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Man Parrish (full name Manuel Joseph Parrish, born May 6, 1958) is considered to be one of the pioneers of the electronic music and electro 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 electro of the early 1980s. 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.

Biography

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 (electro) 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. He eventually signed with Elektra Records but was dropped from the label in 1984 when it decided not to release the album he had recorded for it.

When Parrish was first breaking, hip-hop was still dominated by African Americans and white performers were often considered interlopers. Whether because of this fact or his preference for theatricality, when Parrish appeared onstage he was often heavily made up and wore fanciful outfits that made it impossible to determine his ancestry at a glance. "Hip Hop, Bebop (Don't Stop)" was as much a hit with black audiences as white. At one memorable performance at Studio 54, in a pause in "Hip Hop, Be Bop," a young African American audience member close to the stage shouted out in amazement, "Holy s**t, Man Parrish is a white Boy!"

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, the label owned by Fatboy Slim.

Collaborations

Parrish has collaborated with

Discography

Selected releases

Remixes / Productions

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)

Notes and references

External links

• Official Site
• Man Parrish at the Internet Movie Database
• The Gay Roots of Hiphop