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Darryl “DLT” Thomson, DJ and producer

I was lucky to have a mum with eclectic musical taste – as you can tell by my DJing, I guess. She brought Trans-Europe Express home in about 1978 and that’s why, when I heard Afrika Bambaataa’s Planet Rock, I knew what it was – and that tripped me out. That’s why I decided hip-hop was my thing, really – because of the samples in Planet Rock.

I seriously think that if

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