Personal Space: Electronic Soul 1974-1984 Chocolate Industries***

Home taping didn't kill music. Instead, as this compilation has it, the arrival of portable recording equipment, synths and drum machines empowered the first generation of bedroom producers to work at home. Personal Space brings a selection of these idiosyncratic recordings together to paint a picture of what was going on in basements and bedrooms. There's a haunting, despairing air to Spontaneous Overthrow's All About Money, while Boris Midney fires up some tropical hues on Don't Challenge Me. It's telling that the better tracks come from those with a more conventional musical background: Jerry Green featured in Motown act The Contours and I Finally Found the Love I Need is a beautifully realised, gospel-tinged slice of noir-tech. chocolateindustries.com

Download:Jerry Green, I Finally Found the Love I Need; Spontaneous Overthrow, All About Money