Teleclere - Affection/defection

Teleclere - Affection/defectionVinyl LP pressing. A central figure in Seattle's fading disco scene, radio DJ, producer, engineer, writer and multi instrumentalist Tony Benton was the driving force behind the Seattle soul funk sound during the late 70s & 80s. Things would really start of when Tony Benton teamed up with his group to form the avant boogie group Teleclere who went on to release their first single in 1982 (Fantasy Love Ultra Groove). That's when Tony started playing all

Vinyl LP pressing. A central figure in Seattle's fading disco scene, radio DJ, producer, engineer, writer and multi-instrumentalist Tony Benton was the driving force behind the Seattle soul-funk sound during the late 70s & 80s. Things would really start of when Tony Benton teamed up with his group to form the avant-boogie group Teleclere who went on to release their first single in 1982 (Fantasy Love / Ultra Groove). That's when Tony started playing all of the other instruments and thus earning him the title 'multi-instrumentalist'. Teleclere was all about creating and performing original music, there was no music scene in Seattle at that time for a black artist or group who played original compositions. Through the success of their independent EP release, Teleclere followed up a year later with their Affection/Defection album which created a serious hype. The album took the scene by storm in 1983 and sounds like a sci-fi space odyssey unfolding on an intergalactic dance floor... a chopped and slapped slice of 80ies electro-funk, sensual soulful serenades, pulses of Innervisions-worthy bass, top of the line vocals and a plethora of vocoder magic.