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  ZEDDLP40Long Player  £20.00
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  Double LP - 8 Tracks.

Label

Z Records

Various

Electro compiled by Joey Negro

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 we get a genuine labour 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 we have today. The album features extensive sleeves notes written by early electro pioneer and DJ Greg Wilson who remembers the time as; “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.” People maybe associate Dave Lee (Joey Negro) with disco, funk and boogie more than electro but the truth is, he is a music fan first and foremost. Back in 82/83/84 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.