Electro crystallised in the early 1980s when Bronx hip-hop, funk, Kraftwerk and the Roland TR-808 met in Planet Rock by Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force. A broken machine beat, syncopated bass, vocoder, rap and cosmic synthesis gave b-boy culture its own robotic engine. Cybotron, Hashim, Newcleus and Egyptian Lover developed the sound across New York, Detroit, Los Angeles and Miami. This is electro without “house” after it: the kick does not march on four beats but dances in a break. Robots can funk.
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phono abduction
partisan midi
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bitter end 3
lory d
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shimmerdown
john selway
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the hunch
the exaltics
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mood swing
anthony shakir
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direct drive
aux 88
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r-root
mark broom
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142 mph
posatronix
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alien discotheque
subtonal
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sex machine
the horrorist