Time Zone (band)

Time Zone was an electro band headed by Afrika Bambaataa. Bambaataa worked with different musicians for each Time Zone project.

The first Time Zone single was the 1983 electro song "The Wildstyle" which featured music from a German project called Wunderwerke based in Wächtersbach in Germany. Rusty Egan of Visage came to see them in their studio on his way to Zurich to meet YELLO. Co-founder of Do It Records, Ian Tregonning was interested in their track "Sex Appeal"; Bambaataa was introduced to their music by Rusty Egan . The music was recorded in one evening as witnessed by Tregonning and was their first known use of a sampler. Samples of 'Trans-Europe Express' by Kraftwerk and Chic's 'Good Times' were cut into a drum and bassline created by Egan. The song became popular among breakdancers at the time.

In December 1984, Time Zone released their most well-known single, "World Destruction". A collaboration between Bambaataa, ex-Sex Pistol/Public Image Ltd. leader John Lydon, and producer/bassist Bill Laswell. The "World Destruction" single was arranged by Laswell after Lydon and Bambaataa had acknowledged respect for each other's work:

Afrika Bambaataa: "I was talking to Bill Laswell saying I need somebody who's really crazy, man, and he thought of John Lydon. I knew he was perfect because I'd seen this movie that he'd made (Copkiller), I knew about all the Sex Pistols and Public Image stuff, so we got together and we did a smashing crazy version, and a version where he cussed the Queen something terrible, which was never released."

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