Linked to this thread: http://prince.org/msg/7/383209

I remembered an interview of Statik in the magazine called "Keyboards", it was late 1994, at that time Prince had that huge cover on US "Guitar World" magazine, JD800 was available on retail, a couple of Michael B. and Sonny T. AKAI S1000 CD were floating around...

Also,

"Space" deep blue vinyl was out, next to the CD version (with that flip flop hard paper cover).

Who was behind that soundscape like programming? Statik !

In his interview Statik was saying he was working on making beats / loop for Prince around the beautiful/gold era.

He would hand him some tapes / DAT, and Prince would say which one he likes and that would be the start of one song.

That’s all I remember, sorry I cannot find any scan or references, hope someone can make it surface?

I wonder how much Statik was involved in 94/95 Prince output?
According to the interview it was kind of a lot.

According to this page:

http://www.allmusic.com/artist/statik-mn0001741008/credits

He did 2 songs for Prince, the smashing hit "TMBGITW" and "Space".
Next to MJJ and Spice girls...

mwu said:

Linked to this thread: http://prince.org/msg/7/383209

I remembered an interview of Statik in the magazine called "Keyboards", it was late 1994, at that time Prince had that huge cover on US "Guitar World" magazine, JD800 was available on retail, a couple of Michael B. and Sonny T. AKAI S1000 CD were floating around...

Also,

"Space" deep blue vinyl was out, next to the CD version (with that flip flop hard paper cover).

Who was behind that soundscape like programming? Statik !

In his interview Statik was saying he was working on making beats / loop for Prince around the beautiful/gold era.

He would hand him some tapes / DAT, and Prince would say which one he likes and that would be the start of one song.

That’s all I remember, sorry I cannot find any scan or references, hope someone can make it surface?

I wonder how much Statik was involved in 94/95 Prince output?
According to the interview it was kind of a lot.

According to this page:

http://www.allmusic.com/artist/statik-mn0001741008/credits

He did 2 songs for Prince, the smashing hit "TMBGITW" and "Space".
Next to MJJ and Spice girls...

Ricky P was also instrumental to creating that sound. I believe he was quoted as saying that Prince would bring him a track that was little more than a demo and he'd rebuild it from the ground up.

Wonder what a Statik/Ricky P produced Prince album would sound like in 2012.....

Slightly off-topic: Statik (AKA Eric Anest) is a member of industrial band Collide.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w...%28band%29

Statik has mentioned Prince in a couple of interviews, and usually boasts of beating him at ping-pong.

Statik: I also worked with Prince for a period of about 3 years, on 3 different records, so there are plenty of stories to tell from that period.

TheHMD: What is he like to work with?

Statik: Prince was kind of grumpy. He was a great musician, but just not the most pleasant person to be around. Let's just say that he really didn't like that I beat him in ping-pong.

TheHMD: Prince is the consumate artist eh? Never satisfied with his art?

Statik: I suppose so. It's tough to say what goes on in his head. I suppose it is very purple in swirly in there though and sometimes a bit murky.

http://www.angelfire.com/...iew06.html

"I got to play - and beat - Prince in a game of ping pong while we were working in Paris," Statik reminisces. "He is actually pretty good, and was really trying to win, but I wasn't about to let him, and ended up beating him. I kind of think that that was the end of a good working relationship, and after that it all went downhill."

http://www.collide.net/in...tage.shtml

There's another interview in which he tells the story again, but I can't find it. It's basically his one and only Prince anecdote.

[Edited 7/3/12 8:43am]