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featuring beautiful illustrations courtesy of Cinthya Alvarez

Looking for the Perfect Beat: Remixing and Reshaping Hip-Hop, Rock and Rhythms by Arthur Baker #joyce hilarious book' OBSERVER ‘I lostLONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 PENDERYN MUSIC BOOK PRIZE 'Every chapter of Looking For The Perfect Beat is absolutely mesmerising' Buzz Magazine Beginning his career as a disco producer in the early 70s, Arthur Baker relocated to New York City 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 working with artists including Bruce