Man Parrish (album)
1982 self-titled debut studio album by Man Parrish
Man Parrish is a 1982 studio album by Man Parrish. It was released on the label Importe/12, a subsidiary of popular dance imprint label Sugarscoop. The album originally began development from various electronic experiments Man Parrish experimented with making soundscape electronic records which led to him making connections in his home of New York to record music for a pornographic film. The music in the film was later bootlegged and played in clubs leading him to connect with a studio who wanted him to record an album. The record went on to sell about 2 million copies worldwide.
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Background
Man Parrish grew up in Brooklyn New York, where he developed his musical foundation listening to funk music. At the same time, he was going to high school for the performing arts which would lead him to listening to opera one night and the next listening to groups like Kool & the Gang. Man Parrish became interested in electronic music through groups like Tonto's Expanding Head Band and experimental artists like Karlheinz Stockhausen. Man Parrish then went to a Radio Shack and purchased a synthesizer kit and began recording music, using tape recorders to make soundscape recordings.
At the age of 14, he left home and began spending time at New York's underground scene at clubs like Mudd Club and meeting people like Klaus Nomi.
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