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  Designed to Kill: 8 Essentials of ZE Records

  September 27, 2012 – By the end of the '70s, disco was turning rockier (think Prince, or Donna Summer's "Hot Stuff") new wave was turning dancier (think the B-52's, or Ian Dury's "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick") and both genres were realizing they had a lot in common. …
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  20 Years Later: Was (Not Was) Still Boggle the Mind

  May 7, 2012 – Welcome to a new, occasional series in which I'll be shining a spotlight on club classics that were released 20 years ago. My first pick is one of my favorite discoveries of recent years, and surely one of the strangest collaborations in the history of house music. …
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  Punk Funk

  February 1, 2009 – Gang of Four Entertainment! EMI, 1979 Leeds University Marxists ill-advisedly set out to save the world by deconstructing disco's profit motive. Compact harmolodic rhythms turn serious-minded slogans into indelible hooks; Andy Gill's Hendrix riffs rip; cowboys exploit Indians. …
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