Return to the Planet Detroit
Written and produced by
James McCauley
(DXJ thru
voccoder): Return to the Planet Detroit, we're gonna party, that's the
joint... we're coming, we're coming....
We're gonna make you scream and shout, We're
gonna turn this mother out... we're rockin', we're poppin'....
Return to the Planet Detroit, we're gonna
party, and that's the joint... we're coming, we're coming.... ooh yeah baby!
We're gonna make you scream and shout, We're
gonna turn this mother out... we're rockin', we're poppin'....
" Return To The
Planet Detroit" - By Maggotron JR002.
Written and Produced by James McCauley
Roland Juno 106 Keyboard, Roland MSQ Sequencer, Oberheim DX Drum Machine,
vocals, voccoder and mixed: James McCauley.
Roland Juno Keyboards: Ron Sansone
Engineered and recorded by Tom Anthony at Natural Sound Recording Studios,
Hialeah Gardens, Florida. 1985.
8 -Track Analog.
Invisoclam returns you to the ''Planet
Detroit''
In early 1984 DXJ along with a
songwriting partner by the name of Hal Oppenheim decided to make a jam with some
new equipment that they purchased. The song eventually came into form and was
titled "Invasion From the Planet Detroit" under the Artist name of
"Planet Detroit" eventually Pandisc Records
put it out, a bold move for them at the time since they were only known for weak
and insipid disco and blues records at the time . The title came about as
they groped for a campy sci-fi style name... eventually Planet Detroit came to
be the chosen name for several reasons, one of which being that it was the
recording home of P-Funk . It has nothing to do with the
Detroit Techno Scene. (That is not meant as a dis, just a fact).
Anyway, eventually DXJ and Hal
had a falling out, as a lot of musicians do and DXJ and Hal never worked
together again. From that point on DXJ continued on with the Planet Detroit
theme and worked on several songs involving the Planet Detroit as the theme.
Eventually the Planet Detroit concept evolved into the Planet Bass, and as he is
prone DXJ would wear that theme out!
Lyrically, Return to the
Planet Detroit is a superb example of the minimalist style of writing that
DXJ sometimes achieves in his work. It is also a fine example of his uncanny
ability to ad lib, especially when he utters forth the phrase "Oooh yeah
baybee" thru the voccoder, remarkable!
InvisoRating:
Invisoclam gives "Return to the Planet Detroit" a
rating of a couple of unopened oysters, which means yeah it's alright, but you
just don't know, their could be a pearl hidden in there somewhere!
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