Clear (Cybotron song)
| "Clear" | ||||
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| Single by Cybotron | ||||
| from the album Enter | ||||
| B-side | "Industrial Lies" | |||
| Released | 1983 | |||
| Format | 12" single, 7" single | |||
| Recorded | April 1982 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 4:54 (Radio edit) | |||
| Label | Fantasy | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Juan Atkins | |||
| Producer(s) | Juan Atkins | |||
| Cybotron singles chronology | ||||
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| Audio sample | ||||
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Sample of "Clear" (1983)
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"Clear" is a 1983 electro song performed by the American group Cybotron, and composed by Cybotron members Juan Atkins and Richard Davis.
Sampled versions
The song's instantly recognizable loop has been sampled by many rap and hip-hop artists such as Missy Elliott's "Lose Control", and Poison Clan's "Shake Whatcha Mama Gave Ya". The loop was originally created and/or inspired by Kraftwerk as used in their composition "Hall Of Mirrors."
50,000 copies of the "Clear" single were sold, according to a 1997 article in The Wire, which describes the song as a "groundbreaking…first-generation piece of pure machine music."[5]
Trivia
- The song appears in video games Grand Theft Auto Vice City and Watch Dogs 2.
References
- ↑ Break Dancin' to Da Old School - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic
- ↑ The Definitive Electro & Hip Hop Collection - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic
- ↑ Discotheque, Vol. 1: The Haçienda - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic
- ↑ Enter - Cybotron | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic
- ↑ Shallcross, Mike (July 1997), "From Detroit To Deep Space", The Wire (161), p. 21
External links
- Jon Savage on song: Cybotron – Techno City The Guardian Music Blog
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