Various: How To Wreck a Nice Mix

Journalist and hip-hop writer Dave Tompkins' history of the vocoder, How To Wreck a Nice Beach, is definitely a worthwhile read according to our own Tom Breihan, who referenced the book in his Playlist review of Big Boi's BNM'd "Shutterbugg" a while back. Tompkins has taken to the book's website to post a mix that, in his words, "is meant to accompany the book". The mix features excerpts of cuts from Neil Young, Gary Numan, and Kraftwerk-- as well as lots and lots of vocoder. (via How To Wreck a...

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