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. Tracklisting: CD 1. The Rickie Clark Company – Time To Throw Down (6.32) 2. The Troids – Boogie Troids (5.49) 3. The Packman – Im 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 Ts – 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)
