“With rocketing sales of Future Shock, and the constant airplay of its smash hit, “Rockit,” Hancock and Bill Laswell soon joined forces again to record the follow-up LP, Sound-System. The recording line-up was considerably enlarged to include guitarists Henry Kaiser and Nicky Skopelitis, Anton Fier on Simmons electronic drums, Will Alexander on the Fairlight CMI synthesizer, the Senegalese percussionist Aiyb Dieng, and the Gambian kora player Foday Musa Suso.

 Released in August 1984, Sound-System is both a continuation of and a departure from Future Shock. The song “Sound System” earned Herbie a Grammy Award in 1984 for ‘Best R&B Instrumental Performance’. Produced by Bill Laswell/Material and Herbie Hancock. Sound-System is the 36th album by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock and the second of three albums co-produced by Bill Laswell with the ‘Rockit’ Band. 

Herbie Hancock – Sound-System 

Label: CBS – CK 39478 

Format: CD, Album, CSR 

Country: US 

Released: 1984 

Genre: Electronic, Jazz 

Style: Electro 

1 Hardrock 6:08 

2 Metal Beat 4:53 

3 Karabali 5:17 

4 Junku 5:30 

5 People Are Changing 6:03 

6 Sound-System 5:51 

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