They were well know producers in the late eighties. If I am not mistaken, they were responsible for producing En Vogue's debut album. They were also members of the group Timex Social Club or was it Club Nouveau??? I always get those two groups mixed up.
[Edited 7/29/06 16:48pm]

They were part of Club Nouvea.
(created from the ashes of Timex Social Club)

No clue what they're up to now.


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

PurpleCharm said:

I remember them. They also produced that hit for Michael Cooper from Confunkshon "What Must I Do?" The only time you hear from them nowadays is if En Vogue releases a new album.

The dynamic production team of Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy enjoyed an incredible run throughout the mid-80s as members of Club Nouveau (which hinted at new jack rhythms in their heyday), and later on, obtaining superstardom with En Vogue. To a lesser degree, the duo also lent a hand with much of Toni Tony Tone's early recordings as well as Michael Cooper. In between their production duties, the duo managed to record their lone album in late '89. Although it stalled on the charts, the album manufactured a minor new jack hit with "Dr. Soul" (featuring an abrasive rap by M.C. Lyte).



After that unsuccessful effort, the duo would continue mammoth success with En Vogue and launch an unsuccessful label effort, dubbing their clan "Fmob" in '93.



By early '94, En Vogue was headed for hiatus and Foster/McElroy went quiet for a spell. By '96, the duo would produce for the Great White Hype Soundtrack and re-unite with En Vogue for their third release, EV3.

Bio submitted to Njs4ever by the New Jack Guru.
http://www.njs4ever.com/foster.html




L*A*M*P Hosts "Top Producers Reveal All" 2004
By Lauri Shaw, MusicDish Reporter
Photos by Jim Steinfeldt

On Saturday, August 11, Los Angeles Music Productions hosted an event at the Bungalow Club titled "Top Producers Reveal All". The assembled panel of producers featured an impressive list of guest speakers, all with major credits in the music industry. They were there mainly to demystify the word "producer" to would-be artists, songwriters, arrangers and otherwise interested parties who sat in the audience.

After Leslie Waller, L*A*M*P's creator and CEO, gave her keynote address, Bernard Baur interviewed Nathaniel Kunkel for the audience. The interview was absolutely electric. Bernard is the Review Editor, Feature Writer and A&R columnist at Music Connection Magazine. His twenty-year background in the music business includes his work as an attorney and an A&R executive before becoming a journalist. Nathaniel Kunkel is a producer, an engineer and a technological innovator - he is also the creator of Studio Without Walls, a portable studio environment that includes clients as diverse as Barbra Streisand, Sting, and Insane Clown Posse (thus proving that what he has created crosses not just physical barriers, but also musical ones). The themes of this interview seemed to lead back to one simple observation made by Kunkel: "If you want to be truly successful, you must follow your heart. Otherwise, your success won't be repeatable. We're seeing plenty of evidence of this in the music industry right now."

Kunkel answered a lot of technical questions, but kept reminding the audience to continually be creative and to try new methods of their own - even methods of listening. "What is a good song and what is a produced song?" he asked rhetorically. "Over the course of their lives, people buy real music."



Next up was Denzil Foster (shown left pictured with Keith Cohen), a producer / songwriter and arranger who is known mainly for his work with female vocal acts such as En Vogue, Club Nouveau and Madonna. Foster's work has led him to help artists develop their careers, and he is looked upon as something of an expert in vocal mixing techniques. After a brief introduction and synopsis of his career, Foster played some examples of his work and deconstructed both the songwriting and the recording procedures for the audience. He cited his role as a producer by saying, "It's give and take with an artist. I allow the artist to do what they need to do, but at the end of the day I have to say something, because my job is to make the song commercially viable."

Asked his advice on how to bring forth an artist's best vocal performance, Foster replied, "I tell the artist to act like they are living the part, so that I can close my eyes and hear the emotion."

Foster/McElroy produced En Vogue's first, second, and fourth albums.

Thanks 100 MPH.

I remember the song Dr. Soul. The video was a spoof of The Godfather movie.

PurpleCharm said:

You're welcome PurpleCharm .
Thanx for your tip 2 .

http://youtube.com/watch?...%20mcelroy

I tried to youtube it , but found their theme-song for " Haning With Mr. Cooper " .
That's funny , cause i thought while finding that link that it had to do with Michael Cooper from Con Funk Shun , who they produced .
The tv-com was never showed in my country .
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They both died of boredom after realizing that all En Vogue's albums and other acts they produced had the same beats. Oops, did I say that out loud?

menace said:

Fa real ?
Where's the source

100MPH said:

It was supposed to be a joke. Perhaps the lameness confused you...

AlexdeParis said:

AlexdeParis said:

Aww come on now. Why so harsh? You know it's the truth.

Also remember these guys produced the tonies first album Who?
Remember Little Walter,born not to know(stank) ,
for the love of you, and baby doll(wack)
I remember them producing a track for a artist named theresa called
Last time and alexander o'neal song called midnight run on the all true
man album. I think some folk mentioned that they produced for michael cooper but
it was actually their former club nouveau band mate Jay King who produced the stanky funk track prove my love(AWWW!!!)

menace said:

Congratulations on being the only person alive who hasn't heard both "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)" and any other En Vogue song. The single remix of "Lies" uses the same beat as "Hold On"... and that's it.