

I have pictures of our name written on the Berlin Wall before it was torn down." I have letters from Spain, Russia all over. I was getting letters from Germany before the Berlin Wall fell. This music was not just purchased by Black people.

We put our space funk to it, and even added yodeling which Jean Autry would always do. I wasn’t supposed to like country music as a Black person, so I made Space Cowboy to say this is who I am. "I grew listening to George Jones, Willie Nelson and Jean Autry. That was the Outer space Visual Communicator." This was very outer space and futuristic at the time. He created this musical instrument that had the Johnson Brothers name, and every key would spell a letter of our name, and different notes would display different colors. He suggested that we needed our name in lights. Well one of my partners was an innovator. You know how on the highway you see these electronic signs that say accident in 3 miles or whatever. "The Outer space Visual Communicator, which really doesn’t mean anything.
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The full title of that song was Pac Jam Look Out for The OVC. PACK JAM (LOOK OUT FOR THE OVC)/ SPACE IS THE PLACE (12") (1982)ġ4 Space Is The Place (Instrumental) (4:49) International Recorders, Boston.Ġ8 Pack Jam (Look Out For The OVC) (6:50)Ġ9 Space Is The Place (Instrumental) (4:49)ġ1 We Are The Jonzun Crew (Instrumental) (8:08) Remix - Grooverider (track 08),Jose "Animal" Diaz (track 01), John "Jellybean" Benitez ( ) (track 02,06)Īrranged By - Gordon Worthy, Ken Goldbeck (track 05) Percussion - Raphael DeJesus ( ) (track 01,03) Synthesizer, Effects, Backing Vocals, Engineer - Soni Jonzun Synthesizer, Bass, Drums, Backing Vocals - Gordon "Gordo" Worthy* Producer, Engineer - Michael Jonzun /Co-producer - Maurice Starr (tracks 02,06) Lead Vocals, Programmed By, Drums, Bass, Vocals, Effects, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Backing Vocals - Michael "Spaceman" Jonzun* Princess Loria (Gloria Jonzun/Gloria Stewart) ( ) - Synthesizer, VocalsĪrtwork By - Geoffrey ChandlerĬo-producer, Executive Producer - Thomas Silverman ( )ĭrums, Percussion, Backing Vocals - Steve "Stevo" Thorpe* Engineer - Frank Heller /Engineer - Fred Torchio, Jimmy Mace*, Maurice Starr, Oscar Gerardo, Sidney Burton ( ) Steve "Stevo" Thorpe ( and ) - Electronic Drums, Backing Vocals Gordon "Gordo" Worthy ( ) - Synthesizer, Bass, Electronic Drums, Backing Vocals Maurice Starr - ProductionSoni Jonzun - Synthesizer, Sound Effects, Backing Vocals, Sax

Michael Jonzun - Vocals, Programming, Sound effects, Bass, Guitar, Drums, Keyboards They took part of their inspiration from the whole Parliament/Funkadelic spaceship thing, but no one could even come close to the one and only Jonzun Crew."Įlectro,Electro-Funk ( more on electro funk: ) What more is there to say? Seriously, these guys were on some whole other thing. "These dudes totally rocked it VICTORIAN FUTURISTIC SPACEDUDE style. "Jonzun Crew- a recognized forefather of hip-hop (Source Mag.)" "Creators Of The Best Space Boogie Ever: The Jonzun Crew"
