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01. Hashim - Al Naafiysh (The Soul)
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02. Aleem - Release Yourself (Dub)
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03. Kosmic Light Force - Mysterious Waves
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04. Paul Hardcastle - Rain Forest
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01. The Russell Brothers - The Party Scene
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02. Dwayne Omarr - This Party's Jam Packed
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03. G-Force - Feel The Force (feat. Ronnie Gee & Captain Cee)
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04. Tyrone Brunson - The Smurf
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ARTIST
NEGRO, JOEY
TITLE
Electro: A Personal Selection of Electro Classics
FORMAT
2LP
LABEL
Z RECORDS
CATALOG #
ZEDD 040LP
ZEDD 040LP
GENRE
ELECTRONIC
RELEASE DATE
3/10/2017
Double LP version.
Joey Negro
presents a snapshot of the edgier, robotic sounds of the emerging early '80s electro scene. From stone-cold classics such as
Hashim
's "Al Naafiysh (The Soul)",
Tyrone Brunson
's "The Smurf" and
Key-Matic
's "Breakin' In Space", to revered party anthem's such as
Aleem
's "Release Yourself (Dub)",
Two Sisters
' "High Noon (Part 2)" and
Dwayne Omarr
's "This Party's Jam Packed", to electro-oddities like
Paul Hardcastle
's "Rain Forest" and
The Packman
's "I'm The Packman",
Electro
is a genuine labor of love and a timely reminder of the raw drum machine sounds that were soon to define the beginning of the house and techno scenes. The album features sleeves notes written by early electro pioneer and DJ
Greg Wilson
who states: "during the early-mid '80s, electro-funk became the dominant force on the UK's black music scene. With the previous era's jazz-funk movement running out of steam the way was clear for this new technological direction to sweep out the old and announce a new wave of dance music with a distinctive futuristic edge."
Dave Lee
(Joey Negro) may be associated with disco, funk and boogie more than electro, but the truth is, he is a music fan first and foremost. Back in the early '80s, Dave was fanatical about this futuristic new style of dance music called electro. Although at the time this new sound remained very divisive within the soul and jazz-funk scenes, he liked both
Lonnie Liston Smith
and
Man Parrish
. As Dave recalls in his own album sleeve notes: "I can see why the soul boys hated electro as it lacked the soaring vocals, intricate orchestration and polished organic production of jazz funk. Unfortunately for the purists by the mid '80s, all dance music had become more electronic with the likes of Roland introducing powerful drum machines and affordable synthesizers, not to mention the onset of early samplers. Many straight-up soul boogie records got electro-fied." This album presents some of Joey Negro's favorites, plus a few lesser-known and collectable cuts. LP version features: Hashim, Aleem,
Kosmic Light Force
, Paul Hardcastle,
The Russell Brothers
, Dwayne Omarr,
G-Force
,
Ronnie Gee & Captain Cee
and Tyrone Brunson.
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