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Deltron 3030: Virus (from Deltron 3030)
A very fine rap track from a very fine concept album. The titular superhero overthrows megacorporations and oppressive government by, among other methods, unleashing computer viruses. Lyrics about erasing files and crashing hard disks set the tone, and the hordes of battle robots and deep space sci-fi battles are merely the sort of courtesy detail you wish would happen instead of your computer simply lurching to a halt. Damon Albarn guests, an experience which is said to have led to the formation of Gorillaz.
Best Listened To While: Plotting the collapse of civilisation — or at least the downfall of Outlook.
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Surprised Gary Numan's 'I Dream of Wires' didn't get in there, Rupert.
Best listened to while soldering together a breadboard amp design from Electronics Weekly.