﹝ pure 1981 dancefloor synth-disco · 128 BPM · zero vocals · recorded live to 2-track · 6:09 ﹞

﹝0:00-0:06﹞ tape leader crackle + faint 50 Hz hum, club lights still off ﹞

﹝0:12-0:50﹞ LinnDrum “Disco 2” preset full pattern, rimshot velocity 110, tambourine shaking hard ﹞

﹝0:20-1:20﹞ Roland Jupiter-8 arpeggiator 1/16 up-down, range 3 octaves, bright saws, chorus I+II max ﹞

﹝0:30-2:00﹞ SH-101 bass sequence: square + sub −12, slide on every note, slight overdrive, locked to Linn trigger ﹞

﹝0:45-2:30﹞ Oberheim OB-8 brass stabs on every 2 & 4, unison detune +9 cents, short decay, panned 9 & 3 o’clock ﹞

﹝1:00-3:00﹞ Juno-60 chord hits: poly saws, chorus II, held with sustain pedal, delayed 430 ms tape slap ﹞

﹝1:15-3:30﹞ TR-808 handclaps stacked x3, one dry, one through spring reverb kicked every 8 bars ﹞

﹝1:30-4:00﹞ main hook: Prophet-5 poly-mod lead, filter env to pitch + resonance, live solo in one take ﹞

﹝2:00-4:30﹞ DX7 electric piano “Funky Clav” layered with Juno-60, velocity to brightness, riding the groove ﹞

﹝2:30-4:00﹞ white noise riser every 16 bars, hand-automated 28-second sweep through EMS Vocoder band-pass ﹞

﹝3:00-5:00﹞ break: kick & bass out, only arpeggiator + delayed chords + crowd noise from the mirrors ﹞

﹝3:20-5:20﹞ rebuild: LinnDrum fills 8-bar crescendo, Jupiter arp doubles speed, brass stabs return louder ﹞

﹝3:40-5:40﹞ peak dancefloor: everything at +6 dB, 808 cowbell every off-beat, Prophet lead screaming resonance 90 % ﹞

﹝4:00-5:50﹞ extra layer: Solina String Ensemble wide open, slow phaser, glued with the rest via DBX 160 compressor ﹞

﹝5:20-6:00﹞ final 32 bars: sudden low-pass filter sweep 20 kHz → 800 Hz and back up twice, crowd screams ﹞

﹝5:50-6:09﹞ everything cuts except one Jupiter-8 chord held 12 s → tape echo repeats fade under mirror ball spin ﹞

﹝6:09﹞ lights up · sweat on the ceiling · next record already cued ﹞

﹝﹝﹝﹝﹝﹝﹝﹝﹝﹝﹝﹝ play on 12-inch 45 RPM · mirror ball mandatory · no headphones allowed ﹞﹞﹞﹞﹞﹞﹞﹞﹞﹞﹞﹞﹞