Mantronix - Music Madness [140-Gram Black]

Mantronix - Music Madness [140-Gram Black]Second album by production whiz kid Mantronix, one of the most important acts in the mid 80s hip hop. Pioneers of drum machine, sample technology and art of the remix. Originally released in 1986 on Sleeping Bag Records, this is raw hip hop and electronic music of the highest calibre. Features the classics 'Who Is It', 'Music Madness' and 'Listen To The Bass'. Pressed on 140g black vinyl with original artwork and printed inner sleeve.

This green vinyl pressing offers an immersive listening experience

" Playing drums on that track was the great Billy Hart

Making A Door Less Open

and even cover artist Jake Longstreth's humorously sober depiction of an actual old Taco Bell building all point to the duo's low-key-gonzo subversion of Adult Contemporary tropes into something unexpectedly transcendent

and streetpunk

and Hissing Fauna balances it's poppy nature while showcasing brutal and unflinching honesty

tapping into the group's limitless insular synergy

" he says)

Featuring the previously released "Please Don't Walk Away

The esteemed Pete Thomas provided saxophone

They burst onto the scene with their eponymous debut album in 2017

but now utilises colour photographs from The Last Temptation of Christ film