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Pump Up The Volume II (The Space Virus)

[Intro] [Sound Effect: Vinyl scratching record backward] [Voice Sample: "Transmission received... Standby!"] [Sound Effect: Deep space radio static and beeps] [Classic heavy 114 BPM hip-hop breakbeat kicks in] [Hypnotic, squelchy TB-303 Acid bassline starts rolling] [Verse 1] [Male Rap Voice, oldschool flow] The needle hits the groove, the frequency is high We spin it from the underground up to the sky Nineteen-eighty-seven, but we mutate the track The rhythm is a virus and it's coming right back! [Vocal Sample Cut] "Houston, we have a rhythm problem." "Pump-pump-pump up the volume!" "Go!" [Chorus] [Female Rave Voice, energetic] Pump up the volume! Burn down the house! Turn up the radio, we’re breaking it out! Pump up the volume! Feel the bass drop! This is the rhythm that you never can stop! [Verse 2] [Male Rap Voice] A collage of the audio, a theft of the sound We dig into the crates and we shake up the ground Byte-sized, digitized, heavy bass drive The ghost in the sampler is coming alive! [Vocal Sample Cut] "Is there anybody out there?" "Put the needle on the record!" "Signal overload!" [Sound Effect: Rave sirens and rocket launch rumble] [Bridge] [Beat drops out, heavy bass compression and radar pings] [Voice Sample, radio effect: "Entering the cyber-zone."] [TB-303 Acid synth filter opens up, getting brighter and harsher] [Fast vinyl scratching frenzy] [Drop] [The breakbeat returns with maximum power] "PUMP UP THE VOLUME!" [Shout] [Chorus] [Female Rave Voice] Pump up the volume! Burn down the house! Turn up the radio, we’re breaking it out! Pump up the volume! Feel the bass drop! This is the rhythm that you never can stop! [Outro] [Music starts to loop and stutter like a malfunctioning satellite] "Pump up... pump up..." [Voice Sample: "System malfunction!"] "Volume!" [Sound Effect: Vinyl needle ripping off the record abruptly] [Radio static fades to silence] [End]