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.
"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."
Tracklist:
1. Time to Throw Down - The Rickie Clark Company
2. Boogie Troids - The Troids
3. I'm the Packman - The Packman
4. Fix It in the Mix - Pretty Tony
5. All Systems Go - Jazaq
6. Killer Groove - Rich Cason
7. We Are the Jonzun Crew - Jonzun Crew
8. Planetary Deterioration (Electro Mix) - Ozone Layer
9. Robot People - Bill Williams and Bileo
10. E.T. Boogie - Extra T's
11. Invasion from the Planet Detroit - Planet Detroit
12. Professor X (Saga) - Professor X
13. Jump, Stomp and Twist (Instrumental) - Mo-Jo
