Major Malfunction

by Keith LeBlanc

Major Malfunction cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: World
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 33:11
  • Community rating: 3.42/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The master studio drummer and Sugarhill Records session player heavily utilized the Fairlight CMI to craft an immensely influential blend of mechanical beats and sound collage. Repurposing media broadcasts regarding the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, the record operates as a menacing precursor to the industrial hip-hop movement.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, repetitive, avant-garde

Tracklist

  1. Get This (2:45)
  2. Major Malfunction (4:49)
  3. Heaven on Earth (4:33)
  4. Object-Subject (Breakdown's Not Enough) (5:14)
  5. Move (3:29)
  6. I'll Come up with Something (0:50)
  7. Technology Works Dub (5:44)
  8. You Drummers Listen Good (4:43)
  9. Bonus Track - Mad Years (1:00)

Credits

  • Yo Moma - cover
  • Dog - keyboards
  • Nick Plytas - keyboards
  • Doug Wimbish - keyboards, guitar, bass
  • Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah - percussion

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