Mantronix: In Full Effect (10 Records) ****1/2
Richard Cook, Sounds, 26 March 1988
THE WAY Mantronix put their music together, you'd think this sort of thing was easy. It just falls into place, fluent, fresh, each lick set perfectly on the beat.
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