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Sound-System
Electronic · 1984 · 4 tracks

Sound-System

Herbie Hancock

A high-tech collision of robotic electro-funk and global polyrhythms. Aggressive scratching meets the clinical precision of the Fairlight CMI.

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It's what happens when a jazz genius decides to build the funkiest robot in the world.

A high-energy, futuristic exploration of the intersection between human rhythm and machine precision.

Sound-System · vs · Herbie Hancock
Social Commentary+2.5σ

The writing leans far further into social commentary than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 4 Tracks
01
Hardrock
6:10
02
Metal Beat
4:56
04
Junku
5:32
05
People Are Changing
6:05
Moments Worth Waiting For
The aggressive, industrial-edged scratching that opens Hardrock, signaling a harder turn from his previous work.
The polyrhythmic interplay of the drum machine and Gambian percussion on Junku, bridging digital and organic worlds.
The vocoder-drenched social observation on People Are Changing, where the human voice becomes a rhythmic texture.
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