Electro Throwdown - Sci-Fi Inter-Planetary Electro Attack on Planet Earth 1982-89

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 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.

1. The Rickie Clark Company - Time To Throw Down (6.32)

2. The Troids - Boogie Troids (5.49)

3. The Packman - I'm The Packman (6.37)

4. Pretty Tony - Fix It In The Mix (5.57)

5. Jazaq - All Systems Go (5.26)

6. Rich Cason - Killer Groove (4.07)

7. The Jonzun Crew - We Are The Jonzun Crew (6.24)

8. Ozone Layer - Planetary Deterioration (Electro Mix) (4.53)   

9. Bill Williams and Bileo - Robot People (3.31)

10. Extra T's - E.T. Boogie (5.28)

11. Planet Detroit - Invasion From The Planet Detroit (4.21)

12. Professor X - Professor X (Saga) (4.24) 

13. Mo-Jo - Jump, Stomp and Twist (Instrumental) (6.07)