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influences. "When you cop such an attack on bass guitar, and make a line come at you with such power, that's extreme bass," he has said. "It's about creating a sound with tons of low end that pounds you in the chest and makes you go, Whoa!"
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159:Yossi Fine
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51:Birth name
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366:Antibalas
354:Anthony B
350:Brian Eno
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216:Ghanaian
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582:(1996,
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