Marl

2013 two CD collection. Crucial Electro 4 is a ground-breaking album as the tracks featured include classics from the original Electro albums and also other monster Electro tracks. As well as including the full length original versions, we have included re-edits of key tracks which are exclusive only on Crucial Electro 4! Many of the tracks have not been available for more than two decades. Disc One contains the full length original versions - unmixed plus bonus edits. Disc Two has been mixed by the legendary Kurtis Mantronik with bonus edits.

Bouncing between tracks that take great liberties and ones that simply update and stretch the originals, Life Is a Dance (The Remix Project) is a respectful and joyous celebration of Chaka Khan's solo output. The big hits are treated well, with Paul Simpson's softening of the rough edges in "I Feel for You" making it more of a rolling groove, while Marley Marl presents a minimal house take on "This Is My Night." Richard Tee's glistening piano is pumped way up on Dancin' Danny D's mix of "I'm Every Woman," and the lone Rufus track, "Ain't Nobody," gets a slight update by Frankie Knuckles.

Since their early formation by Edward Friedrich in 1968, Join In passed through many genres and personel changes; starting with blues and then hard rock, they eventually formed a jazz rock sound with some roots in krautrock that led to their only release in 1974. The band came from Marl, and besides the same city of origin and a record label, they also shared some of the musicians with the band Think that disbanded in 1974, namely, Frank Voigt, Rodrigo Ramor and Ricky Ramor. They where in close contact with Think while it was active and they regularly exchanged musical ideas. Main line-up that recorded Kentalope Island was made of Jörg Radeck and Wilfried Jens on guitars, Werner Bleck on bass, Udo Custodis on saxophone and Edward Friedrich on drums. Some time after releasing the album, the line-up had grown to nine members and in 1977 won Vest-Rock in Recklinghausen…