| Release Date: | 04/10/2024 |
| Format: | 2LP Black/ CD |
| Label: | Soul Jazz Records |
| Catalogue Number: | SJRLP547 |
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 spaceships 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 is released on loud double vinyl and packaged in a gatefold sleeve complete with full sleevenotes (from Derek Walmsley of The Wire), plus digital download code.
Tracklist:
The Rickie Clark Company - Time To Throw Down
The Troids - Boogie Troids
The Packman - I'm The Packman
Pretty Tony - Fix It In The Mix
Jazaq - All Systems Go
Rich Cason - Killer Groove
The Jonzun Crew - We Are The Jonzun Crew
Ozone Layer - Planetary Deterioration (Electro Mix)
Bill Williams and Bileo - Robot People
Extra T's - E.T. Boogie
Planet Detroit - Invasion From The Planet Detroit
Professor X - Professor X (Saga)
Mo-Jo - Jump, Stomp and Twist (Instrumental)