I Go Off – Kraftjerkz 80

Snappy breakdance come electro from Kid Ginseng, ‘I Go Off’, the third in a series of samply 12″s retrograding the inimitable sound of the diskette floppy disc, and its timely usage throughout the 80s and 90s in cities like Detroit, LA and New York. Channelling an 8-16 bit sound – and influenced by DJs Di’jital, Arabian Prince, and the LA X-Men – the centring of these influences is undeniably the instrumental Techno Hop label; Ginseng truly does go off on one in response to their legacy, with the title track forcing us to spit out the teabag with an abrupt «ptooey», in light of its spicy choral samples and bitty acid line. The runner-ups ‘Romancing The Droid’ and ‘Konstrukt’ also offer variable takes on the Techno Hop sound, the former especially bringing a downtempo proto-industrial hip-hop jaunt to an already totalised, militarised sonic zone.