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Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force

Real Name:
Kevin Donovan, Ellis Williams, John Miller, Robert Darrell Allen, John Byas
Profile:
Seminal hip hop and electro outfit that recorded such tunes as "Planet Rock" and "Looking For The Perfect Beat".
Members:
Afrika Bambaataa, Ellis Williams, John Byas, John Miller (6), Robert Darrell Allen
Variations:
All | Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force | A. Bambaataa, Soulsonic Force | Afirka Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force | Africa Bambaata And The Soul Sonic Force | Africa Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force | Africa Bambataa & Soul Sonic Force | Afrika Bambaata & S.S.F. | Afrika Bambaata & Soul Sonic Force | Afrika Bambaata & Soulsonic Force | Afrika Bambaata & The Soulsonic Force | Afrika Bambaata and The Soul Sonic Force | Afrika Bambaata And The Soulsonic Force | Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force | Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force | Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force | Afrika Bambaataa and SoulSonic Force | Afrika Bambaataa And The Soul Sonic Force | Afrika Bambaataa And The Soulsonic Force | Afrika Bambaataa feat. Soulsonic Force | Bambaataa Aasim and Soul Sonic Force | Soul Sonic Force | Soul-Sonic Force
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Discography

Releases:
Zulu Nation Throwdown (Volume 2) (12")   Paul Winley Records 1980
Planet Rock (Single, Maxi) ◄ (41 versions)   Tommy Boy Music ... 1982
Play At Your Own Risk / Planet Rock (Maxi) ◄ (2 versions)   21 Records ... 1982
Looking For The Perfect Beat (Maxi) ◄ (12 versions)   Tommy Boy Music ... 1983
Renegades Of Funk (Single) ◄ (15 versions)   Tommy Boy Music ... 1983
Frantic Situation ◄ (3 versions)   Tommy Boy Music ... 1984
Planet Rock - The Album (Album) ◄ (7 versions)   Tommy Boy Music ... 1986
Return To Planet Rock (The Second Coming) (12", Gre)   York's Records 1989
Don't Stop... Planet Rock (The Remix EP) (Maxi, EP, Single) ◄ (12 versions)   Tommy Boy Music ... 1992
Lost Generation (CD, Album)   Hot Associated Label, Perfect Beat Records 1996
Rock The House (2x12", W/Lbl, Pur)   Hot Associated Label 1997
2kool4skool (CD, Maxi)   City Of Angels 1999
Return To The Planet Rock: The Dance Album (CD, Album)   Berger Music AG, Selected Sound Carrier AG 1999
Who's In The House (12")   Areeba Records 1999
Planet Rock 2000 - The Next Millennium (Maxi) ◄ (2 versions)   Planet Rock Music ... 2000
Mix:
Havin' Fun ◄ (2 versions)   Tommy Boy Music 1981
Appears On:
In Ekstasy (Album) ◄ (4 versions) Prima Nina In Ekstasy CBS ... 1985
2kool4skool (12")   City Of Angels 1999
ElectricKingdom* Technolectro - The 2nd Wave (2xCD, Comp) 2Kool4School (Rennie P... Electric Kingdom 1999
Urbal Beats : 3 (CD, Comp) 2 Kool 4 Skool FFRR 1999
Machine Soul: An Odyssey Into Electronic Dance Music (2xCD, Comp) 2Kool4Skool (Short) Rhino Records (2) 2000
Faith In The Future (Album) ◄ (3 versions) 2kool4skool Astralwerks 2001
Perfecto Presents... Breakin' (2xCD, Mixed, Comp) Planet Rock (Swordfish... Festival Mushroom Records 2001
X-Mix Dance Series 62 (CD, Comp) Planet Rock 2001 X-Mix 2001
Let The Music Play: The Best Of Shannon (CD) Do The Wrong Thang Shout! Factory 2004
Evolution Of Funk - Opus 1&2 (2xCD, Album) Planet Rock Exogenic Breaks Records 2008
Tracks Appear On:
Hit Parade 5 (LP) Planet Rock Ariola 1982
Move, Groove And Night Clubbing (2xLP, Promo, Comp) Planet Rock Polydor, Polydor 1982
Beat, Scratch And Boogie (LP, Mixed, Comp) Looking For The Perfec... 21 Records 1983
Dance Music Vol.2 (LP, Comp) Looking For The Perfec... Polydor 1983
The Perfect Beat (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Planet Rock, Looking F... 21 Records ... 1983
Volume 6 Program 3 (2x12", Mixed) Planet Rock Disconet Program Service 1983
Beat Street: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Volume 1 (Comp, Album) ◄ (11 versions) Frantic Situation Atlantic 1984
Break Mix (LP) Looking For The Perfec... Metronome 1984
Essential Electro - The Business (9xLP, Mixed, Comp, Ltd + Box) Planet Rock Street Sounds 1984
Street Mix (LP) Renegades Of Funk Dominion Music Corporation 1984
Street Sounds Crucial Electro 2 (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Planet Rock Street Sounds 1984
Zulu Break (Vinyl, MiniAlbum) Looking For The Perfec... 21 Records, Polydor 1984
New York vs L.A. Beats (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Planet Rock Street Sounds 1985
Tommy Boy - Greatest Beats (Comp) ◄ (5 versions) Planet Rock, Looking F... Tommy Boy Music ... 1985
Diggin The Crates (CD) Planet Rock Hot Associated Label 1986
June 86 - International (12") Looking For The Perfec... DMC 1986
Rap It Up ◄ (2 versions) Planet Rock K-Tel 1986
January 87 - Mixes 2 (12") Looking For The Perfec... DMC 1987
October 89 - Mixes 2 (12") Planet Rock (Dakeyne R... DMC 1989
Rapmasters 10: The Best Of Scratchin' (CD) Planet Rock Priority Records 1989
August 90 - Mixes 2 (12") Planet Rock DMC 1990
The History Of Rap Volume One (Vinyl, Album) Planet Rock Select Records 1990
Disc Drive Version 1.3 (2x12", Promo) Planet Rock (Party Mix) Disc Drive Records 1992
So... Boom! (Cass, Promo) Planet Rock (Video Edi... Tommy Boy Music 1992
Street Jams: Electric Funk Part 1 (CD, Comp) Planet Rock Rhino Records (2), Skanless Records 1992
Ultimix 43 (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Planet Rock Ultimix 1992
Underground Selection 7/92 (12") Planet Rock (Greed Remix) DMC 1992
Disco Nights Vol. 6: # 1 Disco Hits (CD, Comp) Planet Rock Rebound Records (2) 1994
Ghetto Style DJ's Bass ◄ (2 versions) Planet Rock Luke Records 1994
Street Jams: Electric Funk Parts 1-4 (4xCD) Planet Rock, Looking F... Rhino Entertainment Company 1994
The Roots Of Hip Hop Vol. 4 (12") Looking For The Perfec... Skanless Records 1994
Electric Circus - Old School (CD, Comp, Mixed) Planet Rock Quality Records / Quality Music & Video 1995
Mystical Mix Volume 2 (CD, Promo, Comp) Planet Rock Mystical Mix 1995
Old School Dance - Lesson One (CD, Comp) Planet Rock Warner Music (Canada) 1995
Electro Funk Volume One (CD) Planet Rock Priority Records 1996
Electro Funk Volume Two (CD, Comp, P/Mixed) Looking For The Perfec... Priority Records 1996
Electro Phunk (CD) Planet Rock (Classic M... Adrenalin Records 1996
Mix-Up Vol. 3 ◄ (2 versions) Planet Rock Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) ... 1996
Afro Wax: Music For The Soul (A Dance Label Retrospective) (CD) Planet Rock (Grooveman... Afro Wax Records 1997
Magic Hip Hop - The Real Classics (2xCD, Comp) Planet Rock Sony Music Media 1997
Ocean Of Sound 3: Booming On Pluto: Electro For Droids (2xCD) Planet Rock (Elektric ... Virgin 1997
Tommy Boy's Greatest Beats - Volume 1 (CD, Comp, Promo) Planet Rock (12" Versi... Tommy Boy Music 1997
A Taste Of Tommy Boy (CD, Comp, Promo) Looking For The Perfec... Tommy Boy Music 1998
Antro Mix (2xCD) Planet Rock 98 Max Music (Mexico), Max Music (Mexico) 1998
Back In Tha Day (CD, Comp) Planet Rock Polymedia 1998
Club Europa '98 (CD) Planet Rock '98 (Cresp... Max Music (Mexico) 1998
Club Sounds Vol. 5 (2xCD) Planet Rock '98 (Radio... Polystar Records 1998
DJ-Kicks (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Renegades Chant Studio !K7 ... 1998
Electric Beatbuster! (CD, Comp) Planet Rock 98 (Radio ... Edel Records 1998
Electro Empire (2xCD) Planet Rock '98 (US Or... EMI Electrola 1998
Electro House (2xCD) Planet Rock '98 (Radio... Polystar Records 1998
ElectroSonic Volume 1.0 (2xCD, Comp) Planet Rock '98 (US Or... Polystar Records 1998
Fuel Records / Eight Track (Music For Sound Systems) (2x12") Planet Rock (Tipper 21... Fuel Records (UK) 1998
Fuel Records / Eight Track (Music For Soundsystems) (2xCD) Planet Rock (Tipper Su... Fuel Records (UK) 1998
Greatest Beats - Volume 1 ◄ (2 versions) Planet Rock, Renegades... Tommy Boy Music 1998
Greatest Beats - Volume 3 ◄ (2 versions) Looking For The Perfec... Tommy Boy Music 1998
Grooveman's Klub Traxx (CD, Mixed, Comp) Planet Rock (Speed Fun... Hot Productions 1998
House Total (CD, Comp) Planet Rock '98 (Cresp... Max Music (Mexico) 1998
Housefloor - Volume 8 (2xCD, Comp) Planet Rock 98 (Dimas ... UCA Records 1998
MTV Presents: Hip Hop Back In The Day (CD) Planet Rock Priority Records 1998
Modulations: Cinema For The Ear (CD) Planet Rock Caipirinha Productions 1998
Modulations: Cinema For The Ear ◄ (3 versions) Planet Rock IMC Vision ... 1998
Non Stop 98/01 (2xCD) Planet Rock FFRR 1998
Promo Container Vol. 6 (CD, Promo, Comp) Planet Rock '98 Container Records (Spain) 1998
Raveline Presents Most Wanted Club Tracks Vol. 3 (2xCD) Planet Rock 98 (Origin... Ariola 1998
Rock It (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Planet Rock Sony Music Entertainment (UK) 1998
Straight Up Detroit Shit Volume 5 (CD, Mixed, Comp) Planet Rock (Remix) Electrofunk Records 1998
Strawberry Supreme - Into Speed Garage (CD) Planet Rock (Dimas & M... Strawberry Supreme 1998
The Best Hip Hop Anthemz... Ever! (2xCD, Album, Comp) Planet Rock Virgin 1998
The Perfect Beats Volume 1 (CD) Planet Rock Timber! Records 1998
The Perfect Beats Volume 1 (3xLP) Planet Rock Timber! Records 1998
The Perfect Beats Volume 3 (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Renegades Of Funk Timber! Records 1998
Tommy Boy's Greatest Beats - The Remixes (CD, Promo) Looking For The Perfec... Tommy Boy Music 1998
Tommy Boy's Greatest Beats 1981 - 1996 (5xCD + Box) Planet Rock, Renegades... Tommy Boy Music 1998
A Taste Of The Hip Hop Years (CD, Maxi) Planet Rock Channel Four Music 1999
ElectricKingdom - The TechnolectroPop Compilation (2xCD) Planet Rock (WestBam R... Electric Kingdom 1999
Electro Dance 2: Sounds Of A Synthetic Future (CD, Comp) Planet Rock '99 (Back ... Max Music & Entertainment Inc. 1999
Euphoria - For Your Mind . Your Body . And Your Soul (2xCD) Don't Stop... Planet Rock Warner Special Marketing GmbH 1999
Freestyle Gold 2000 (CD) Planet Rock (2000 Remix) Hi-Bias Records Inc. 1999
Hip Hop Don't Stop (The Greatest) (2xCD) Planet Rock Virgin 1999
Phat Beats 200 (12", Ltd) Planet Rock (Audio Blu... DMC 1999
The Hip Hop Years (2xCD) Planet Rock Sony Music TV, Columbia, 4 Music 1999
Tommy Boy Greatest Beats (The First Fifteen Years 1981-1996) ◄ (3 versions) Planet Rock (12" Versi... Tommy Boy Music 1999
Disco Box Vol. 10 - Solid Gold (CD, Comp, Mixed) Planet Rock Disco Box 2000
Disco Box Vol. 6 - Work It Out (CD, Mixed, Comp) Looking For The Perfec... Disco Box 2000
Machine Soul: An Odyssey Into Electronic Dance Music (2xCD, Comp) Planet Rock Rhino Records (2) 2000
Old School Volume 7 (CD) Planet Rock Thump Records 2000
Urban Theory Presents Electro Science (CD + CD) Looking For The Perfec... Urban Theory 2000
20 Years - It's Workin' - 1981 - 2001 (CD) Looking For The Perfec... Tommy Boy Music 2001
Booty Phat Classics (2xLP, Comp) Planet Rock Lil' Joe Records Inc. 2001
Clockwork (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Planet Rock (Stakka & ... Underfire 2001
Cream Ibiza 2001 (2xCD, Mixed) Planet Rock (Swordfish... Virgin 2001
Death Mix (The Best Of Paul Winley Records) ◄ (2 versions) Zulu Nation Throwdown ... Landspeed Records 2001
H.I.P. H.O.P. L'Émission Mythique De Sidney (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Renegades Of Funk Universal Records 2001
Looking For The Perfect Beat 1980-1985 ◄ (3 versions) Planet Rock, Looking F... Tommy Boy Music 2001
Perfecto Presents Breakin' (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Planet Rock (Swordfish... Perfecto ... 2001
Spin This (CD) Planet Rock (Swordfish... Virgin Records America, Inc. 2001
Spirit Of Hip Hop (2xCD, Comp) Don't Stop... Planet R... Wagram 2001
Swordfish The Album (12") Planet Rock (Swordfish... London-Sire Records 2001
The Annual 2002 (CD, Mixed) Planet Rock (Paul Oake... Ministry Of Sound 2001
The Disco Boys - Volume 1 (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) Planet Rock (Original ... Warner Strategic Marketing 2001
Ali G Indahouse - Da Soundtrack (CD, Enh) Planet Rock Universal Island Records, Universal Island Records 2002
Allstars Deejay's (2xCD, Mixed, Comp) Planet Rock EMI Music 2002
Back To The Old Skool Hip Hop (2xCD) Planet Rock Ministry Of Sound 2002
Electro Breakdance (2xCD, Comp) Planet Rock Telstar TV 2002
Electro Breakdance 2 (2xCD) Looking For The Perfec... Telstar TV 2002
Grand Theft Auto Vice City O.S.T - Volume 5 : Wildstyle Pirate Radio (CD, Comp) Looking For The Perfec... Epic, Rockstar Games 2002
Grand Theft Auto Vice City Official Soundtrack Box Set (7xCD, Comp) Looking For The Perfec... Epic, Rockstar Games 2002
Grandmaster Flash : Essential Mix Classic Edition (CD) Planet Rock FFRR 2002
Hip Hop Allstars (3xCD) Zulu Nation Throwdown Decadance Recordings 2002
The New Preskriptions Of Dr. Lektroluv (CD, Mixed, Comp) Planet Rock 541 2002
The New Preskriptions Of Dr. Lektroluv (CD, Mixed, Comp, Promo, Car) Planet Rock N.E.W.S. 2002
The Remix FM (3xCD, Comp) Planet Rock (Paul Oake... Virgin 2002
Beat Street (Volume 1 & 2) (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Frantic Situation Groovebuster Records 2003
Club Cuts 243 (12", Ltd) Planet Ripgroove DMC 2003
Essential 80's - Old.Skool.Electro (2xCD) Looking For The Perfec... Warner Music (Benelux) 2003
Grandmix - The Disco Edition 2 (3xCD, Mixed, Comp) Planet Funk Sony Music Media 2003
It's Still Workin': Tommy Boy's Classic Cuts (CD) Planet Rock, Looking F... Rhino Entertainment Company 2003
Old School Classics: An Education In Hip Hop (CD, Mixed) Planet Rock Ultimate Hip Hop Collections 2003
The Best Of Freestyle Megamix Volume 3 (CD + CD) Planet Rock What If Productions 2003
Tommy Boy Greatest Hits (3xCD, Comp) Planet Rock, Looking F... Rhino Entertainment Company 2003
Tommy Boy Greatest Hits (2xCD, Comp) Planet Rock, Looking F... Rhino Entertainment Company 2003
Trax Records Essentials Vol. 1 (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Planet Rock Corporacion Discografica Iberoamericana ... 2003
Bionic Breaks ◄ (2 versions) Renegades Of Funk, Ren... Kontor Records 2004
Live From The East Village NYC Vol. 1 (Cass) Planet Rock Oneatmosphere 2004
No. 1 Rap Hits - Volume 3 (2xCD) Planet Rock X-Media 2004
Old School Jams 5 (2xCD) Planet Rock (Original ... SPG Music Productions Ltd. 2004
Old School Nation! (2xCD) Planet Rock (Original ... Hi-Bias Records Inc. 2004
The Definitive Electro & Hip Hop Collection (2xCD, Mixed, Comp) Planet Rock Universal Music TV, Street Sounds 2004
Clubheroes (CD, Comp, Mixed) Planet Rock Serial Killer Vinyl 2005
Clubplanet Party Mix ◄ (2 versions) Planet Rock Rhino Entertainment Company 2005
Süddeutsche Zeitung Diskothek 1982 (CD) Planet Rock Süddeutsche Zeitung 2005
The Essential Mix (2xCD, Mixed) Planet Rock Word Up Records 2005
Electro Slash Disco - Underground 80's Dancefloor Sounds Vol. 1 (CD) Looking For The Perfec... Koch Records, Rhino Special Products 2006
The Tommy Boy Story Vol. 01 ◄ (2 versions) Planet Rock (12" Vocal... Rhino Entertainment Company 2006
The Tommy Boy Story Vol.1 (2x12") Planet Rock (12" Vocal... Tommy Boy Entertainment, Rhino Entertainment Company 2006
Tommy Boy Presents: Hip Hop Essentials 1979-1991 Volume Seven (CD, Comp) Planet Rock Tommy Boy Entertainment 2006
Tommy Boy Presents: Hip Hop Essentials 1979-1991 Volume Twelve (CD, Comp) Looking For The Perfec... Tommy Boy Entertainment 2006
Tommy Boy Story Vol. 01 (2x12") Planet Rock (12" Vocal... Rhino Entertainment Company 2006
Bravo Hip Hop Special - History (2xCD) Don't Stop...Planet Rock Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Germany) 2007
Greatest Hits & Remixes (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Planet Rock Ultra Records 2007
N.Y.C. Live Throw Down (DVD-A, Comp, MP3) Funhouse 6-18-1982 - P... Madison Square Garage Recordings 2007
Technowerk 1936-2003 (CD, Comp, P/Mixed, Car) Planet Rock XMAG 2008
Unemployed ][: Electric Boogaloo And Other Galactic Funk (2xCDr, Mixed, Promo) Planet Rock (Instrumen... The Basement Labs 2008
Zang Tumb Tuum, The ZTT Box Set (3xCD, Album, Comp + DVD, Comp) Don't Stop… Planet R... Salvo 2008
12"/80s Electro:Pop (3xCD, Album, Comp) Planet Rock (Vocal) Universal Music 2009
Fruehlingserwachen (CDr, Mixed, Comp, Ltd) Don't Stop Planet Rock... Babywelt Recordings 2009
Electric Funk (12") Planet Rock Not On Label  
Essential Old School Hip Hop (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Zulu Nation Throw Down... Landspeed Records  
Grandmaster Flash : Selections From : Essential Mix (12") Planet Rock FFRR  
Hip Hop Cut Classics Volume 1 (12") Planet Rock Battleground Records  
Issue 13 (2x12", Promo) Planet Rock '92 Powerhouse Records  
San Francisco Project 1 - Spirit Of The Tree (Cass, Mixed, Red) Planet Rock Not On Label  
San Francisco Project 2 - Tribute To James Brown / The Scratch - The Bass (Cass, Promo, Red) Don't Stop... Planet R... Not On Label  
Tommy Boy Sampler (CD, Smplr, Promo) Looking For The Perfec... Tommy Boy Music  
Tommy Boy Vs Ammo City (CD, Comp, Promo) Looking For The Perfec... HHC Magazine  
Ultimate Hip*Hop: 30th Anniversary Collection (CD) Planet Rock Madacy  
Unofficial Releases:
Dance Classics (CD) Planet Rock Not On Label 1996
Live DEMF 2002 (CDr) Planet Rock, Looking F... Puzzlebox Records 2002
Best Of Disco Galaxy Vol. 16 (12", W/Lbl) Planet Rock (Remix) Not On Label (Best Of Disco Galaxy Series), Not On Label (Michael Jackson) 2006
Def Beat Remixes Vol. 6 (2x12") Planet Rock (Magic Mik... Def Beat 2006
Acapella Heaven Special No. 3 (12") Planet Rock Acapella Heaven (White) 2008
Cosmic Sounds & Melodies (LP) Renegade Beats Cosmic Communications  
Flash Collection Vol. 9/10 (CD, Unofficial) Planet Rock (Edit) Flash Collection  
Planet Rock (Adams Family Mix) (12")   Fee Bee Records  
The Remixes (12") Planet Rock Not On Label  
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