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Zane Lowe premiered Kaytranada's remix of Afrika Bambaata and the Soulsonic Force's 80s anthem "Planet Rock" on his Beats 1 radio show this week.Building to his list of impressive reworks in 2016, the Montreal producer's version adds a scintillating bounce to the South Bronx DJ's 1982 classic. The track will be featured on the soundtrack of the upcoming documentary, 808: The Movie, a film about the massive influence of the iconic drum machine in music.The doc comes out Dec. 9 on Apple Music, and includes interviews with the Beastie Boys, Questlove, Pharrell, Diplo, Rick Rubin, and more.Listen to the remix below and revisit our 2016 conversation with Kaytranada.Max Mohenu is on Twitter.