New DJ Obake: “What Is 80’s?”
The answer – cheese-tastic keyboard and synths dug out of a Miami Vice episode. So basically, it’s a great stab at Reagan-decade goof-dance. DJ Obake takes these things down just as fast as they go up, so listen now.
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