Mantronix: Will Hip Hop Eat Itself?
Sean O'Hagan, NME, 22 November 1986
Where is it? New York city. How is it? Bloody hot in here. Why is it? Because MATRONIX, pure-steel technologists of studio and vox, have just unleashed a masterpiece second LP. Who is he? SEAN O'HAGAN.
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