this track, and Bernie (bass), Dane (Drums) and yours truly (guitar) just jammed along. I do a bit of my best James Brown 'Sex Machine' guitar on the outro. The synths were overdubbed, and the sounds were all created on a Yamaha CS80., They all had to be played (as they were on 'Silicin Chip'. There were no computers and sequencers back then.I had to play every note. Try this link. I hope it works. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-j_mS8Ps1-m8.html

That's a bold statement!

@@katyornok63 😉I stand by it!

Try shoe gaze genre

It sounds kind of disco-y to me (speaking as a big disco fan)

@@EmeritusIV616 nothing like shoe gaze whatsoever

This is considered space disco. Check out Mandre - Solar Flight or Makers - Don’t Challenge Me

this song reminds me of We Take Mystery To Bed by Gary Numan.

Basil Kirchin is no longer cool. You heard it here first folks. ;-)

I played on this track, WJ. Basil's dad, Ivor Kirchin, was a band leader, and he came to Hull to play at the newly opened Locarno Ballroom in 1961. He retired after several years playing there, and, by that time, he and his wife had settled in Hull. When they were getting on a bit, I think Basil came to Hull to be close to his mam and dad. And yes... cod WAS better back then.

@@dannywood9804 Wow, what a cool story. What did you play?

Hola, Manolo. El vídeo no hay por dónde cogerlo, pero la música es muy buena.