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Kickopedia Sources and Evidence Library
Inspect the source standards, evidence labels and selected primary, institutional and first-person references used across Kickopedia.
Facts, recollection and listening analysis kept separate
Immediate answer
A source supports a particular claim, not an entire story by association
Kickopedia links the reader to the strongest available material and labels whether a statement is documented fact, manufacturer history, first-person recollection, technical model or original listening analysis. Sonic resemblance is never used as proof of exact historical equipment.
Evidence hierarchy
How sources are weighed
Primary and institutional records
Patents, catalogues, archives, museum records, official credits and contemporaneous documents anchor dates, names and released objects.
First-person accounts
Interviews establish what a participant remembers or reports. Memory is valuable evidence, but disagreement and time distance remain visible.
Independent technical reporting
Specialist publications can connect credits, instruments and process when the article shows its own evidence.
Listening analysis
Kickopedia may describe audible placement, envelope and relationships. Those observations are labelled analysis, not hidden session facts.
Claim language
Five labels readers can rely on
- Documented
- A cited record directly supports the statement.
- Reported
- A named participant or credible publication makes the claim.
- Attributed
- The claim is common and sourced, but the available record is not conclusive.
- Disputed or incomplete
- Reliable accounts differ or the surviving record cannot settle the point.
- Listening analysis
- An original description of what is audible, without an equipment or session assertion.
Selected research library
Sources used in the V13.6 evidence dossiers
- Earl Young and the Disco BeatSPIN interview
First-person and editorial context for Earl Young’s Philadelphia International recordings and four-on-the-floor contribution.
- 2026 National Recording Registry: “Amen, Brother”Library of Congress
Institutional record for the 1969 B-side, drummer Gregory Coleman and the later cultural life of the six-second break.
- The History of the TR-808 Drum MachineSmithsonian Magazine
Historical context for the machine’s commercial reception and later influence.
- The TR-808 StoryRoland
Manufacturer history and instrument context. Manufacturer sources are identified as such.
- Classic Tracks: Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force: Planet RockSound On Sound
Production and credit context for the recording, including the electronic rhythm framework.
- Arthur Baker on Planet Rock, New Order and Unreleased SessionsReverb
First-person production recollection. Recollection is not treated as universal proof of every later claim.
- Jamie Principle Interview: “Your Love”Library of Congress
First-person oral history for the song’s creation, circulation and relationship with Frankie Knuckles.
- Juan AtkinsDetroit Historical Society
Institutional biography connecting Juan Atkins, Rick Davis, Cybotron and “Clear”.
- Juan Atkins on the Detroit Techno SoundMusicRadar
First-person discussion of Detroit techno’s machines, ideas and production culture.
- Skream LectureRed Bull Music Academy
First-person account of “Midnight Request Line” and its movement from a grime idea toward a deeper sparse form.
- Magnetic Man on the Early Days of UK BassRed Bull Music Academy Daily
Scene testimony describing the track as a turning point in early dubstep.
Editorial accountability
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Kickopedia treats corrections as part of the research record. A correction should identify the page, the exact claim, the supporting source and the requested change.