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Joe Simon - Get Down

Cliff White, NME, 6 September 1975

LEAPING ONTO THE dance floor of American's all-pervasive disco, Simon recovered from a slump in popularity by intoning "Get down, get down" about fifty-nine times over a steamhammer bass, a hand-lapping chanting chorus, and some bubbling electronics.

Total word count of piece: 345

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