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  "slug": "inner-city",
  "name": "Inner City",
  "description": "Inner City appears 2 times in our Detroit Techno and The Waxonia Desk — Sounds Like a Single lists, placing as high as No. 3. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-29",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/inner-city/",
  "appearanceCount": 2,
  "distinctRecordings": 1,
  "years": {
    "first": 1988,
    "last": 1988
  },
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  },
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      "slug": "detroit-techno",
      "name": "Detroit Techno",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/detroit-techno/",
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    },
    {
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      "slug": "the-desk-sounds-like-a-single",
      "name": "The Waxonia Desk — Sounds Like a Single",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-sounds-like-a-single/",
      "entries": 1
    }
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    {
      "trackKey": "inner-city--good-life",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/inner-city--good-life/",
      "title": "Good Life",
      "year": 1988,
      "label": "KMS / Virgin",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Kevin Saunderson proved techno could be a pop song without surrendering the machine. Paris Grey's vocal is the human argument at the centre of the genre.",
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        {
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        }
      ],
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        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Inner%20City%20Good%20Life",
          "exact": false
        },
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        }
      },
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      },
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    },
    {
      "trackKey": "inner-city--good-life",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/inner-city--good-life/",
      "title": "Good Life",
      "year": 1988,
      "label": "KMS / Virgin",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Detroit techno behaving like a pop record and refusing to apologise for it. The genre spent the following decade deciding whether that was a betrayal or the entire point.",
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        }
      ],
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        },
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        }
      },
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      },
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    }
  ],
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}