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Although he produced only a handful of tracks of renown and disappeared into obscurity almost as quickly as he had emerged from it, Manny "Man" Parrish is nonetheless one of the most important and influential figures in American electronic dance music. Helping to lay the foundation of electro, hip-hop, freestyle, and techno, as well as the dozens of subgenres to splinter off from those, Parrish…
Known for
- The Nomi Song — Self2004
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1958-05-06
Discography
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- 73,575
- Total plays
- 313,065
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Although he produced only a handful of tracks of renown, Manny (Man) Parrish is nonetheless one of the most important and influential figures in American electronic dance music. Helping to lay the foundation of electro, hip-hop, freestyle, and techno, as well as the dozens of subgenres to splinter off from those, Parrish introduced the aesthetic of European electronic pop to the American club scene by combining the plugged-in disco-funk of Giorgio <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Man+Parrish">
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joseph
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Genre
- Hi-NRG
- Instrument
- keyboard instrument
- Record label
- Polydor
- Official website
- www.manparrish.com
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- name in native language
- Man Parrish
- date of birth
- 1958-05-06
- start of work period
- 1982-00-00
- birth name
- Manuel Joseph Parrish
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Article · Español
Man Parrish (de nombre completo Manuel Joseph Parrish, nacido el 6 de mayo de 1958) está considerado como uno de los pioneros de la música electrónica, especialmente del género electro. Junto a otros músicos como Kraftwerk, Art of Noise, Arthur Baker, Afrika Bambaataa, , y contribuyó a crear y definir el sonido del electro a comienzos de los años 1980 y su trabajo contribuyó a sentar las bases de otros géneros como el hip hop o el freestyle. Durante los años 1980 y 1990 fue un icono de la escena musical underground y está considerado como una de las figuras más importantes e influyentes de la música electrónica de baile estadounidense.
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