Released in 1983, this album from New York crew Warp 9 work real emotion and intelligence into the world of experimental hip-hop and electro
In January 1983 the idea of a 'club DJ' joining the elite ranks of professional dance music producers was still considered odd enough to warrant a quarter-page story in Billboard magazine. Thus 23-year-old John 'Jellybean' Benitez was inducted into the world of fader-pushing, adding, with impressive prescience, "Many of the top producers of tomorrow will be people with club DJing experience." Benitez had already had huge success with his 7" edit of Planet Rock, the top 20 hit Pac-Jam by the Jonzun Crew and the brilliant Keep It In The Family by the legendary Brazilian composer (Eumir) Deodato, but this hot new producer had his eyes on a Frankie Avalon track, a remix for The Beat and a track called Light Years Away by a New York crew called Warp 9.
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by Rob Fitzpatrick via Electronic music | The Guardian
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