Earl 'Spanky' Smith Jr.

CTL-E-1038 · Institution · other · 1985–1987

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Phuture member who sourced the TB-303 and programmed the beat behind the acid jam.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from TECH-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-TECH-001:TECH-E-025; source research type(s): None.

Sources

DJ Mag (primary source)

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