Dark Matter Moving at the Speed of Light is just as all-encompassing as you'd expect, best illustrated by the difference between the two choices for cover versions. The first to appear is "Metal," originally a sleek, cold electro-pop song recorded by Gary Numan (who also happens to provide a new vocal). And then there's "Soul Makossa," originally a slinking proto-disco classic by Manu Dibango. Unfortunately, the covers themselves typify the in-one-ear-and-out-the-other, if spirited, sound of the record. From a production standpoint, a listener could be easily tricked into thinking that this is a funky breaks record out of the U.K. Thankfully, everything else reeks positively of Bambaataa, from the infectious and inclusive energy to the sci-fi spirituality. Still, this is an example of an innovator sounding only slightly better than his legions of lesser followers.
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1 Got That Vibe
2 Metal
3 Dark Matter
4 Take You Back
5 Soul Makossa
6 Just a Smoke / Mustafa Akbar
7 2137
8 Almighty Ra / T.C. Islam
9 Touch & Go / Muriel Fowler
10 Shake 'N' Pop Roll
11 Ain't Takin' No SHHH
12 Pick Up on This
13 No Dope Fiends on the Floor
14 Electro Salsa
15 B More Shake
16 Meet Me at the Party
17 Sally
18 Zulu Chant No. 5
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