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A bit of Saturday sax for you all here. Bryan’s a good lad. Who cares that he loves nazi style, or that his son stormed Parliament in protest against the fox hunting ban (really Bryan Jr., I’m sure there are more important issues to get jailed over)? Anyway, here’s one of the Roxy Music frontmans solo efforts. A nice laidback weekend jam.
Bryan Ferry – Don’t Stop The Dance
Super Rare track here!!!
Been searching for this mash for fuckin years! Finally tracked it down, had to get Leftfield’s entire discography as a torrent to get it!
Real party kipper,….mashing together two of the most unique dance songs ever made!
Continue reading ‘Radiohead vs Leftfield – Idioteque (Ndark’s Phat planet mash)’
This is Gold Panda’s remix on Lemonade’s recently released ‘Bliss Out’ Ep. The British producer has completely reworked the pounding orginal, retaining only the most melodic parts of the tune. Sounding at times like a collaboration between the Field and Panda Bear (no relation) , I think Gold Panda has gone far beyond remixer expectations to create a much better track. Play for full preview.
Great tune almost like an upbeat disco tune with an italo tinge, well i suppose that is the essence of italo disco. Nice old school disco drumbeat, italo powerchord and sleazy vocals make this one work. If you are a fan of Sissy check out her other release “Coloured Rhymes” for more italosleaze!
Continue reading ‘Sissy – Queen of the Discotheque’
Ok, so we’ve got the original of the track that appeared to be so uber popular when we posted it a few months back. The King of Kong remix was an absolute monster, the original is for very late on (next day), or very early. It’s super spacey and more chilled but still got a groove with some unbelievable percussion. All those beautiful synths make me feel less angry. Its due release this month on Record Makers, who have the mighty zombie boy Kavinsky and much more talent on their list. Due to this imminent release, its on preview kids.x
Some serious action here from the man behind the muscle of Vancouvers disco scene, not to mention house, good bands and mucho more. Far Away, Night Shift and Radio Zero, all shining lights! Anyhow, Fetch (Tyler Fedchuck) sent a few of his more recent edits over and Zanadu is a real energy driven, feel good and slightly camp workout. The sax is beautiful, I’m not toally in love vocals but amazing tune.
Continue reading ‘San Serac & The Tranzistors – Zanadu (fetch remix)’
Adding somewhat to the mystery of this song is that two very similar versions of the same track were released at around the same time, by the same producers and on the same label. It’s bizarre that such a tiny label would bother to release the same song twice, but of course these unusual elements all add to the appeal of Italo-disco as a genre. No unfortunately its not the coveted collector Coco Bill version, but this is equally as enjoyable if not more.
“The main difference between the two is that the Coco Bill version is generally more subdued and the drums slightly too heavy and muffled, whereas the Larry Paul Emmet recording is held together by a cracking electro beat, clearer sound and an addictive synth line which should get all would-be Italo b-boys on the floor.” (Thanks to hysteric for that, you can pick up Coco Bills version HERE for a measly 50Euro’s :))
Continue reading ‘Larry Paul Emmet – Evita’
Nice little edit of the new-wave classic ‘Psycho Killer’…….from a good while ago by Greg Wilson, fairly sympathetically done, with just a little bit of cow bell and some of the live recording crowds sweeping in and out, nice, rustic and much more dj friendly.
Amazing issue of Ozon dedicated to this track, check it here. They sum this track up a lot better than us :S
Continue reading ‘Talking Heads – Psycho Killer (Greg Wilson edit)’
I’m a big fan of Dutch producer Like A Tim’s cover of the Cindy Lauper classic. It gives me the sensation of having a solvent induced hen-party hallucination without any of the usual lost brain cells, or leopard print cowboy hats.
Continue reading ‘Like A Tim – Girls Just Wanna Have Fun’
This is where an original blueprint for Punk-Funk gets taken for a magic carpet ride through Manchester’s seminal club the Hacienda , to the 21C dancefloor of NYC where Cole and Pocketknife regularly rock the lofts of Brooklyn and beyond. Absolutely loving this remix of a track by early eighties Punk-Funkers Mancs Manicured Noise- rehauled disco style for the dancefloor by Cousin Cole of Brooklyn USA. Really messed up and unique, and progressively gets crazier! could see this being tanned across the board from the likes of Ricardo Villalobos to Tim Sweeney. The vinyl has a couple of other sweet remixes on it aswell so keep an eye open for it when its out at the end of November!
Continue reading ‘Manicured Noise – Metronome (Cousin Cole Remix)’
The now famous B side to the ‘girls on me’ vinyl…well famous to the new generation anyway. After being released in 1982 it was then re-released a further 4 times. I believe one of the best synth leads in italo disco full stop. This tune of course has been given a makeover in the form of last years smash ‘Retro/Grade – Moda’, a tune that has been consistently in the record boxes for nearly the last 2 years without sounding at all dated, as many of these new edits do. Love them both, cant get enough of the breakdowns in the second part of this tune still to this day.
Continue reading ‘Amin Peck – Coda’
Some old school house here, been liking this sound recently, perhaps a bit grimier than this but all the same this is a classic. Sandee was in one of the original girl bands and basically started all that shite, but through no fault of her own, the music was popular and they were a cross over success. Originally released in 1988, Kenny Dope did a version of it in 1990, which is your typical classic house fodder, some nice sounds in it too. The original is a cool jazzy wee track, and the bass carries it through the whole way (almost). She died recently, so here’s to her memory.x
Continue reading ‘Sandee – Notice Me’
Seriously camp 80’s tuneage that almost everyone will know as ”the racoons theme”
Continue reading ‘Lisa Lougheed – Run with us’
Cheeky old school house party jam! Originally written by Stevie Wonder for the Detroit Spinners, it was re-done, so as to appeal to more hip hop audiences by Love back in 91′
I Heard an awesome Baltimore house remix of this, which I gotta track down again…..speaking of which, really wanna get round to do a lot more BMORE house stuff, it rocks!
Continue reading ‘Monie Love – It’s a shame’
Mega heart-felt funk here from our chunky chum, Fat Larry! Really awesome diso groove, the instrumental is also worth checkin out!
Continue reading ‘Fat Larry’s Band – Act like you know’
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