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  "slug": "lfo",
  "name": "LFO",
  "description": "LFO appears 2 times in our Bleep Techno and Warp lists, placing as high as No. 1. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-31",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/lfo/",
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  "distinctRecordings": 1,
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    "first": 1990,
    "last": 1990
  },
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  },
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    },
    {
      "kind": "curator",
      "slug": "warp",
      "name": "Warp",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/theme/warp/",
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      "trackKey": "lfo--lfo",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/lfo--lfo/",
      "title": "LFO",
      "year": 1990,
      "label": "Warp",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "A test tone, a bassline and their own name spoken over it, and it reached number twelve in the national chart. Nothing else on the radio that year was remotely this austere.",
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        }
      ],
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          "exact": false
        },
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        }
      },
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      },
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    },
    {
      "trackKey": "lfo--lfo",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/lfo--lfo/",
      "title": "LFO",
      "year": 1990,
      "label": "Warp",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "A top-twenty hit made of almost nothing but sub-bass and a voice saying the title. The commercial proof that the room was right, and the record that gave the label enough money to take the risks below.",
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        }
      ],
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        },
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      },
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