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Here are some slow jamz to cure your case of the mondays. This is the type of serious adults only R&B I like to vibe out to. "So...

I've been neglecting my duties for some time now and for that I am remorseful. Fortunately, Joel Brüt has picked up the slack sharing h...

I have never heard of a female audiophile. I have never met a girl that lusted after shiny knobs and had to have that preamp with a flowchar...

Kwick was a Memphis based group who released three LPs in the early eighties. The group has a great sound with perfect claps and catchy synt...

I was speaking with some head recently and they brought up the locally sought after bay area 45 Disco Train by Brafa in conversation, whic...

In a couple more years I'm going to have run out of Halloween themed funk records, why did they never release the soundtrack to Bride O...

Master Funk Records was an '80s UK dance label founded by electro producer Tony Williams (not to be confused with the American jazz dr...

Here is a surprisingly good track from Bobby Orlando that came out on Prelude Records in 1983. It is a good version of that italo sound that...

This came out of a dollar bin in Chicago last weekend. I had always heard the weirdly mixed vocal version of Secret Weapon's 'Must ...

Zig Zag appears to be another moniker for then Miami producer and KC & The Sunshine Band member Richard Finch, who producer a few small...

I hope you don't mind if I change it up and post something a bit different (less electric) than most of the material here. I think this...

Here are a few french white guy attempts at making boogie cuts circa '82-'85. Thanks to our friend Didier from Paris for the sour...

Someone managed to plunder the master tape's of Philadelphia's Philly World Record's Alpha Studios and help themselves to all th...

Here is a 1984 house classic in its 1985 special longer remix form. "You Don't Know" was produced by Paul Simpson and still s...

I don't put up much italo, but this came up in a box of US r'n'b and disco recently and despite the rarity of any european pres...

Here is a tight disco boogie jam especially for you. Have a great Labor Day weekend if you are one of the few that is employed; otherwise, e...

Bevin Fagan was most well known as the lead singer and producer of one of the UK's biggest reggae acts, Matumbi. Yet in his time he w...

Lee Moore was a disco producer who unfortunately only released a few tunes during his short career. His first and most common track came ou...

Here is a later era downtempo lazer soul track released by the short lived New York Music Company in 1985. Vocalist Bernice Frazier deliver...

Touche was one of the many projects of the Bronx's own Dennis Bell, then a much respected producer and keyboard session musician and no...

Here is a great one-off jam from Cookie, who as far as I know only came together to make one 12" on Le Jazz records in 1982. Danny We...

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...