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Best of 2023 - Cover Versions

Nirvana, Cerrone, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Placebo, Grace Jones, The Killers, JX aka Jake Williams aka Rex The Dog who's covered himself. He's not the only one, the Duran Duran and Trevor Horn did the same this year. Lot of bangers.

01. Garbage - Cities of Dust - Siouxsie and the Banshees Cover

02. Duran Duran - Supernature - Cerrone Cover

03. Spent - Man, I Feel Like a Woman - Shania Twain Cover

04. Trevor Horn and Tori Amos - Swimming Pools - Kendrick Lamar Cover

05. Rhyme So, Sophie Ellis-Bextor & Wuh Oh - Deep in Vogue - Malcolm Mclaren Cover

06. Duran Duran - Nightboat 2023 Version

07. Sorcha Richardson - Somebody Told Me - The Killers Cover

08. Jordi - All Apologies - Nirvana/Sinead O'Connor Cover

09. BLOND:ISH - Call My Name - Kurtis Mantronix aka Chamonix Cover

10. Tia Kofi - Satellite - Lena Cover

11. Roisin Murphy - Off & On - Sophie Ellis-Bextor Cover - "Off & On" was produced by Calvin Harris. The song was penned with songwriter Cathy Dennis, and was first recorded by Irish singer Róisín Murphy for her album Overpowered; however, it was cut from the final track list. It was then offered to Ellis-Bextor, who subsequently recorded her own version."

12. Duran Duran - Love VouDou aka Love Voodoo 2023 Version

13. Rex The Dog - Your Wish is My Command - JX Cover

14. MUNYA - Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order Cover

15. Jessie Buckley - Troy - Sinead O'Connor Cover

16. Midas Fall - Every You Every Me - Placebo Cover

17. Cornelia Jakobs - I Turn To You - Mel C Cover

18. Baltra - Wabi-Sabi - Ce Ce Peniston Cover

19. BLOND:ISH - Sorry - Madonna Cover

20. Florence + The Machines - Just a Girl - No Doubt Cover

21. Trevor Horn and Lady Blackbird - Slave to the Rhythm - Grace Jones Cover

22. Sondre Lerche - Anti-Hero - Taylor Swift Cover

23. Shawky - Nothing - James Holden Cover

24. Hard Ton - Slow - Kylie Cover

25. Lisa Bregneager - What a Feeling - Irene Cara Cover

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Mantronix – Simple Simon (You Gotta Regard) (1988) [X]

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Omega Radio for August 17, 2014; #59.

Sugarhill Gang “Rapper’s Delight”

Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force “Looking For The Perfect Beat”

Run DMC “My Adidas”

Grandmaster Flash “White Lines”

Special Ed “I Got It Made”

Monie Love “Detrimentally Stable”

Granddaddy IU “Something New”

Beastie Boys “Sounds of Science, The”

Original Concept “Knowledge Me”

LL Cool J “Around The Way Girl”

Whodini “Friends”

Melle Mel & Starski & various artists “Live At The Armory, Jamiaca, Queens”

A Tribe Called Quest “Bonita Applebum”

Biz Markie “Nobody Beats The Wiz”

Brand Nubian “Slow Down” (radio VER)

Spoonie G “Spoonin’g Rap”

Big Daddy Kane “Show ‘N Prove” (f. Scoob, Shyheim, Jay-Z, Big Daddy Kane)

Sequence, The “Funk You”

Kurtis Blow “If I Ruled The World”

Ed O.G. & Da Bulldogs “Bug-A-Boo”

Slick Rick “I Shouldn’t Have Done It” (accapella)

Mantronix “Hardcore Hip Hop” (RMX)

T La Rock & The Treacherous Three “live, Hempstead, Long Island 1985”

Steady B “Use Me”

Kool Moe D “They Want Money”

Eric B & Rakim “Know The Ledge”

LL Cool J “Radio”

Boogie Down Productions “Build And Destroy”

MC Shan “Marley Scratch”

Fat Boys f. Kurtis Blow “Jailhouse Rap”

Run DMC “Rock Box”

KRS-One “Poetry”

De La Soul “Me Myself And I”

Kwame “Only You”

Afrika Bambaataa & Grandmaster Flash “Planet Rock”

Stetsasonic “4 Ever My Beat”

Bonus broadcast; old-school, boombox, and golden-era hip-hop and rap.

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Today’s compilation:

That's My Beat by Mantronix 2002 Hip Hop / Electro / Post-Disco / Synthpop / Funk

Man, this is such an amazing little document of a late 70s/early 80s New York City club sound era, when DJs could spin so much different cool shit and no one would complain about it at all. Nowadays you have DJs who stick to one style of music, like dark and moody progressive house or something, but back then, there were way less barriers and specificities as to what one could play; the singular hard and fast rule was that as long as it could move bodies, it was acceptable. And we need more of that open-minded, anything-goes ethic now more than ever, I think. DJs, diversify your damn sets! *shakes fist*

Anyway, this recounting of an excellent period of Big Apple dance is told through the eyes of 80s music legend Kurtis Mantronik, a much vaunted DJ, producer, and remixer who was the brains behind hip hop group Mantronix and whose creations went on to inspire hip hop and party rap movements in the south like Miami bass and trap, despite the fact that he and his crew hailed from New York.

With this collection of tunes, Mantronik simultaneously shows us the music that inspired him to start making music of his own as well as a diverse blend of bangers that lit up dancefloors across the five boroughs over a relatively short, yet tumultuous period of time. That's My Beat comes with unforgettable hip hop classics, like the Funky 4 + 1's "That's the Joint," a song that beloved NYC-based critic Robert Christgau ranked as his top song of the entire 1980s; it has early Japanese electro goodness from Yellow Magic Orchestra and its co-founder Ryuichi Sakamoto, whose "Computer Game" and "Riot in Lagos," respectively, proved to be influential on the development of Detroit and UK bleep techno as well as Afrika Bambaataa-styled hip hop and electro; there's Machine's "There But for the Grace of God Go I," a super uptempo one-hit wonder bit of disco-funk and proto-house brilliance that Christgau also rated as the best disco single of 1979; and then there's probably my favorite song within this whole slate, an irresistible post-disco-funk bop from a briefly extant group called Unlimited Touch, whose "I Hear Music in the Streets" reached #6 on Billboard's dance chart in 1980 and manages to leave an impression upon me like no other song on this compilation does. Clap-along beat, funky bass groove and guitar riff, dazzling high-pitched lead vocal, and a chorus that very unexpectedly pounces on the soul 😌. Good lord.

New York's dancy late 70s and early 80s period—when DJ sets were full of ephemeral flakes of hip hop, electro, disco, post-disco, funk, and synthpop gold—seems like one of the best times and places to have ever been around when it comes to music. And this compilation that was put together by Kurtis Mantronik proves to be a shining example of why that's the case.

Highlights:

Yellow Magic Orchestra - "Computer Game" Suzy-Q - "Get On Up and Do It Again" Visage - "Pleasure Boys" Funky 4 + 1 - "That's the Joint" Machine - "There But for the Grace of God Go I" Yello - "Bostich" Jimmy Spicer - "Super Rhymes" The Art of Noise - "Beatbox" Unlimited Touch - "I Hear Music in the Streets" Ryuichi Sakamoto - "Riot in Lagos"

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Check out "Step To Me" (Do Me) by Mantronix on Amazon Music https://music.amazon.com/albums/B004HR8IJ2?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US&ref=dm_sh_4apnat56xYLBjszZGWOgDWc30&trackAsin=B004HR3IQK… #AmazonMusic : Produced & Mixed by Kurtis Mantronik.

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Kurtis Mantronik (Mantronix)

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A-T-3 220 Sleeping Bag Records

Sleeping Bag Records was founded by goody Arthur Russell and baddy Will Socolov in 1981. Its first two releases were both Arthur Russell productions Dinosaur L album 24->24 Music in 1981, and FK's remake of Go Bang, Go Bang #5 in 1982. The label expanded in 1983 when they began releasing tracks by other artists and future partner Juggy Gayles joined as a promoter. Russell and Socolov fell out over their differences and Russell walked away from the venture. These early 1980s releases really are a slice of New York's downtown scene

Sounds Of JHS 126 Brooklyn - Chill Pill (Under Water Mix)

Mix by Killer Whale, a pseudonym used by Arthur Russell used on this and Tell You Today. Written and produced by Kenny Warden who played on Candido's Thousand Finger Man

Chill Pill is SLX-4, there doesn't seem to be a SLX-3 perhaps they adjusted it because Go Bang #5 was released as SLX-0 rather than 1? Who knows!

Sleeping Bag's entry into hip-hop history comes with the signing of Kurtis Mantronic in 1985, his 85 releases alone were Needle To The Groove and Fresh Os The Word (Mantronix), Johnny The Fox (Tricky Tee), All And All (Joyce Sims)

Instrumental mixed by Danny Krivit gets overlooked because of the Under Water Mix

Jamaica Girls - Need Somebody New

Burt Reid's Jamaica Girls follow up to 1982s Rock The Beat. Mixed for the Paradise Garage by Larry Levan. At his best Levan can have a spiritual effect on the dance floor, the dub is almost call and response like you might hear in the black church tradition. David Mancuso, Larry Levan, Tee Scott were playing gospel records in their sets, like Stand On The Word

Dub

Class Action - Weekend (Larry Levan Mix)

Sleeping Bag SLX-1 and the biggest record on this list. It's a cover of the 1978 the Patrick Adams Presents Phreek hit written by Leroy Burgess and James Calloway. Bob and Lola Blank's version also has Christine Wiltshire singing the lead vocal like she did the original Phreek version. This is Larry Levan's mix but on the other side of the record M+M provide their mix and a dub

Urban Blight - Urban Nite Dub

Downtown NYC ska influenced band who formed a lasting friendship with the Beastie Boys after Urban Blight asked them to be their support at a Ritzy show in 1984. Mark Kamins mixes the record

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Mantronix

NOTE: Around 2009, I wrote a bunch of music biographies for Amoeba Music, which was then planning an ambitious project which ultimately never came to fruition. Some of the biographies I wrote did make their way onto Amoeba’s current, scaled back website — although they’re somewhat buried and often don’t credit the authors. A lot of time was spent researching and writing them, though, and Amoeba…

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Omega Radio for August 11, 2021; #278.

Fatback Band: “King Tim (Personality Jock)”

Superwolf: “Can Do It”

Blondie: “Rapture”

Sugarhill Gang: “Apache” + “8th Wonder”

The Furious Five & Sugarhill Gang: “Showdown”

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five: “Freedom” + “The Message”

Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five: "Beat Street Breakdown"

Grandmaster Melle Mel & Duke Bootee: “The Message II”

Spoonie G & The Sequence: “Monster Jam”

Kurtis Blow: “The Breaks”

Afrika Baambataa & The Soulsonic Force: “Renegades Of Funk”

Crash Crew: “Breaking Bells (Take Me To The Mardi Gras)”

Fearless / Funky 4+1: “Rappin’ N’ Rockin’ The House” + “That’s The Joint”

Cold Crush Brothers: “Weekend”

Treacherous Three: “The Body Rock” + “Get Up”

Trouble Funk: “Pump Me Up”

ESG: “UFO”

Liquid Liquid: “Cavern”

Grand Master Caz & Chris Stein: “Wild Style Theme Rap 1″

UTFO: “Roxanne”

Mantronix: “Fresh Is The Word”

Doug E. Fresh: “The Original Human Beatbox”

Biz Markie: “The Biz Dance”

Biz Markie ft. TJ Swan: “Make The Music With Your Mouth Biz”

Bonus Omega: hip-hop / rap anniversary tribute.

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AUGUST 11, 2021 (#278)

Fatback Band: “King Tim (Personality Jock)” Superwolf: “Can Do It” Blondie: “Rapture” Sugarhill Gang: “Apache” + “8th Wonder” The Furious Five & Sugarhill Gang: “Showdown” Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five: “Freedom” + “The Message” Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five: “Beat Street Breakdown” Grandmaster Melle Mel & Duke Bootee: “The Message II” Spoonie G & The Sequence: “Monster Jam” Kurtis Blow: “The Breaks” Afrika Baambataa & The Soulsonic Force: “Renegades Of Funk” Crash Crew: “Breaking Bells (Take Me To The Mardi Gras)” Fearless / Funky 4+1: “Rappin’ N’ Rockin’ The House” + “That’s The Joint” Cold Crush Brothers: “Weekend” Treacherous Three: “The Body Rock” + “Get Up” Trouble Funk: “Pump Me Up” ESG: “UFO” Liquid Liquid: “Cavern” Grand Master Caz & Chris Stein: “Wild Style Theme Rap 1″ UTFO: “Roxanne” Mantronix: “Fresh Is The Word” Doug E. Fresh: “The Original Human Beatbox” Biz Markie: “The Biz Dance” Biz Markie feat. TJ Swan: “Make The Music With Your Mouth Biz”

August 11th marks Hip-Hop and Rap’s 48th birthday. From the days of Sugarhill Records, Beat Street, Wild Style, The Four Sciences, boomboxes, and the late-Seventies to Eighties, it’s without fail that Omega Radio pays tribute to the genesis, pioneers, and real-deal veterans of a world-wide cultural phenomenon.

Still more Summer Omega to come. We hope to see you soon.

August 14, 2021 (10PM New York City): deluxe Omega

August 25, 2021 (12AM New York City): bonus Omega

August 28, 2021 (10PM New York City): final Summer deluxe Omega

August 30, 2021 (10PM New York City): final Summer bonus Omega

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Just listened to: Fatboy Slim - “Everybody Loves A Mixtape Vol. 4: Disco”

Track listing:

The Spinners - “Are You Ready For Love?”

Softmal & Nytron - “Get Down”

Demarkus Lewis - “Caught Up”/New Order - “Blue Monday” (Mashup)

Milk & Sugar featuring Paul Gardner and Peyton - “You Can’t Hide From Yourself (Club Mix)”

Phats & Small featuring Toney Lee - “Turn Around”

Sylvester - “You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (Despacio Remix)”

Mighty Dub Katz - “Just Another Groove”

Mike Woods - “I’m In Love”

Whodini - “It’s All In Mr. Magic’s Wand”

Norman Doray & Sneaky Sound System - “Tell The World”

Crookers - “No Security (Acapella)”/Kelis & Loods - “Riviera”

LeBaron James - “Call Now”

Morixo & CHANEY - “Good For Me”

Friend Within - “Ghetto Rock”

Christian Hornbostel & Alfred Azzetto - “TSOP (The Sound Of Philadelphia)”

Andre S. and MC Funky Ricardo - “Let’s Get Down (Remix)”

Kurtis Mantronix Presents Chamonix - “How Did You Know? (Hifi Sean Remix)”

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Kurtis Mantronik with his Roland TR909, 1986

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Omega Radio for August 11, 2021; #278.

Fatback Band: “King Tim (Personality Jock)”

Superwolf: “Can Do It”

Blondie: “Rapture”

Sugarhill Gang: “Apache” + “8th Wonder”

The Furious Five & Sugarhill Gang: “Showdown”

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five: “Freedom” + “The Message”

Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five: “Beat Street Breakdown”

Grandmaster Melle Mel & Duke Bootee: “The Message II”

Spoonie G & The Sequence: “Monster Jam”

Kurtis Blow: “The Breaks”

Afrika Baambataa & The Soulsonic Force: “Renegades Of Funk”

Crash Crew: “Breaking Bells (Take Me To The Mardi Gras)”

Fearless / Funky 4+1: “Rappin’ N’ Rockin’ The House” + “That’s The Joint”

Cold Crush Brothers: “Weekend”

Treacherous Three: “The Body Rock” + “Get Up”

Trouble Funk: “Pump Me Up”

ESG: “UFO”

Liquid Liquid: “Cavern”

Grand Master Caz & Chris Stein: “Wild Style Theme Rap 1″

UTFO: “Roxanne”

Mantronix: “Fresh Is The Word”

Doug E. Fresh: “The Original Human Beatbox”

Biz Markie: “The Biz Dance”

Biz Markie ft. TJ Swan: “Make The Music With Your Mouth Biz”

Bonus Omega: hip-hop / rap anniversary tribute.

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Early Hip-Hop & Electro

Full playlist 👈🏼🎶

Hashim -  Al Naafiysh (The Soul)

The Sugerhill Gang - Apache

Mantronix - Bassline

Quadrant Six - Body Mechanic

Man Parrish - Boogie Down Bronx

West Street Mob - Break Dance Electric Boogie

Planet Patrol - Cheap Thrills

Cybotron - Clear 

Newcleus - Computer Age (Push The Button)

Jamie Jupitor - Computer Power 

Freestyle - Don’t Stop The Rock

Egyptian Lover - Egypt Egypt

Twilight 22 - Electric Kingdom

Treacherous Three - Feel The Heartbeat

Whodini - Five Minutes Of Funk

Whodini - Freaks Come Out At Night

Schoolly D - Gucci Time

Worlds Famous Supreme Team - Hey DJ

Man Parrish - Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don’t Stop) Remix

LL Cool J - I Can’t Live Without My Radio

Run-D.M.C - It’s Like That

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - It's Nasty (Genius of Love)

Newcleus - Jam On It

World Class Wreckin’ Cru - Juice

Doug E. Fresh & Slick Rick - La Di Da Di

Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force - Looking For The Perfect Beat

Whodini - Magic’s Wand

Mantronix - Needle To The Groove

Warp 9 - Nunk

Schoolly D - P.S.K. What Does It Mean?

Afrika Bambaata & The Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock

Planet Patrol -  Play At Your Own Risk 

Joe Baatan - Rap O Clap O

The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper’s Delight

Run-D.M.C. - Rock Box (B Boy Mix)

LL Cool J - Rock The Bells

Herbie Hancock - Rockit

 Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - Scorpio

Twilight 22 - Siberian Nights

Run-D.M.C. - Sucka MCs

World Class Wreckin’ Cru - Surgery (Remix)

Kurtis Blow - The Breaks

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message

Freestyle - The Party Has Just Begun

Rock Master Scott & The Dynamic Three - The Request Line

Rock Master Scott & The Dynamic Three - The Roof Is On Fire

Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew - The SHow

Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel - White Lines

LL Cool J - You Can’t Dance

Lovebug Starski - You Gotta Believe 

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THE KITBUILDERS aka RIPLEY & BENWAY

[ ERSATZ AUDIO Det l WORLD ELECTRIC l ELECTRECORD l BREAKIN' RECORDS UK l ART OF PERCEPTION  l  TELEVISION RECORDS  l  VERTICAL / Kompakt Distr., Cologne GER ]

Brief bio of an artist: THE KITBUILDERS - Ripley & Benway - are a legendary Electro-Duo from Cologne (GER) who produce rough digital Electro with twisted vocals, and a bit of dark Synth Pop too. They have released on several worldwide known labels like Ersatz Audio, Electrecord, Breakin' UK and their own Vertical Records (Distribution KOMPAKT) amongst others. Their music is fast, funky and fantastic and they know seriously how to rock a club live reel rite. Keep readin' more via RA-biography

without the past … there’s no phuture … these alltime top20 faves in no particular order

01 1000 HOMO DJS [AL JOURGENSEN, ERIC BOUCHER, JEFF WARD, MIKE SCACCIA, PAUL BARKER, WILLIAM RIEFLIN & TRENT REZNOR]: Apathy [ A-side from “Apathy / Better Ways” Wax Trax! Records WAX 032 US 12" | 1988 ] 02 ADULT [ADAM LEE MILLER, NICOLA KUPERUS, SAMUEL CONSIGLIO]: Love Sick _ The Minor Version [ B1-track from “Nausea” Ersatz Audio EZ-014 US 12"/ Mini-Album | 2000 ] 03 THE APHEX TWIN [RICHARD DAVID JAMES]: Analogue Bubblebath EP [ Mighty Force MIGHTY-001 UK 12" | 1991 ] 04 AUX 88 [KEITH TUCKER, TOMMY HAMILTON, WILLIAM ‘BJ’ SMITH]: Play It Loud [ Diverse versions “Play It Loud (The 12" Mixes)” Direct Beat DB4W-034 / 430 West US 12" | 1998 ] 05 BOLZ BOLZ [ANDREAS BOLZ]: Take A Walk [ A-side from “Take A Walk” World Electric WE-005 GER 12" | 1999 ] 06 DJ GODFATHER [BRIAN JEFFRIES]: Aliens Got My 808 [ Twilight 76 Records TL-013 US 12" | 1999 ] 07 DMX KREW [EDWARD UPTON]: 17 Ways To Break My Heart [ Rephlex DMX-017 EP UK 12" | 1998 ] 08 DREXCIYA [GERALD DONALD & JAMES STINSON]: Aquatic Invasion [ Underground Resistance UR-030 / Submerge US 12" | 1995 ] 09 I-F [FERENC E. VAN DER SLUIJS]: Space Invaders Are Smoking Grass [ A1-track from Viewlexx V-002 / Reference Analogue Audio NL 12" | 1997 ] 10 ELEKTROIDS [GERALD DONALD & JAMES STINSON]: Algorithm [ B1-track from “Kilohertz” Warp Records WAP-065 UK 12" | 1995 ] 11 VOICE STEALER [CARL FINLOW]: Electromotive Force [ A-side from Subvert VERT 002 / R.A.M.S. International Records UK 12" | 1998 ] 12 UR: Electronic Warfare [ B1-track from “Electronic Warfare - Designs For Sonic Revolutions” Underground Resistance UR-033 / Submerge US 2x12" | 1995 ] 13 KRAFTWERK [Ralf Hütter, Wolfgang Flür, Florian Schneider, Klaus Röder]: Autobahn [ Philips-6305 231 GER LP / Album| 1974 ] 14 MANTRONIX [BRYCE WILSON, JADE TRINI, KURTIS KHALEEL, TOURE EMBDEN]: Who Is It [ A/B-track(s) from “Who Is It? / Ladies / Bassline” 10 Records TEN X-137 UK 2x12" | 1986 ] 15 DI´JITAL [LAMONT NORWOOD]: The Mind Of The Master [ Direct Beat DB4W-040 / 430 West US 12" | 1999 ] 16 HERBIE HANCOCK: Rockit [ A-side from "Rockit (Extended Dance Version)" CBS - CBSA-12.3577 / Columbia EU 12" | 1983 ] 17 RADIOACTIVE MAN [KEIH TENNISWOOD]: Jommtones [ C2-track from “Luxury Sky Garden” Asking For Trouble AFT-001 UK 2x12" | 2017 ] 18 EXZAKT [LARRY McCORMICK]: Sub Sonic Bass [ B1-track from “The Second Wave EP” Satamile Records NYC SAT-021 US 12" | 2004 ] 19 LOWFISH [GREGORY DE ROCHER]: Your Last Legs [ B2-track from “Lowfish / Solvent” Suction Records suction-001 CAN 12" | 1997 ] 20 CYBOTRON [RICHARD DAVIS/ 3070 & JUAN ATKINS]: Cosmic Cars [ A-side from “Cosmic Cars / The Line” Fantasy D-212 US 12" | 1982 ]

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