House News

Hailing from the first wave of American West Coast Electrofunk that brought us classic from the likes of The Egyptian Lover and Dr. Dre, Cli-N-Tel—a member of the legendary World Class Wreckin'Cru—released the song "2030" on Unknown DJ's label, Techno Hop, in 1986. More than 30 years later, it has become an essential of the genre and is now celebrated with this overdue rerelease.

Along with the remastered original version, the German label, Ground Control, is proud to present a package of fresh remixes from renowned artists of the current international Electrofunk scene—including Sweden's Blotnik Brothers; Dynamik Bass System out of Germany and dutchman DJ Overdose. BUST IT!

Puristic old school Electrofunk party hymn, perfectly channeling the vibe and energy of early 1980s classics of the genre such as Freestyle's "Don't Stop the Rock" or Hashim's "We're Rockin' the Planet", packed with crisp TR-808 beats, vocoderized vocals and catchy vintage synth melodies. Don't stop the Party Rock!

Puristische Old-School-Electrofunk Party-Hymne die perfekt die Stimmung und Energie von 1980'er Klassikern des Genres wie etwa Freestyle's "Don't Stock The Rock" oder Hashim's "We're Rocking The Planet" zelebriert. Geladen mit knackigen TR-808 Beats, Vocoder-Vocals und eingängigen Vintage Synth Melodien. Don't stop the Party Rock!

The Florida-based duo Ohverclock aka Grow and Kounterakt join the Electro Empire: sub label of Germany's Dominance Electricity, to give their epic ElectroBass banger Rezonation the maxi-single treatment.

Taken from the mini-album Sagittal Future (CHP Recordings Ltd.), the three brand new versions, including an Extended Mix, instrumental Bonus Beat Mix and a Vocoder acapella, will please everyone into the new Miami Bass sound in the vein of Jackal & Hyde, Dynamix II or Code Rising. Rezonate to this!

INTA impart the third layer to their catalogue with a visit from both from, and to Sector Y. Following 2016's Booma Collective outing, Sector Y the artist, not to be confused with Sector Y the mining colony... (or whatever...) brings the outerdimensional vibrations with two tracks of driving electro. Support from Jon K, Ben UFO, Semtek and others.

The return of a German Electro-Hiphop legend!
After ZYX Music released smash hit Action! and the album It's Time in the late 80s, Berlin based producer Quickmix brings The Alliance back to life.

This release features two new productions under the The Alliance brand including a remix of the classic Theme Of The Alliance and the new Kraftwerkinspired classic Electro song A-L-L-I-A-N-C-E with vocoderized lyrics, brokenbeats and playful vintage synth sounds.

Building the perfect bridge between new and old, the "B-Side" of this releasefeatures a song of Quickmix's new Trap & Bass Music project Flux Flavour,with heavy 808 bass drums, scratches, haunting melodies and voice samples.

Die Wiederkehr einer deutschen Electro-Hip-Hop-Legende!
Nach dem Smashhit "Action!" und dem Album "It's Time" Ende der 1980er, erweckt der Berliner Produzent Quickmix The Alliance wieder zum Leben.

Diese EP enthält zwei neue Produktionen des Alliance Projekts inklusive einem Remix des Klassikers "Theme Of The Alliance" und den Kraftwerk-inspirierten Electro Song "A-L-L-I-A-N-C-E" mit vocoderisierten Stimmen, Breakbeats und verspielten Vintage-Synth-Sounds
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Für die perfekte Brücke zwischen alt und neu enthält die "B-Seite" einen Song von Quickmix's neuem Trap & Bass Musik Projekts Flux Flavour mit fiesen 808-Bässen, Scratches, geheimnisvollen Melodien und Stimmsamples.

MEANT are launching a series of roving travelogues and you've got a sonic first class ticket. Travel Tales gives us an opportunity to celebrate a DJ 's unique nomadic lifestyle, and haphazard creative opportunities (and friendships!) that arise along the way. MEANT's series highlights producers and takes in their various collaborative creations written on the road. First up, label boss Remain whose roadmap excursion from Paris to Sao Paulo teams him up with Brazilian techno stalwart Clickbox, creating two crisp, restrained, tech workouts alongside two vividly contrasting remixes... 02 bites with a staccato riff that nags so hard it could make Lil' Louie blush. Rising with percussive elements and warped humanized; textures, it's built around the timeless energy and dynamic that could crumble the biggest of warehouses or the most intimate of clubs.Remix-wise Swayzak add a darker layer of acid, repositioning the riff so it's being sung on a lower range while ensuring the stretched, processed vocals are given full attention. 04 exhibits their funkier side with a loose drum arrangement, veered bassline, juicy acid and a wry down-pitched vocal. Strutting with confidence, there is an attractive wonkiness to the kerb-scuffing groove. Meanwhile on the remix Dantom Eeprom realises a different,darker perspective as the bassline's tones spiral downward with 'Falling Up' flavoured finesse. Breaking down into a delicious bit-crushed goo, Eeprom rebuilds the sticky sonics with the help of lasers, dense drums and the perfect amount of cosmisity.A powerful launch piece to kickstart a series that every globetrotter can relate to: one soul away from home linking with kindred spirits. It's time to take a trip...

Following well received EPs from Myriadd and Q-Chip, Gnosis are ecstatic to have prolific UK producer Nigel Rogers (aka Ellis De Havilland, Operator Tracey, Orpheus, Pagan Ritual, Sir Leon Greg etc.) on board for their third release.

'Drowning In Your Eyes' is a four track EP recorded under his Perseus Traxx handle. A name he's used for a mass of relentlessly creative output on Bunker, Chiwax, I Love Acid, M>O>S Recordings, Solar One Music, Barba Records and Hardmoon London to name but a few.

Long time collaborators Jason Letkiewicz and Nicholas Dawson colab on the A side with their improvised Confused House jam style. There off-the-cuff technique is subtle in its arrangement. STE-018 starts slow and expands with sublime patterns of melody and subtle drum fills. On the flip side, Bookworms' STE-101 changes the mood. A droning bass signal lies beneath driving percussion and surging noise. Dissonant chords slowly creep there way into the track inducing hypnosis. Zone out. File under Stalker Music.

Electro acid modular gangbang for machines and vinyl addicted feat. Perseus Traxx

For his first appearance on Spring Theory, a twelve inch by Bryce Hackford, Brooklyn producer best known for conceptual experimental recordings incorporating field recordings and sampling in improvisation that often resides somewhere between ambient and techno. Recorded mostly during time living in London in 2015, this is Hackford's most floor-oriented release. Coming from a time of extensive all night DJing everywhere from private affairs in upstate New York's mountains to Panorama Bar, these tracks combine a rawness reminiscent of Theo Parrish and long form cosmic droning of eternal music. Fans of dub techno, ambient, psychedelic music...

In This Second Volume Of Machine Funk We Feature The World Famous Luke Eargoggle As Well As The A.i. Being, Krøm3, Philadelphia's Speaking Parts, And New York's Heidi Sabertooth. I Would Say This Eargoggle Track Is Straight Off Of The Computer World Album While Krøm3's Is Slower Deep Funk. Speaking Parts Sounds Like An Industrial Version Of Mid-80s La Electro. Sabertooth Brings The Funk With A Detailed Track Which Evolves As It Plays. Kraftjerkz Running Game Yet Again.

Priori's Second Solo Offering Comes In The Form Of Anform: A Wandering Four Tracker, Including A Rework From Project Pablo.

Repress!

Copenhagen's Terry Tester (Brownswood / BBE) merges his love for Midwest house and cosmic funk butter on four-tracker 'Space Million' for Creak Inc., journeying through dream state deep house, gritty MPC workouts and low-end boogie territory for an undeniably original take on four-to-the-floor rhythms.

Within Terry Tester's two-decade long career as a turntablist and beatmaker his eminent take on house, hiphop and soul has been commissioned by Gilles Petterson for his 'Bubblers' compilation series on Brownswood Recordings, Jahi featuring american neo-soul singer Dwele, and Marc Mac (4Hero, Visioneers, Nu Era) on BBE remixing alongside DJ Jazzy Jeff, as well as releasing two full-length solo albums 'Horses and Diamonds' and 'Short Suite'.

The first fully autonomous artificial intelligence with the ability to learn and improve itself is created by the Sega corporation. Two years later they invent the first time machine, and call it the Timecast. Sega decides to send the A.I. named Segadeath back in time to 1881 to destroy Nintendo before its creation. Helsinkis Mesak and Marseilles Bill Vortex are the Jompo Boys and their Jompo dance to the Jompo Anthem is the new craze all over Europe. Its a uniting front we form while Jompo spreads and spreads and takes over every fiber on the planet.

The second of three samplers, comprised of selected tracks taken from Spencer Parker's new album, Dance Music

Few Crackles Present : Two tracks from the vault of a mysterious Russian producer. Polyrhythms dubs in the jungle soundscape of a Soviet Spy movie, with both spooky and melancholic atmospheres : we can't define more specifically what is all about in those two gems. We are thrilled to make them the first release on the label and hope you will get lost in them too

After two cassette releases for the likes of Tokyo's Solitude Solutions and Barcelona's Angoisse, Motion Ward is happy to present the debut of Kouhei Fukuzumi's Ultrafog project on the vinyl format. "How Those Fires Burned That Are No Longer" weaves through sliding metal timbres, textured air abstractions and wistful mallet sequences. This record, like all of Kouhei's work, is a take on sound as a representation of memory. Light and translucent, each song aims for a temporal snapshot that will inevitably fade into the well of thoughts and experience.
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a dream I see with one eye open
if, about the fire I've witnessed
I could tell you what it illuminated
the place where you even lose your final
shade of darkness
may it at least be golden
may it at least be grand

Gifted Culture collective is ready to unleash the second jam session of the announced trilogy. GMI Jam Venice comes from the filth and the mug of the abandoned ex-industrial area in the outskirts of Venice. There, Autre and Two Thou invade Hawaiian Chips' top-notch studio, where all together ride 70's synthesizer rarities and try to domesticate the monstrous Yamaha CS 80. This jam, inspired by the post-industrial Venetian scenario, dives between the dreams of archetypal electronic music and reminiscences of psychedelic progressive bands, giving birth to two long journeys ready to gently carry the dance floor into the outer space.

It's done. The final, last and endmost volume of remixes for Tuff City Kids' (aka Philipp Lauer and Gerd Janson) unique debut album Adoldesscent are here. Featuring KiNK, Prins Thomas, Sascha Funke, Shan, Justin Strauss's Whatever/Whatever project and Brussels' bohemian Mugwump, TCK originals are treated with acid, balearic rhythms, lean Berlin grooves, New York City dubs, UK breaks and Belgian new beats. There is something for every taste and one for each situation. The vinyl edition carries KiNK, Prins Thomas, Sascha Funke and the previously unreleased proto-rave rocket Icebot. For the rest, hit the download button, please. That's all folks.

As a delightful taster for his upcoming debut album called 'Between A Smile And A Tear' on Music For Dreams, Danish artist Be Svendsen launches his new vocal driven - the weird and wonderful deep disco single 'Drop The Gun'
World premiered by Pete Tong on BBC1, and already harnessing great momentum in Ibiza and the summer festivals, this crossover track is very likely to stick in your head.
Produced, arranged, mixed, played and sung by Be Svendsen

Les Editions Japonais, is a new label to showcase Japanese artists new and old, the first release is by Tokyo based band Kufuki.

Kufuki, was formed in 2010 by Ryuichiro Konno (electronics), Motomasa Saito (electronics), Tosimasa Matsumoto (vocals), and Yudai Nobunaga Kogawa (vocals,VJ, electronics), hailing from various musical genres, ranging from techno, rock, blues and hip-hop. Tired of formulaic club music, they set out to create their own electronic ethnic music, firstly taking influences from places they had travelled, but more recently concentrating on electrifying minyo, or traditional Japanese folk music.

MInyo has an ageless tradition in Japanese culture, mainly work songs - for example, sung by field workers and fishermen - and regional tributes. Passed down over the centuries by performance at seasonal festivals, they are often accompanied by dance. These traditions prevail, and many songs are familiar to a large proportion of Japan's population, young and old.

Kufuki have already released two albums, the self-released "Fukamidori" (2010), and "Kufuki', on the Wonderyou label (2012). Favourable reviews appeared in Japanese, American and European web magazines: Bad Alchemy Magazin (Germany), Loop (Chile), Sound & Recording Magazine (Japan), Hemisferia (Colombia) and more. They toured South Korea in 2013 and Europe in 2014, taking in Germany, Portugal and the UK. This year they are planning another European tour.

The band's singular sound is a rollicking rendition of minyo, using the driving work-song rhythms as a background to their call and response vocals, and phalanx of decaying synthesizers, all in a pentatonic key.

Torobayashi is a 20th century folk song, originally released in the early 60s by Masao Suzuki, as part of the original wave of popularised minyo. Akusejima is much older, named after the tiny remote volcanic island in Kagoshima. And, tucked away on the B side is a cheeky dancehall-tinged re-work of Torobayashi by Japan Blues.

The 4 track 12' comes in black disco bag, with label artwork by Motomasa Saito, and with a washi (Japanese paper) New Minyo sticker.

Repress

A selection of tracks from the archive. Twelve tracks for those who like it the easy way and don't want to collect all the 12's.

2018 repress!

Qritikal Records mastermind Kosmetiq drops a jazz tinged, St Germain inspired three-tracker for the brand new PHONO001.

'I'm Coming Home' is a soulful house gem combining Heather Hoyle's sumptuous jazz flute with the gritty blues vocals and guitar of award-winning Papa George. Adding layers of synth lines behind a bumping deep house rhythm, Kosmetiq produces an emotive midtempo number with a touch of the Gregory Porter to it.

For 'Horizontal' Kosmetiq takes the pace down laying out a dusty, downtempo, Rhodes laden beat that provides the perfect basis for Donovan Blackwood's beautifully introspective recital of Heather's spoken word poetry. Heather turns her talents to the sax this time round, passionately performing a series of irresistible melodies that complement the hazy leanings of the track all too well.

Rounding off the EP, 'Lazy' keeps things laidback with a neo soul jam that was originally written by Heather but is made all the more expressive through Shea Soul's incredible voice and Heather's ever reliable jazz flute licks. Slick scratch segments, glistening keys and a full-bodied bassline make this an irresistible groover for any occasion.

special triple pack for all you Nero lovers out there - contains three classic releases

nero024: francesco diaz & young rebels - when i'm thinking of you
nero025: zoo brazil - kalle (remixes)
nero030: eddy cabrera vs. thomas gold - losing my religion (remixes)

New Zealander Julien Dyne is a multi-instrumentalist with
a long and impressive history of collaborative, live and
solo musicianship. Best known for his solo work as BBE and
having worked with the likes of Theo Parrish, Steve Spacek,
Andreya Triana and Lord Echo - one of Soundway's most
successful artists. Dyne has also accumulated a number of
accolades over the course of a 10-year career including but
not exclusive to being hotly tipped by both Moodymann and
Gilles Peterson.
Dyne's new project for 2018 is an 11-track LP on Miles
Cleret's extolled Soundway label. Demonstrating a shift in
gears and movement toward a more uptempo, Afro inspired
sound 'Teal' melds instrumental flair with astute production
and a persistent grain of impassioned, effortless soul. The
album features fellow New Zealanders Lord Echo and Mara
TK, long term band-mate Ladi6, Fat Freddy's Drop trumpeter
Toby Laing, plus Australian vocalist Tim Guy and jazz
luminaries Jonathan Crayford and John Bell. This is a body
of work for the listener and the dancer alike with a mood as
fitting for headphones as it is for the floor, with the double
vinyl album cut loud at 45 RPM.

Remixers getting remixed! The first batch of interpretations for TCK's 2016 debut album 'Adoldesscent' arrives with a trio of artists above the ordinary. While Tensnake and Joe Goddard take care of 'Tell Me' (the former delivers one of his peaking trademark tearjerkers, while the later one is basically meditating on himself), gifted &blessed Roman Flügel turns the proto-rave of 'R-Mancer' into a joyful ride through post-house that not only will make Gerdy happy. One record for every turntable.

Off-kilter Broken Beats From A Collection Of Up & Coming Artists From Around Europe And Beyond.

A1. Twelon - Quad

Twelon Heralds The Start Of The Ep With A Builder Track Perfect For Openings And Breakdowns Mid Set. Industrial Creeps And Hisses, Spliced With Intricate Percussion.

A2. Nollern - Sitar Pro

Nollern's Eff_el & Dan Beaven Burst Forth To Bring An Upfront, Yet Minimalistic, Glitch-rife Drum Track - Perfect For The Players Wanting To Layer An Element Of Sparse, Brutal Breaks Into The Mix.

B1. Tlk - In Your Shadow

Tlk Brings Us A Beautiful, Emotion Filled Arp Track. 'one Of My Goals When Making A Track, Is To Only Use One Sound: To Make One Synth Sing.' - Linkwood. This Is The Inspiration That Tlk Used For In Your Shadow.

B2. Xantrax - Xtk

A Trippy, Jazzy Combination Of Atmospheric Synthesis, Acoustic Drums And A Heavy Bass-weight Underlay, Giving The Ep A Raw, Yet Balanced Finish.

ArchiPOP#2 is the 200th release on Beatservice Records, and the LP-version is a special limited edition celebration vinyl version. It contains a collection of the best electro-pop and house tracks from the last few years of digital singles from Beatservice Records.

ArchiPOP is a series of curated selections from the Beatservice Records archives. Songs that have been on single/EP releases or standout tracks on albums are put together in a new and well-selected environment by label boss Vidar Hanssen. The artwork following these compilations are mirrored and manipulated architectural images from Tromsø, Norway, the hometown of Beatservice Records. The pictures are taken by German born, now Tromsø resident architect and photographer Kristina Schröder. Many of her pictures show familiar architecture in new and unusual perspectives.

Archive curating + architectural manipulations = ArchiPOP!!

"Since Efficient Space excavated Andy Rantzen's mind-bending 'Will I Dream', the rest of the world has become better acquainted with the darker & dubbier side of one of Australia's rave superstars. We're excited to present a selection of tracks from Andy's incredibly diverse oeuvre, 6 songs that sit somewhere between 80s digital reggae, 90s rave and the horizon of our accelerating future.

"Lifting the Veil" speeds up snappy drum programming and a thundering bassline to breakneck speeds, pitting them against sombre chords and strings, perfectly capturing the reflective headspace of a night drive through babylon. 'Cosmic Vibrations' harks back to the development of fully computerised rhythms emanating from Jammy and Tubby's Waterhouse studios, by way of Erskineville. In the same vein, 'Bedtime for Boo Boo' sees Andy joined on the boards by Sydney dub technician Sheriff Lindo, creating a dynamic digi-dub number that is sure to come alive on any soundsystem worth its weight - a heady showcase for two of Australia's finest reggae talents.

Flip the disc to find 'Move It', the most concentrated dose of the jungle vibes that permeate the EP. Rantzen channels the headrush sonics, breakneck drums and euphoria of D'n'B's heydey, nailing the red-eyed early AM atmosphere of a Sydney warehouse ca. 95 - and it's just as likely to cap off the night of many a secret inner west location to come. 'Magic Lantern' marries a dreamy synthesizer melody with a wicked, subby bassline. If there was a dancehall scene in 'Ferngully', this would've been the soundtrack, with enough low end to really rattle the treetops. On closer 'Dub Generator', a slightly-creepy mechanized voice urges you to 'leave your worries at the door... come and join your friends upon the floor' - an introduction to the dancefloor or an induction into some sinister cult Whatever the message, the dub chords and massive bassline lull you into the headspace where these words take hold."

All songs recorded at Masking Tapes, Liquid Blue and 1/66 Enmore Rd, 1997-2000.

A much in demand reissue of two of NYC born-and-bred, Pal Joey's, classics from his joint label with Reynald Deschamps, Loop D'Loop.

First up, 'Party Time' which harnesses that 90's NYC underground house energy with a rawness that was to emanate through many of Pal Joey's subsequent productions. Scalpel in hand, Joey expertly crafted this sample laden groover, his trademark stuttering, off-kilter rhythms, loops and fills keeping listeners on their toes throughout, never knowing how the next phrase might unfold.

On the flip, 'Raw Love' utilises a seminal disco classic as its main sample source, looping it in a way only Pal Joey's mind knows how, adding percussive hits and extra effects to create an innovative, animated and exhilaratingly rhythmic dancefloor bomb.

Both tracks are perfect examples of the simplicity and seeming effortlessness that Pal Joey maintains in his productions, adhering to the mantra that 'less is more' but with a resonating rawness that touches deep down in the soul.

Armand (26 Jahre, Synths & Drum Machines) Und Clara (25 Jahre, Vocals & Drum Machines) Lernten Sich Auf Einer Kunsthochschule Bei Paris Kennen. Er Schwört Auf Den Techno Des Berühmten Warp-labels, Sie Sang Bei Den Garage-rockern Cannery Terror. Nach Ersten Diy-shows Stieß Das Hippe Label Cracki Records Auf Agar Agar, 2016 Erschien Die Debüt-ep "cardan", Auf Der Clara Erstmals Ihre Rolle Als Hohepriesterin Des Goth Auslebte: Eine Art Wiedergeburt Von Siouxsie Im Gewand Von Donna Summer. Stücke, Die Klingen Wie Ein Diskoider Schamanischer Trip, Dunstig Und Ultra-langsam, Ein Aufruf Zu Besessenheit Und Hingabe. Zwei Jahre Danach Sind Ihre Konzerte Monate Im Voraus Ausverkauft. Nun Erscheint Ihr Mit Spannung Erwartetes Debütalbum "the Dog And The Future", Wieder Mit Dem Markenzeichen Von Agar Agar: Claras Hingebungsvolle Stimme Schwebt Über Makellose, Dunstige Slow-disco Instrumentals. Es Ist Ein Melancholisches, Nostalgisches Und Zugleich Poppig-futuristisches Album, Das Sich Thematisch Um Die Virtuelle Realität, Um Simulationen Des Lebens, Um Hunde Und Um Die Liebe Dreht, Und Vor Augenzwinkern In Richtung Pop-kultur, Vor Labyrinthischen Rätseln Und Opium-geschwängerten Schwingungen Nur So Strotzt. Es Oszilliert Zwischen Granatapfel Großen Herzen, Einem Himmel Aus Schatten, Dem Dunst Der Erde, Mystischen Zuckungen Und Dem Schwarzen Leder Des Nihilismus Der Neuen Blank-generation.

"die Aufregendsten Französischen Indie-pop-acts Mit Weiblicher Stimme." - The Postie, Juli 2018

DFA release Crooked Man's new album, 'Crooked House'.
Speaking about the album's lead track, 'Take It All Away',
Crooked Man says: 'It's about not being suffocated under the
mountains of useless crap that Mammon shits into every
crevice of modern life... quite possibly the world's only anti
consumerist disco song.'
The elusive Crooked Man returns to DFA with 'Crooked House'
LP, a maximalist take on electronic and house music that picks
up where 2016's self-titled album left off. Teaming up again
with Michael Somerset Ward (Clock DVA) and David Lewin
(Bleep & Booster) in the studio, Richard Barratt crafts a
comprehensive journey of hi-fi house belters with more sinister
electro-pop mixed in for good measure.
The album is influenced by two historic epicentres of electronic
music: Sheffield UK, where Richard has had an illustrious
career in a mix of legendary groups like Funky Worm, Sweet
Exorcist and The All Seeing I; and the NYC Loft-era disco
sound, where extended grooves were layered with peaktime
choruses.
Richard's diverse collaborations and intensely prolific
discography have now led him to records as lush and
sophisticated as 'Crooked House'. Considering the rarity of a
live Crooked Man performance or DJ set, it's a testament to his
hyper-creativity that these tracks are able to reach new heights
in a club setting. With support from disco historian Bill Brewster
and NTS resident Ross Allen, it's clear that 'Crooked House'
brings a timeless vitality to the current landscape of dance
music and continues an exciting new chapter in Crooked Man's
career.
LP format includes digital download code.

Belgium's Kontrast is releasing a third Ep. This time your mind will be set into trance by the futuristic sounds of Les Points, the Swiss crew that consists of Audino, Barbir, Louh and Nicola Kazimir. Six beautiful tracks containing the typical Les Points electro-techno rave sound are pressed on black gold for your sonic pleasure.

Yo! Good Music for strange places. Back from another world, ready to be stared shocked/amazed at. DJs like Dixon, Jackmaster or Tale Of Us will probably never know about it. Ask for more information. Ask for Yo!

Sweden's Luke Eargoggle, Johan Inkinen, 240 Interceptor, vs American Kid Ginseng, The Swedes let the bassed-up crowd find delicate layers a la Faceless Mind amidst the "Numbers" beat, The Kid makes a 150 bpm "Computer World" turn + bonus beat