Joe Cool's 1980 Party Animals, by request [FLAC limited time only]

 

Information to be found here. Light fusion with slapped bass, synths plus funky guitars, no vocals, very much typical of the times.  Well composed and enjoyable though, and highly exquisitely played.

A very typical composition would be their Freedom of Assembly:

For their softer slower stuff, consider Borderland:

Here and there one can detect influences from the 'funky prog fusion' style of Brecker Bros, and Steps Ahead going way beyond the American generic light fusion style.  And luckily I don't hear any sax, meaning none of that high-pitched squealing screeching Sanbornian influence. 

All those who were (un)fortunate to be there in those 1980s, will remember vividly the long hair and the mullets, the t-shirt under a blazer fit, and the inescapably popular David S...