I love me sum Intergalactic R&B😤👽🛸

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For years and decades, the American public has fantasized about the possibility of extraterrestrial life. UFO sightings, Aliens creeping out of the closet, Signs of planetary life- all point to the notion that extraterrestrial forms exist right in front of our eyes.

However, when the time came for NASA actually to confirm evidence in the 2020s... no one gave a f*** The allure of meeting aliens simply died on the vine, considering we dealt with socio-political turmoil at the time (Ex., COVID, Free Gaza, Russia Vs. Ukraine, ICE) l. Who would blame the public for dismissing the most known unknown secret compared to the traumatic events occurring in real time.

For me, I was ecstatic . The mystery of aliens existing is solved, hell yeah . All these questions formed in my mind:

What are their customs?

How do they look?

What does that thang smell like?

Why are they watching us from afar?

And most importantly, what kind of music do they listen to?

It came to my attention that the latter question stuck with me. Everyone expects the usual wobbly ambient, atmospheric sounds pertaining to Aliens depicted in popular culture. Yet, I refute that notion to the tenth degree and believe extraterrestrial or intergalactic civilization would probably listen to something similar to this brand of music.

Aquilla

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Hailing from Detroit, Michigan, Detroyt consisted of the Boone family: Curtis, Everett, Herschel, and Petrena. Their previous incarnation was called The Boone Brother who released an old-school hip-hop record called "(Party People) Throwdown" in 1983:

A year later, Tabu Records (of SOS Band, Cherelle, and Alexander O'Neal fame) signs them, and The Boone Brothers add in their sister, Petrena, to the group. Officially renaming themselves as Detroyt. Unfortunately, Detroyt released a sole eponymous album in 1984, and not much was heard from the group afterwards.

Detroyt(1984) is what I would call "Space Dandy core". A precursor sound that houses a very intergalactic, starship frontier tonality. All the siblings take turns singing lead occasionally, but the frontman is Curtis Boone. Interestingly, he sounds like a hi-tech, synthetic version of Stevie Wonder. Albeit a bit more free-flowing in his delivery. You hear this definitely in songs such as "Physical Lover", "Undercover", and "I've Been Wanting You". Best to describe Curtis Boone voice as that of a whimisical robot a la R2 D2 and Bumblebee from Transformers.

I admire how sonically intergalactic the album is There are the usual 1980s Jheri Curl Soul 808 effects. However, in some cases, there are split in ranging from: starship ammunition, arcade noises, reverbed vocals, metallic synths, and even some atmospheric depth. "Come With Me", "Runaway", "Physical Lover", and "Seriously In Love" are the best examples of their intergalactic approach. It is perhaps a bit oddball but rather sleek in the confines of the Electro-Funk/Boogie period (1981-1987).

Tabu Records perhaps dropped the ball on Detroyt. As they could've bee ln the answer to The Debarges Regardless, we can just appreciate the family group dropping a great project of intergalactic sounding R&B. Enough to make the people of "Space Dandy" proud.

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