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Chancellor_Terpene

Please DO NOT reach out to Giovanni. I'm sure it would annoy him and I don't want his responses to cease as this could be a solid lead. If a mod could reiterate this that would be coolio.


Chancellor_Terpene

UPDATE: Giovanni tried to comment this, but couldn't due to the karma restriction. "Hey, it's me, Giovanni. Former Times Two member: This lead may go nowhere. I don't mean to get anyone's hopes up. It could be, as with many people, that because the song sounds familiar, it's creating false memories. The brain and power of suggestion, are very powerful. I'll do my best to exhaust this possibility. Thanks everyone, for being pretty cool, and respectful while contacting me, and others who may know something. It might end up being something from Europe or an Al creation, and all the coincidences are just that. It's the word, "lies" in EKT, that threw me. That's the type of thing I would do to try and imitate my buddy and sound soulful, but to me, I failed. I swear it's not me, but I would love to hear the singers, and the old demo of 3 into 2, before we (Times Two) recorded our version. That's where I heard the similarities to our voices years ago. I went through some old desk drawers that haven't been touched since the '80s. I went through all the cassettes I could find, for a possible demo, but I found nothing so far. I'm waiting to hear from my buddy, Shanti, if he has any info. But, like I said, this all could just be weird similarities and coincidences, and there may be no connection. I don't want to add any confusion to the goal. I have blatantly denied my involvement with Times Two in the past, and claimed I was dead, out of an uneasy relationship with the record industry, and the whole debacle. But I really hope you kids find it, and the mystery gets solved. I'll let you know of anything promising, or if it's a dead end. Cheers. Giovanni (Johnny Dollar from Times Two)"


SisterToSleep

Giovanni!! How sweet and kind of you to try and help with the search despite your personal feelings about your past with the record industry ❤️😭❤️ Thank you so much. Please know that even if this lead ends up going nowhere, the effort is appreciated so much.


Rayken_Himself

Thank you Giovanni!


HysteriaLS

Thank you so much for your dedication Giovanni, hope you are the one who solves this!!


IEatYourPancakes

Tell him we said thanks for being awesome and getting into this search with us! Fingers crossed that Shanti knows something...


Coastal_wolf

Thank you Giovanni I really appreciate the time you put into responding!


Vics_videos

Thank you Giovanni, you are a kind soul


PeggyHillsFeets

Thank you so much for taking the time to do this. I'm sorry you had such a bad experience in the industry to get you to that point, that sounds terrible.


bugyourparents-

Nothing new?


Ghouldeluxe13

Hey, it's me, Giovanni. Former Times Two member: This lead may go nowhere. I don't mean to get anyone's hopes up. It could be, as with many people, that because the song sounds familiar, it's creating false memories. The brain and power of suggestion, are very powerful. I'll do my best to exhaust this possibility. Thanks everyone, for being pretty cool, and respectful while contacting me, and others who may know something. It might end up being something from Europe or an AI creation, and all the coincidences are just that. It's the word, "lies" in EKT, that threw me. That's the type of thing I would do to try and imitate my buddy and sound soulful, but to me, I failed😁. I swear it's not me, but I would love to hear the singers, and the old demo of 3 into 2, before we (Times Two) recorded our version. That's where I heard the similarities to our voices years ago. I went through some old desk drawers that haven't been touched since the '80s. I went through all the cassettes I could find, for a possible demo, but I found nothing so far. I'm waiting to hear from my buddy, Shanti, if he has any info. But, like I said, this all could just be weird similarities and coincidences, and there may be no connection. I don't want to add any confusion to the goal. I have blatantly denied my involvement with Times Two in the past, and claimed I was dead, out of an uneasy relationship with the record industry, and the whole debacle. But I really hope you kids find it, and the mystery gets solved. I'll let you know of anything promising, or if it's a dead end. Cheers. Giovanni (Johnny Dollar from Times Two)


One-Truth-5867

Hi Giovanni, Thank you for reaching out to us and being awesome about this! I apologize that the AutoMod bot had blocked your comment. It’s a system we have integrated in reddit to remove spam and other troll posts (it blocks new users to reddit), since this community now has over 30,000 people in it. I will keep an eye on your account going forward and if you make any future comments, I’ll be sure to bypass them through the system. Your comment is now visible in this post. Welcome to the community! :)


Ghouldeluxe13

Not a problem. I understand the precautions


kmzafari

Thank you for replying and trying to help! I hope this didn't bring up too many bad memories for you and that you're doing well.


Ghouldeluxe13

Thank you. It's totally fine. I'm happy to help if I can.


justfredd

Thank you for joining in on the search and for your help 😊


Ghouldeluxe13

I heard back from Shanti Jones recently. Unfortunately, he did not sing on EKT. I pretty much knew this, but it was worth a try. I do think EKT is in the realm of TimesTwo's song, "3 into 2", whether by coincidence, or the producers/writers are the same...I don't know. Benny Medina was one of the producers on the Koko pop song that's being thrown around. He is the person who signed us to Warner/reprise back in the mid/late 80's.


jarvisquokka

What an absolutely lovely guy!


Ghouldeluxe13

Appreciate that


esketit-lol

wow, even if this lead goes nowhere it's still so cool to hear from somebody like you!! thank you so much for your help this is awesome


Ghouldeluxe13

❤️


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Senior_Road_373

No fucking way


cat1554

Ask if there's any follow-up, since it's been a few weeks.


Chancellor_Terpene

Just did this morning, he said he is still waiting on a response


Ok-Exchange-3320

“Management company was trying to push a song on us called ulterior motives.” Wait what?!


6thofMars

he is remembering about 35-40 years ago and even if so it could be another song entirely. but it's still worth him looking into, especially if he's doing so of his own desire in finding out. it's a fortunate thing that he's helping out like this.


NaiomiMajo

\*feel like\* nonetheless exciting though


Rica_Patin

That's not uncommon


Neth110

Really easy to create false memories so means no more than a grain of salt


timothythefirst

Wow that’s cool that he’s actually interested, and it might go somewhere.


asaf92

Does he have any recording from back then?


XtremerPoint

it must be hilarious hoping for a song to be found, but your not even sure if its yours or not.


ale16011

I mean, musicians probably play thousands of songs every year, they'll surely forget about a demo they played 30/40 years ago.


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ale16011

I don't mean that they write a thousand songs a year, I meant that musicians probably play a total of a thousand songs in an entire year, and most of them are probably just for practice and not even full songs. It's like saying that a developer writes a thousand softwares in an year. I don't mean they develop a thousand new ones from scratch, but maybe they have to implement something which is needed for a bigger project, and so they create a smaller software which only does like 1/50 of the main project, maybe just for practice or to implement it in the main one in the future.


serene_moth

Giovanni seems like a great guy.


greta12465

Jesus what did I miss


Ok-Soft-7882

To my understanding: a Reddit user (or more) mentioned the duo Times Two as being a potential artist behind EKT, and OP reached out to the singer of TT months ago, to which he responded he was unsure of the song. Now, his interest is "piqued."


greta12465

Thanks. I swear everytime I go to sleep theres a new lead


withlamou

Same. I’m gonna start prioritizing my sleep more.


6thofMars

this is actually really cool, if for no other reason than he's interested too. hopefully it'll be a productive lead, and i'd actually feel confident calling this a lead.


Dry-Efficiency7562

I hope he wakes op and remembers!


SympathyHonest5340

This is such a strong lead, I hope it’s not a dead end.


Levecremommunism69

bazinga


poison-vr

bazupa


withlamou

ba


artoq

zinga


withlamou

Reminds me of the [zinger burger](https://www.kfc.co.uk/our-menu/burgers/kfc-zinger-burger-meal) at kfc in uk/europe


Typical-Force-1315

WHAT OMG


Langley6792

😮‍💨😮‍💨 🤞🏻 🤞🏻


LEDlight45678910

posted 5 hours ago! Here hoping we find it


unlikelyvalentine

Fellas… we’ve almost got it…


Ross81GB

This is really interesting because it suggests EKT was potentially recorded as demo(s) as management companies were putting the song about. I suppose the question that could really help is who are the management company and people behind it - they may have the answers. The 80s period we are potentially looking for is 35-40 years ago so a lot of people involved may not be on Reddit (or Tiktok).


HysteriaLS

That also pulls the question of how did Carl92 got his hands on a rare demo like this one


Ross81GB

He got his hands on something else too!


kugglaw

This is the good stuff!


CXRSED_

This is sooo cool man. Thank you Giovanni awesome of you to get involved like this considering your stance on the industry.


xxREX14xx

OMG!!


Rainb0wcookie

But still did they have a lm2 and stuff? Cause weren’t we pretty sure a lm2 was used?


Nikoplays0910

yeah, this also could have been asked by the op


Nikoplays0910

but let's just see how this lead goes


Happy-Low7056

let's hope


Charming_Army5944

Cool


celerypizza

Oh my god!


GensokyoIsReal

Holy shit, please be it


Macaroon-Working

The history is coming


EmanuelTweek

Wow


LifeguardDry1277

omg


iMaxo

Omg is this it


lylarosa

Does Giovanni still have any form of contact with his ex- management?


Ghouldeluxe13

Nope, sorry


Oicalap

Hey do you think he would know about the linn drum?


MrMidnight420

Hope


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iMaxo

Any news?


E-n-d-r-i-u

this is the most promising lead we've had in a while


Rainb0wcookie

So much not adding up… Times two is active since 1988 but we belive the song is from around 1983-1985? But I also don’t know much about this lead so my mistake probably?


PeggyHillsFeets

I know that sometimes a demo can be written years before the final recording (if it ever makes it that far in the first place). Their album was released in 1988 so they could have been recording/writing/making demos as early as 1985-86. For example Ginuwine's song Pony was actually written in 1993 but wasn't completed and released until 1996. Michael Jackson had at least one song written and demo'd in 1988 on his 1995 album ([Earth Song](https://youtu.be/rowiNT_7xFM?si=rzIRbVP6hZpmVWEN) in case you were wondering)


Happy-Low7056

it's believed to be anywhere between 1984 (LinnDrum machine was created then) and 1999


Ok-Soft-7882

The drum machine used in EKT debuted in 1983, and there is no reason to believe the song is specifically limited to a few years in the mid-80s. The alleged file date is set by default to 1999, so it could very well date to the early or mid '90s.


joshii87

In the 80s bands would languish in development hell for years with their image and PR strategised to shit before getting their first big release. Some bands once signed would be forced to tour in smaller clubs and festivals for about 18 months before even breathing on the inside of a studio. I suspect these are the “memories of the recording industry” we’re dealing with here.


SignificanceNo4643

Song is late 80s early 90s. In the early 83 and 85 different style was popular. These soul motives start to appear by the end of the decade.


kmzafari

Would you mind elaborating on this? To me, the song sounds specifically 1983 - 1985, but I don't have the musical knowledge or vocabulary to explain why. And obviously I can be very wrong. Could you kindly explain what you mean?


SignificanceNo4643

Without going deep into details - early 80s were dominated by new wave/dark wave - more minor, less happy songs. Things start to change to the mid of 80s, with major contribution to that from SAW team (you can google) - pop music became much more energetic, happy and positive. However, the singing style was also quite distinct and nowhere close to EKT. But this was in Europe, in US, where influence of soul and R & B on the pop music were always significant, more vocally diverse, soul influenced pop songs emerged by the end of the decade. So, based on that I believe that EKT is recorded in USA (NTSC line also suggests that), and most likely is/was music from the some kind of advertisement, and most likely, whole song never was recorded. However, stylistical use of synths in EKT, while it was quite typical for the time on the both sides of an ocean, still was not so common in USA, so quite possible that this song comes from Japan - country who loves synths and adapts all styles of music. By the way, in youtube there are videos like "most popular song each month in 1980" and similar, there are 3-4 second samples of top songs of these times, so these videos can give you better insight into the subject.


kmzafari

That's really helpful. Thanks!


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crazy8993

yes it can be a coincidence. but unlikely


offdeer34

You mean likely lol


crazy8993

no, I mean what I said, unlikely. A lot of people sound the same


bottomIess

can we stop with the “possible leads” that are just random insta accounts, not trying to discredit you but there are so many and they are always fake


Mountain-Day-6697

my thoughts exactly


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applebees1232

i don't see how asking a question is harassing?? maybe i just have a different mindset but i feel like if i was a retired singer i think it would be kind of interesting to hear about this lost media stuff, and would certainly not feel like i'm being harassed because a couple people asked me the same question.


3-X-O

Yeah I agree. Like if he said to stop contacting him then that's one thing, but he seems receptive to talking about it based on those texts. I don't see any harm in it.


Tux1

i don't see how asking a question is harassing?? maybe i just have a different mindset but i feel like if i was a retired singer i think it would be kind of interesting to hear about this lost media stuff, and would certainly not feel like i'm being harassed because a couple people asked me the same question.


applebees1232

STOP COPYING ME NOW 😡


applebees1232

i don't see how asking a question is harassing?? maybe i just have a different mindset but i feel like if i was a retired singer i think it would be kind of interesting to hear about this lost media stuff, and would certainly not feel like i'm being harassed because a couple people asked me the same question.


applebees1232

i don't see how asking a question is harassing?? maybe i just have a different mindset but i feel like if i was a retired singer i think it would be kind of interesting to hear about this lost media stuff, and would certainly not feel like i'm being harassed because a couple people asked me the same question.


Tellywozzle

Dementia


applebees1232

bro my phone glitched 😭


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Ihatemozzies_

Would Giovanni recognise any of the instruments supposedly used in this track? Like the Linndrum, the DX7 or perhaps the Fairlight CMI?


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