Title: Electro Throwdown Sci-fi Inter-planetary Electro Attack on Planet Earth 1982-89 Artist: Soul Jazz Records Presents Label: Soul Jazz Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 5026328105475 Genre: Electronic Release Date: 2024-10-04 Number of Discs: 1
Soul Jazz Records' new collection, 'Electro Throwdown - Sci-Fi Inter-Planetary Electro Attack on Planet Earth 1982-89', is a journey into the outer reaches of electro, a galactic roller-coaster ride of turbo-charged sci-fi grooveology. // The album is comprised of mainly private-press and independent label electro jams of the highest calibre (with some as rare as space ships landing on Mars) all created in the 1980s, at a time when a vocoder, a Roland TR-808 drum machine and a groove was all that was needed to get the party started. // With a few notable exceptions (Michael Jonzun's Jonzun Crew and The Packman) the album features mainly under-the-radar killer tracks from a host of one-off artists and back-room electronic pioneers - including Pretty Tony, Planet Detroit (James McCauley, aka Maggotron) and Rich Cason - who together helped shape the sound of electro across the USA from Miami to New York, Los Angeles and beyond during the 1980s. // This album comes with full sleeve notes (from Derek Walmsley of The Wire).
Tracks: 1.1 The Rickie Clark Company - Time to Throw Down 1.2 The Troids - Boogie Troids 1.3 The Packman - I'm the Packman 1.4 Pretty Tony - Fix It in the Mix 1.5 Jazaq - All Systems Go 1.6 Rich Cason - Killer Groove 1.7 The Jonzun Crew - We Are the Jonzun Crew 1.8 Ozone Layer - Planetary Deterioration (Electro Mix) 1.9 Bill Williams and Bileo - Robot People 1.10 Extra T's - E.T. Boogie 1.11 Planet Detroit - Invasion from the Planet Detroit 1.12 Professor X - Professor X (Saga) 1.13 Mo-Jo - Jump, Stomp and Twist (Instrumental)
