Recorded, Produced, Mixed by Ghost Decibels 
Mastered by Mike Tucci

To Be Alive

"People that currently codify subgenres within genres would file Ghost Decibels (Chaka Malik) under the all-encompassing monikers of coldwave or minimal wave, and that's true to an extent, but I would call it "icy electronic soul." That tag reflects an urban (American) and European synthesis of shared sensibilities. Artists like Afrika Bambaataa have found inspiration in the cold, old world Teutonic sound of Kraftwerk, reimagined it, and used it as a foundation to create the urban electro/nascent hip-hop beat of "Planet Rock"—which subsequently became the template for freestyle, an '80s NYC dance genre played primarily by Latin and black performers that layered R&B/soul onto Kraftwerk's "Trans-Europe Express" drum pattern. That same beat inspired black DJs in the industrial hub of Detroit to put out minimal, futuristic-sounding 12"s that started the movement known as techno, and by extension, birthed the myriad variations of what we now call electronic dance music (EDM)." - Freddy Alva

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