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  1. 01
    phuture · acid territory125 bpm
    chicago acid house · Phuture · 1987

    chicago 4×4 909 floor under a moog acid-bass riff in A minor. tape on for warmth, delay off — keep the 303 dry like the original.

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  2. 02
    parliament · flash light bass110 bpm
    p-funk · Parliament · 1977

    moog-only bass pattern walking root-5-b7-root in Bb minor — bernie worrell's expressive monosynth phrasing. add drive to taste.

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  3. 03
    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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  4. 04
    808 · planet rock electro116 bpm
    electro / electro-funk · Afrika Bambaataa + Soulsonic Force · 1982

    Afrika Bambaataa's 1982 template — syncopated 808 kick (1, 1.75, 2.5, 3.5), clap on 2/4, cowbell on every 16th-note offbeat, closed hat on 8ths. The track that invented electro by stacking Kraftwerk over a TR-808. Drive on for punch.

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