Into the Groove (03)

Hello, a taste of early eighties electro-funk today, they paved the way, but failed to traverse it, as all by the mideighties had been eclipped, by rap and hiphop artists that used and extended the techniques to their own ends, and in their turn build the foundation upon which current day rap and hip hop acts voice the glory of materialism and cash in. Yo bum show the gold.

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Man Parrish - Man Parrish (82 ^ 92mb)

Although he produced only a handful of tracks of renown and disappeared into obscurity almost as quickly as he had emerged from it, Manny Parrish is nonetheless one of the most important and influential figures in American electronic dance music. Helping to lay the foundation of electro, hip-hop, freestyle, and techno, as well as the dozens of subgenres to splinter off from those, Parrish introduced the aesthetic of European electronic pop to the American club scene by combining the plugged-in disco-funk of Giorgio Moroder and the man-machine music of Kraftwerk with the beefed-up rhythms and cut'n'mix approach of nascent hip-hop. As a result, tracks like "Hip-Hop Be Bop (Don't Stop)" and "Boogie Down Bronx" were period-defining works that provided the basic genetic material for everyone and they remain undisputed classics of early hip-hop and electro to this day.

Influenced by the electronic experiments of Klaus Nomi and Brian Eno as well as by Kraftwerk, Parrish together with Raúl Rodríguez recorded their best-known work in a tiny studio sometimes shared with Arthur Baker, whose own sessions with John Robie produced a number of classics equal to Parrish's own.Following a period of burn-out, Parrish recorded and remixed tracks for Michael Jackson, Boy George, Gloria Gaynor, and Hi-NRG group Man 2 Man, among others, and served as road manager for the Village People. While Parrish's subsequent material achieved nowhere near the success or creative pitch of his earlier work, he continued to record from his Brooklyn studio and has been a frequent DJ at New York S&M clubs. His second LP, Dreamtime, appeared on Strictly Rhythm in 1997.



01 - Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don't Stop) (5:25)
02 - In the Beginning (0:59)
03 - Man Made (4:54)
04 - Together Again (3:34)
05 - Hip Hop, Be Bop (Part 2) (3:05)
06 - Six Simple Synthesizers (5:32)
07 - Techno Trax (4:12)
08 - Street Clap (2:08)
09 - Heatstroke (5:25)

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Planet Patrol -I (83 ^ 99mb)

Planet Patrol is an Electro group from the 1980s. The members were Arthur Baker (musician), John Robie (musician), quintet of vocalists led by Herbert J. Jackson, and lead singer Joesph Lites, Rodney Butler, Michael Anthony Jones, the Late Melvin B. Franklin.
Produced and organized by early hip-hop impresarios Arthur Baker and John Robie, Planet Patrol walked an intriguing line between electro and the classic Motown sound. The quintet of vocalists (led by Herb Jackson) only produced one album, but it is one of the few classic LPs of the electro era. This early-'80s collection of Arthur Baker's groundbreaking electro-pop productions has some Electro-funk at its best.



01 - Cheap Thrills (6:41)
02 - Danger Zone (7:32)
03 - I Didn't Know I Loved You (Till I Saw You Rock And Roll) (7:07)
04 - Play At Your Own Risk (Remix) (9:16)
05 - It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference (4:53)
06 - Don't Tell Me (7:03)

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Jonzun Crew - Lost In Space (83 ^ 92mb)

Jonzun Crew was an electro group who carried their spin on Parliament/Funkadelic's loopy sci-fi themes throughout the '80s and early '90s for a handful of albums, which included singles like "Pack Jam (Look Out for the OVC)," "Space Is the Place," "Space Cowboy," and "We Are the Jonzun Crew." Florida-born brothers Michael, Soni, and Larry Johnson (better known as Maurice Starr) formed Jonzun Crew in Boston in 1981, with Gordy Worthy and Steve Thorpe filling out the lineup for different stretches of the group's existence. Starr and Michael would gain further notoriety for helping to bring New Edition and New Kids on the Block to the world; Michael (who continued using Jonzun as his last name) also went solo for a brief period on A&M, in addition to working on several other artists' releases.



01 - We Are The Jonzun Crew (6:21)
02 - Space Is The Place (6:27)
03 - Electro Boogie Encounter (6:37)
04 - Ground Control (5:39)
05 - Space Cowboy (5:29)
06 - Pack Jam (5:04)

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