Collection: Level 42
US promo 12-inches from 1982 and 1983 catch the band close to its jazz-funk start, on Weave Your Spell, Micro-Kid and The Chinese Way. World Machine (The Shep Pettibone Remix) shows the synth-pop polish of 1986, and Guaranteed on RCA brings the jazz-funk tag back in 1991.
At the beginning of their career, Level 42 was squarely a jazz-funk fusion band, contemporaries of fellow Brit funk groups like Atmosfear, Light of the World, Incognito, and Beggar & Co. By the end of the ’80s, however, the band — whose music was instantly recognizable from Mark King’s thumb-slap bass technique and associate member Wally Badarou’s synthesizer flourishes — had crossed over to the point where they were often classified as sophisti-pop and dance-rock, equally likely to be placed in the context of Sade and the Style Council as any group that made polished, upbeat, danceable pop/rock.
L42, Level 4245, Level Forty-Two, Lever 42, Левъл 42, レヴェル 42, 水平42
Level 42 at Rectangle Triangle — 10 records, mostly 12", 1982–1991.
Styles in this crate: Synth-pop, Jazz-Funk, Funk, Disco.
Labels represented include Polydor, RCA.
These records live at the shop on Rue Atateken in Montréal; anything marked sold stays listed for reference. Every record is graded to the Goldmine standard. We ship worldwide, or you can pick up in store.
