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Mantronix: The Incredible Sound Machine

Lloyd Bradley, Q, April 1991

FIVE YEARS AGO, hip hop duo Mantronix were among the best there was: techno-boff Mantronik's search for that perfect beat involved the unlikeliest noises fed through an array of electronic devices, until they came out sounding like the desired instrument.

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