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Dr. Yann & Grandmaster Flash
Vinyl Beat Of Two Turntables With Cybernetics And Bio-Feedback

Dr. Yann & Grandmaster Flash — Vinyl Beat Of Two Turntables With Cybernetics And Bio-Feedback, 1998. Verified release details and tracklist.

Label
For Life Records
Catalog
FLJF-9523
Year
1998
Format
Vinyl

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Released in 1998 on For Life Records, "Vinyl Beat Of Two Turntables With Cybernetics And Bio-Feedback" is a single by Dr. Yann & Grandmaster Flash, catalogued as FLJF-9523. The release brings together two figures whose names point toward different corners of music and technology, though the specifics of their collaboration are not detailed here.

The title itself is notably verbose, stacking together terms — turntables, cybernetics, bio-feedback — that gesture toward an intersection of human performance and machine process. Whether that intersection is fully realized in the music is a matter for the listener to judge, but the language alone sets a particular tone of intent. The single is classified across three genres: Cut-up/DJ, Experimental, and Hip Hop, a spread that reflects the elastic positioning of turntablism in the late 1990s, when the practice was being claimed simultaneously by club culture, avant-garde circles, and mainstream rap.

The vinyl pressing carries three tracks. The A-side holds the title track, while the B-side opens with "Introduction Of Bionic Music" before closing with a Japanese Version of the title track. The presence of a Japanese Version is worth noting given the release's home on For Life Records, a Japanese label, suggesting the single was produced with a domestic market in mind. No track durations are available in the verified data.

Grandmaster Flash is a foundational figure in the history of DJing, widely credited with developing core turntable techniques in the 1970s. Beyond that general biographical context and the release details confirmed above, this draft does not extend to claims about the record's recording circumstances, personnel beyond the credited artists, or its place within either artist's broader catalog. A fact checker should verify all personnel and label details before publication.

Tracklist

On the record

  1. AVinyl Beat Of Two Turntables With Cybernetics And Bio-Feedback
  2. B1Introduction Of Bionic Music
  3. B2Vinyl Beat Of Two Turntables With Cybernetics And Bio-Feedback (Japanese Version)

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