Looking for the Perfect Beat
remixing and reshaping hip-hop, rock and rhythms
$49.80
- Hardcover
480 pages
- Release Date
26 August 2025
Summary
Finding the Groove: My Life in Music with Arthur Baker
Beginning his career as a club DJ and disco producer in the early-70s in his native Boston, Arthur Baker moved to New York City in 1981 and in the summer of 1982 produced one of the genre-defining early hip-hop tracks “Planet Rock” by Afrika Bambaataa and Soulsonic Force. This began an illustrious career that has seen him work with artists including Bruce Springsteen, Diana Ross, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Al Green, Pet Shop…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780571387427 |
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| ISBN-10: | 057138742X |
| Author: | Arthur Baker |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Imprint: | Faber & Faber |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Release Date: | 26 August 2025 |
| Weight: | 734g |
| Dimensions: | 49mm x 241mm x 165mm |
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About The Author
Arthur Baker
Born in Boston, Massachusetts on April 22, 1955, but more closely associated with New York, Arthur Baker is an American record producer and DJ best known for his work with hip hop artists like Afrika Bambaataa and Planet Patrol, as well as British group New Order. He lives in Miami.
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