BEAT ELECTRIC

I spent the day wandering around the Soho district of London and found my way into a couple of record stores including the Soul Jazz Records...

I don't know why we never posted this before (maybe we did), but here is the classic cut off of The Jammer's first self titled 1982...

Serge Ponsar was a French-born musician who released one LP in 1983 called Back to the Light . His lone full-length belongs on a short list...

This is what happens when you mix a funk band, a freestyle producer, and Miami together. Pretty Tony produced this record in 1983. It has a ...

Maybe Florida's most prolific R'n'B writer and producer, Eugene Wilde came from a musical family, including still performing fa...

Here is a raw track from the Bronner Brothers out of Atlanta. These Thriller -posing guys recorded two slick funk LPs then switched to gosp...

Mazarati are known for being an early Minneapolis based Prince produced side project, starring Prince And The Revolution bassist Mark Brown...

The saxophone is very much maligned instrument for good reason. In most instances, it can spread so much smooth cheese that it is difficult ...

There are two Steve Harvey's and both have links to funk and R'n'B, there is the American born actor Steve Harvey who used to p...

Spellbound were an obscure group from Ohio. This track is the b-side to the band's first single released on their own private label Gre...

Spoken word and funk artist Gary Byrd, the 'Professor Of The Rap', wrote the Stevie Wonder produced The Crown in 1982 for Stevie...

I finally got my recording rig sorted; hopefully these are loud enough for you. Now, if I could just keep my computer from crashing! Here ar...

After laying low for several years following the death of disco, producer Jacques Morali returned in 1984 with Break Dance Party by Break...

No need to mention why a friend posted up a youtube link to tenured lounge singer Danny Darrow's Doomsday on his facebook wall over thi...

Trax Records was run by a gangster, the dude was known to have other local label mogul's kneecaps broken, apparently he even rubbed a c...

I like Washington DC, its my favorite place to be on the east coast, but that being said Go Go is a funny genre isn't it? This is my fav...

I have always liked 80's club tracks that resonate around the theme of getting dirty after dark in an alley somewhere on the wrong side...

The Beat Electricians aren't posting much these days because we are too busy planning for the rapture that is coming in three weeks. In ...

Began Cekic made his money in the Brooklyn construction trade, and during the disco boom decided to capitalize by setting up a label and pr...

Due to fair weather funk collectors, who shall remain unnamed, neglecting their duties to BeatElectric in order to concentrate their time o...

Asphalt Jungle was a project of session drummer and Salsoul Orchestra rhythm section ace Keith Benson. The above is not a picture of Keith,...

This post is dedicated to our most crotchety and annoying, yet inspirational fan. Hats off to you, Soulie. Here is some jazzy, disco-funk y...

I played this for a well known New York radio DJ whilst he was sat on my couch, having his first mushroom experience a month or so ago, dri...

Italian bassist and songwriter Davide Romani played and produced tracks for such greats as Change, High Fashion, BB&Q Band, Peter Jacqu...

It was just this last weekend that your Beat Electricians got together to pay tribute to none other than the original corvette driving, San ...

Here is a semi-rare B-side from FLOS (Former Ladies of Supremes) released on Hollywood, California based Superstar International Records. I...

Bass session wizard and unsung synth funk producer Kenni Burke produced this instrumental as a backing for The O'Jays uptempo philly st...

Black Soul was a disco group from Dakar Senegal on the West Coast of Africa. This cut comes from a 1977 record on Beam Junction Records out ...

Here is a funky jam off a 1983 Strut Records 12" by Charles Earland. The drum programming reminds me of proto garage tunes from the sam...

The most difficult part about getting a good rip is having a clean record. Using a $500 cartridge to clear out the grooves is endlessly frus...

*Beneath all this text is a mix of some of the rarest black music you have ever heard. Some of it digitized for the first time. But please, ...

Here is an early one from future New Order producer Arthur Baker. He would have produced this roller boogie mover sometime in his early twe...

Unfortunately, I have some bad news. BT Magnum is in Europe bringing sweet boogie flavor to dance parties all over and just got all of his ...

Here is a proto house instrumental produced by saxophone great Patrick Henderson, used as backing for Mr T's preachy 'Mr T's Co...

Prolific dub producer Sly Dunbar touched upon many projects during the 1980's, fusing Jamaican electronic music with rock and new wave...

Space was a space disco group from Marseilles, France. This one comes off the 1977 Metropolis release. It is still the most epic space disc...

I came across another collection from Sam Weiss's SAM records, a CD reissue of 12" mixes his son Michael Weiss put out on his Nerv...

As most of you 80's nerds know the picture above is of TC's helicopter from one of my favorite childhood Television programs, Magnu...

Harvey Mason was a jazz funk drummer extraordinaire and and continues to work in the contemporary jazz group Fourplay. He was featured on mo...

Advance - Take Me to The Top Unique - You Make Me Feel So Good (Instrumental) Arlana - You Can't Keep Breaking My Heat

 Here is some top shelf electro funk, although for a few years this one never left my bag, and so the drop beat at the beginning of the voca...

I grabbed this record whilst digging in Sacramento with my buddy from lazerfunk over the weekend. This record, still sealed was in a pile...

 TV Sounds Orchestra was the blanket name used for all of super producer Tony Valor's inhouse backing band and instrumental efforts. On ...

I can only wish these were the tracks I was listening to when I first dropped acid, but it was the late 90's and I was living in subur...

 Sometimes I get a little too hung up on whether something has already been posted somewhere else, or whether its a well known track or not ...

I just got in from Chicago this afternoon and I had a really great time. It is such a clean and beautiful city and I was blessed with mild w...

 In honor of LeBaron's trip to Chicago, I'am posting the greatest ode to the midwest's greatest city. Roy Ayers' Chicago fir...

If someone told me that this was the new Glass Candy or Chromatics track, I would totally believe them. This, to me is a perfectly executed ...

 I was going to meet my mate Steven from dub.com for a beer, but sadly he has been in California too long, and has turned from a once depend...