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  1. 01
    detroit · model 500 territory130 bpm
    detroit techno · Model 500 / Juan Atkins · 1985

    909 4×4 at 130 with a moog string-stab figure walking i-VI-III-VII in C minor. juan atkins / model 500 / underground resistance dna. plate on for the warehouse.

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  2. 02
    Linn LM-1 · when doves cry109 bpm
    minneapolis funk / pop · Prince · 1984

    Prince 1984 template — Linn LM-1 drums alone at 109bpm. Kick on 1 and 3, snare on 2 and 4, single hi-hat on every 8th, NOTHING ELSE. The original record famously had NO BASS — just drums + synth. The lesson is what you leave OUT. Plate on for the warehouse room sound; never delay (Prince records were dry, not dub).

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  3. 03
    DX7 · quincy '85 territory80 bpm
    80s pop r&b · Quincy Jones / Whitney Houston era · 1985

    80bpm electric piano arpeggio walking i-VI-III-VII in C minor + a bell stab on the top of every bar. Whitney / Quincy Jones / patch-11 territory — the sound of every TV theme from 1984 to 1991. tape on for warmth, plate on for the room.

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    modular · berlin school territory100 bpm
    berlin school / cosmic · Klaus Schulze / Tangerine Dream · 1975

    100bpm 8th-note hypnotic sequence through the modular pulse-pad program in C minor. Klaus Schulze / Tangerine Dream / late-70s Berlin school DNA. delay + plate on by default — the FX are half the genre.

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