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The Dynamic Duo

Members: Tommy Musto, Tommy Sozzi

Tommy Musto and Tommy Sozzi were close friends from Brooklyn and began their musical careers, like so many others, as DJ’s before evolving into production.

Originally, members of Intermetro Record Pool, they were introduced to Carlos de Jesus, program director at radio station KTU and future member of The Buggers, who gave them a slot as one of the remix teams and also their name, Dynamic Duo.

The duo moved from mastermixes into production and began working on tracks for 25 West Records, where they released the classic, Knights Of The Turntables. The concept of hip hop and electro meets the days of old was an idea by Matt Noble. The track featured rapper Sha-Quan with legendary NYC techno and house DJ, Lenny D on the turntables and was produced by Matt together with his production partner, the late Kevin Calhoun.

Following the early hip hop releases, the duo are better known for their house and techno productions and even reprised the group name for dance releases on Nu Groove Records. Tommy Musto also founded dance label, Fourth Floor Records.

Please check out the following links for more in-depth information.

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Knights Of The Turntables

Label: 25 West Records
Year: 1985
Format: 12″
Origin: US

Side A

  1. Knights Of The Turntables (Club Mix) [6:17]
  2. Knights Of The Turntables (Beats Of The Knight I) [1:37]

Side B

  1. Knights Of The Turntables (Dub Of The Knight) [5:05]
  2. Knights Of The Turntables (Beats Of The Knight II) [3:45]
Side A
Side B

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]]> https://hiphopbebop.com/dynamic-duo-discography/feed/ 0 19th Fleet https://hiphopbebop.com/19th-fleet-discography/ Wed, 26 Jun 2019 10:15:29 +0000 https://hiphopbebop.com/?page_id=8451 19th Fleet Members: Kevin Calhoun, Matt Noble 19th Fleet was the production duo of Kevin Calhoun (R.I.P.) and Matt Noble

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19th Fleet

Members: Kevin Calhoun, Matt Noble

19th Fleet was the production duo of Kevin Calhoun (R.I.P.) and Matt Noble and this track was a result of their experimentation with sampling, synthesizers and drum machines.

The duo worked on a lot of hits of the time, helping to birth the Latin freestyle sound with tracks like Leather & Lace’s Tender Heart with Matt being the in-house producer for 25 West and all related labels. They helped produce classics such as Dynamic Duo’s Knights of the Turntables, Sha-Quan Don’t Fess, B Beat Girls For The Same Man, etc.

I’m not really clued-up on the technical side of things or on the old equipment but for those of you that are, here are a few details of how the track was made, courtesy of Matt.

I am doing all of the Low Pitched Speech things and Kevin is doing the High ones.
Both were sampled and pitch shifted, using an Ensoniq Mirage Sampler.
 

The music was sequenced using a Roland MSQ-700 Sequencer and the synths that we used were the Ensoniq,Casio CZ 101 and Roland Juno 106.

I think we programmed with a Yamaha RX-15 Drum Machine and triggered 808 Samples in the Ensoniq.
The”Dive Bomb” sounds were done by Kevin using the whammy bar on his Stratocaster.
It was recorded to a Scully16 Track 2″ analog tape machine and mixed down through a Trident 65 Console to a 1/4″ Revox Tape Machine.
I think we did it in about 3 hours.

Matt has been involved in the production and engineering for artists as varied as Donny Osmond, Procol Harum, Jennifer Rush & Rihanna. For the hip hop heads out there he was also one of the engineers on the classic Akinyele album Vagina Diner.

Kevin was the engineer for Nocera’s “Summertime Summertime” which was one of the big Latin freestyle hits that managed to cross the pond to the UK and for the hip hop heads, he played the guitar riff on the dirty dub mix of the Mantronix hit “Join Me Please”.

The duo also appeared on Paul Shaffer’s 1989 release ‘When The Radio Is On’ and actually wrote all the lyrics for Ecstasy (Whodini) and Will Smith.

A huge thank you to Matt for talking to me about this release and providing some valuable information regarding its creation.

Matt Noble producer, half of 19th Fleet
Matt Noble
The late Kevin Calhoun, half of 19th Fleet
Kevin Calhoun

Star Raid

Label: Midnight Sun Records
Year: 1985
Format: 12″
Origin: US

Side A

  1. Star Raid (Club Version) [6:30]

Side B

  1. Star Raid (Dub Version) [5:36]
  2. Star Raid (Radio Version) [3:30]
Side A
Side B

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