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It's a Beat Wave 1983

electro, electronic, synth-pop 39 min 6 tracks Prism

It's a Beat Wave is the debut album by American electro group Warp 9. Released in 1983, the album's producers, Lotti Golden and Richard Scher, "worked real emotion and intelligence into the world of experimental hip-hop and electro."

electro electronic synth-pop

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Grave, spare, classical in form and cool.

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Tracks

A1Beat Wave5:40
A2Master of the Mix7:01
A3Nunk (New Wave Funk)7:15
B1Light Years Away7:42
B2Light Years Away (dub)5:19
B3No Man Is an Island6:14

6 tracks, 39 minutes.

About the album

Artist: Warp 9
Label: Prism
Released: 1983
Type: Album
Format: 12" Vinyl
Country: US

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