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Acid Monkey 303

[Genre: Big Beat, Acid Breakbeat, Plunderphonics] [Instrumentation: Sampled 60s Soul Drums, Distorted Roland TB-303 Bass, Brass Stabs from 70s Cinema, Turntable Scratches, Lo-fi Vocal Loops] [Tempo: 115 BPM] [Production: Punchy, Sample-Heavy, Syncopated, Cut-and-Paste, High Energy, 90s Club Mix] [Vocal Style: Repetitive Spoken Word Samples, Pitch-Shifted Hooks, Stuttered Edits, "Found Sound" Dialogue] [Start with grainy vinyl crackle and hiss] [Spoken Word Intro: Lo-fi, 1950s Documentary Sample, Pitch-Shifted Down] The primate's brain... is susceptible to the rhythm. To the rhythm. To the rhythm. Rhy-rhy-rhy-rhythm. [Drum Fill: Chopped 60s Soul Breakbeat enters, heavy swing] [Bass: TB-303 enters with low resonance, sub-bass pulse] [Verse 1: Cut-up Vocal Samples, Stuttered Rhythm] Found the box. In the rubbish. Silver box. Knobs on t-t-top. Push the button. Turn the dial. Make it squelch. Make it smile. [Build Up: Snare roll intensifies, 303 Filter Cutoff opening up, high resonance squeal] [Sample: "Monkey Chatter" pitched to match snare hits] [Vocal Loop: Rising pitch] Wait for the drop. Wait for the drop. Wait for the monkey. [Drop: Heavy Big Beat Groove, Loud 70s Italian Brass Stabs, Aggressive Acid Bass] [Chorus: Repetitive Hook, Catchy and Loud] Monkey see. Monkey do. Monkey play the three-oh-three. Monkey see. Monkey do. Monkey play the three-oh-three. [Turntablism Break: Scratching the word "Acid"] Wiki-wiki-Acid. Wiki-wiki-Acid for the soul. [Breakdown: Drums drop out, atmospheric tape delay] [Sample Collage: Dialogue between Zookeeper and Hippie, heavily chopped] (Zookeeper): He’s got the... he’s got the machine! (Hippie): Let him... let him groove, man. (Zookeeper): It’s not... it’s not natural. (Hippie): It’s purely... purely mental. (Zookeeper): Get that... get that out of his hands! (Hippie): Banana for the beat. Banana for the beat. [Buildup 2: Reverse Cymbal Swells, "Monkey Chatter" looping rapidly] Banana for the beat. Banana for the b-b-b-beat. Right here. Right now. Monkey time. [Drop 2: Maximum Energy, Distorted 303 Acid Lines, Funky Drum Fills] [Chorus: Repetitive Hook] Monkey see. Monkey do. Monkey play the three-oh-three. Monkey see. Monkey do. Monkey play the three-oh-three. [Bridge: Minimal Kick Drum, Squelchy 303 Solo] [Vocal Sample: Stretched] Suscep-ti-ble. To the rhy-thm. Squ-el-ch. [Outro: Beat continues, fading filters, loop repeats and degrades] Monkey play the... Monkey play the... Three. Oh. Three. [Sound Effect: Vinyl stop, slowing down to a halt] [Spoken Word Outro: Documentary Sample] Quite extraordinary.