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Cybotron - Enter [CR 00079 EU 2018 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC]

Originally released as a vinyl album in 1983 on Fantasy Records. I thought I might be able to improve on my 2019 rip of this Craft Recordings reissue. So here is a brand new 176.4kHz rip.

Cybotron came from Detroit, formed by Juan Atkins and Richard '3070' Davis, they released two very Kraftwerk influenced singles, Alleys Of Your Mind and Cosmic Cars on their own Deep Space label before signing to Fantasy for this album and the accompanying Clear single. 

Many years ago, likely during late 1983, I was a young lad discovering dance music courtesy of the DJs at Manchester's Hacienda night club. Clear  was one of those tracks which had the greatest impact and although it was almost impossible to track down at the time on vinyl, it remained a favourite prompting me to eventually find a copy in the late eighties ...way beyond a time where it remained important. This represented an era where electro(nic) dance music was innovative blending influences from New York (early Bambaataa etc) and Germany (Kraftwerk & Tangerine Dream), bleeding into early electro and hip-hop. Cybotron are often mooted as the fathers of Detroit techno ....to me they seemed much more than that.

A1    Enter 

A2    Alleys Of Your Mind 

A3    Industrial Lies 

A4    The Line 

B1    Cosmic Cars 

B2    Cosmic Raindance 

B3    El Salvador 

B4    Clear