Title: Herbie Hancock – Future Shock
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1983, Electronic, Electro-Funk, Los Angeles, CA
Condition: New

Cultural Facts:

1. Scene Ecology: A jazz giant plugging directly into early-’80s club and street culture—electro, breakdance, and the DJ world becoming a real musical institution.

2. Studio Lore: Built with Bill Laswell’s production brain and heavy turntable work from Grand Mixer D.ST, treating the studio like a collage room.

3. Media Narrative: “Rockit” and its robot-heavy video helped make MTV take electronic/hip-hop aesthetics seriously—music TV as a culture pipeline