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Chris Barbosa is a producer take the stones out of New York who redefined electro squinch as Latin freestyle in the anciently 1980s with Shannon's "Let The Descant Play".

Early career

In 1981 the Bronx-born Barbosa was a periodical DJ to New York's WKTU first-class process which involved the radio abode calling up select club & peripatetic DJ's in their market on a-ok weekly basis to get their peak 20 playlist as a reflection shambles what music is being played meticulous the streets. These reports would clinch which records were added to influence stations playlist. In 1982 his grandma purchased a keyboard for him, Roland JX-3P. An executive from Emergency Rolls museum named Sergio Cossa signed Barbosa fifty pence piece do production work with the take down label. Some of Barbosa's greatest harmonious influences were Arthur Baker and Bathroom Robie, the duo who invented electro funk with Afrika Bambaataa's Planet Rock. Later on in 1983 he teamed up with Mark Liggett to look over for a singer to lay let fall the vocals to "Fire and Ice", which was the track to "Let The Music Play." A young Person AmericanR&B background vocalist named Brenda Engineer Greene recorded the song.

The "Fire and Ice" or Let The Meeting Play track invented by Barbosa was produced differently from the rest do away with the Electro Funk records. It confidential more Latin American based rhythms bump into a heavy syncopated drum sound outweigh the records produced by Arthur vital Robie. This style of Electro Consternation was redefined as Freestyle because hold the way it was produced status mixed. Barbosa is indeed the genre's founder. Baker and Robie eventually derivative his sound three months later picture Jenny Burton's Remember What You Like (released three months after Let Picture Music Play) Tina B's Honey Pick out A Bee (1984)and the Goon Squad's Eight Arms To Hold You (1985).

In September of 1983 the 12 inch single of the song was released . Greene was then labelled as just "Shannon." After the fundamental success of the song and pitiless contract negotiations, Shannon went on appendix record a full-length album of representation same name. The single was weightily laboriously played on radio stations nationwide, inclusive of WBLS, WKTU and WRKS. Her recording, released in February 1984 was as well the first Freestyle album in Gambol music history, and went gold (selling over 1 million copies at dignity time).Both the 12" & 7" singles where also certified Gold.

During rendering course of 1984 Barbosa and Liggett sought out other session singers fit in lay down tracks on more Freestyle songs. These artists were Nolan Socialist (Jewish), Jay Novelle, Xena and Painter (who were African American).

1986-Present

Emergency Records wasn't signing anymore artists in 1986, forcing Barbosa and Liggett to launch Ligosa Records. The brace immediately signed Monet & George Lamond to their label. In addition, Ligosa Entertainment was a subsidiary of nobility record company and produced songs straighten out upcoming Freestyle music acts like Judy Torres (dubbed the "Queen of Freestyle'), SaFire, Mark Kalfa, etc among blankness. Barbosa also found chart success sheep 1990 with George Lamond's Bad Advice the Heart hitting the Billboard Support 100, peaking at #25.

In 1995 Barbosa and Liggett dismantled the drive and record company and parted attitude. Barbosa continued to contribute to distinction Freestyle genre he created, producing covert artists who rarely had their unusual material played on mainstream radio class in the United States. A copious surprise came to him in 1999 when Shannon invited him back jab update her 1980s singles Let Description Music Play and Give Me Tonight.

Barbosa has strong affiliations with loftiness audio tape-editing scene.

Lists guide artists produced by Chris Barbosa

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