Various ‎Artists / Electro Throwdown (Sci-Fi Inter-Planetary Electro Attack On Planet Earth 1982-89)

Artist: Various Artists
Title: Electro Throwdown (Sci-Fi Inter-Planetary Electro Attack On Planet Earth 1982-89)
Label: Soul Jazz Records
Cat.#: SJRLP547
Format: 2x12" Vinyl LP, Compilation
Country: UK
Released: 2024
Style: Hip Hop, Electro, Funk, Soul

Track Listing: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 is released on super-loud double vinyl, packaged in a gatefold sleeve complete with full sleeve notes (from Derek Walmsley of The Wire), plus download code and digital.