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Afrika Bambaataa and Global Bass

David Pescovitz at 9:24 am Sat, Oct 13, 2012

How did Afrika Bambaataa's "Planet Rock" (1982) lead to the digital dancehall that is Global Bass? Don't miss Marcus Boon's primer on the international Global Bass scene, from DJ/Rupture to M.I.A to the music of Saharan cellphones. This and Morissey, Aphex Twin, Bong, New Order, Neubauten, and much more are archived at the new Boing Boing Music page.

David Pescovitz is Boing Boing's co-editor/managing partner. He's also a research director at Institute for the Future. On Instagram, he's @pesco.

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http://www.facebook.com/pikture.it Peat Evangelista

In the 70′s growing up in NYC I heard Kraftwerk on the radio before I heard Bam. Just sayin.
- Spinkter
  
  “Planet Rock” is indeed the best-ever remix of “Nummern” and “Trans Europe Express”.
  - David Pescovitz
    
    Did you read the article I linked to? “Just sayin.”
    - http://www.facebook.com/pikture.it Peat Evangelista
      
      Was running off to work, jsut went off off headline. I’ll check it out in a minute.
http://www.facebook.com/people/David-Hart/607879634 David Hart

planet rock never gets recognized for it true crowning achievement. it has the best lyric in all of musical history. “ziz ziz ziz zuh zizz, ziz zuz ziz zuh zuh zuh ziz”