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Named one of dance music’s best kept secrets, in 1983 Italian experimental sound artist Marco Donatello (suffered an early death due to excessive amounts of partying)  and Swedish synth pioneer Gleen Asp made recordings together. Their ambition was to do sound to an art project, but the result was a cocktail of italo-esque melodies, ebm rhythms, and filmic arpeggios. Story has it, the music was produced as an excuse to press records off a narcotic solution in order to smuggle drugs and that a mishap during the operation explains why we haven’t heard any of these tracks untill now. This is a  document of unknown, yet truly unique Swedish dance music. First track features the simpe lines “Uno, Dos, Tres, Quatro/Ein, Zwei, Drei, Fier” spread out across the track, not unlike many good old detroit and chicago acts such as Idol Makings “Un, Deux, Trois” from the early 90ies, however with a pumped up rhythm section not too far from the legendary A Number of Names “Shari Vari” from 81.

Jackpot- uno dos tres

Tasty lil’ house cut for ya’ll

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Following on in the same vane of wedding themed music videos we have “Avalon” by Roxy Music…unfortunately they do not play the guitar like the Mr Duggan does..

Roxy Music – Avalon (Lindstrom & Prins Thomas Remix)

The East End boys and West End girls

East end London boys are dusting off the pastic for this weeks resident advisor podcast.

“The Disco Bloodbath boys have risen rapidly since starting their club night back in April of 2007. Beginning in an old Caribbean restaurant in the heart of Dalston, their effervescent mix of disco, italo and early house quickly attracted a following of clubbers that fancied a change from the usual London club night. As their popularity swelled, Bloodbath were forced to change venues multiple times due to the sheer demand for a place on their dance floor, and with The Sunday Times recently name checking them in an article about the capital’s disco renaissance, it looks like their success is set to continue.”

There is some serious crate digging in this one…download before it expires…

DISCO BLOODBATH- RA139

0:00 – Automat – The Advance, The Rise, The Genius
5:20 – Muravchix – Replicant’s Lament
8:50 – Ganymed – It Takes Me Higher
13:00 – Five Letters – Got Got Money
16:00 – Jack Frost & the Circle of Jerks – Shout (A Jackin Phreak Edit)
20:00 – Gepy & Gepy – African Love Song
25:10 – Lime – Angel Eyes
29:10 – Curtis MacLean & On The House – Let’s Get Busy
34:00 – It’s A Fine Line – Woman (A Makhnovschina Repossession)
40:30 – Dorothy’s Fortress – Silencer
46:00 – ???
52:15 – Visa – I’m A Dancer
56:40 – Cappucino – Hell Dance With Me
1:02:30 – Azoto – Any Time Or Place
1:06:30 – Marcus Mixx – The Spell (Ron Hardy Mix)
1:12:15 – Ray Mang – Look Into My Eyes
1:18:45 – Inner Life – I’m Caught Up In A One Night Love Affair
1:24:15 – Marius Vareid – Tropisk Storm
1:29:30 – Fern Kinney – Love Me Tonight

From Phonica

“After a series of releases on labels Rong, Infant and Deep Freeze, Bearfunk were quick to grab “Disco Disorder” and wasted no time in asking their studio neighbours Faze Action to step up. Their synth-bass, low slung and sleazy remix, with a dose of their trademark strings hits the spot. This sits snuggly with Ilijas original which mixes in real bass and guitar with his analog heavy funk-laden grooves.”

Ilija Rudman – Dance Disorder (Faze Action Remix)

Bringin back some 80’s classic tunage…this tune is all about big hAIR and AIR guitar- “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan style. I cant stop singing it to myself…I sound like apreecher-man as I  echo “jeopardy…jeopardy..jepard…jepard….jeopardy” …. Thanks once again to BIS in New York for educating me in this tune.

Greg Kihn Band – jeopardy (12″ inch mix)

Whats with all these remixes in the last few years? is any tune safe from the remix hammer? Obviously some remixes are brilliant, others are not- I eventully blocked out the memory from a remix of “joy division – love will tear us apart”, so I wont speak of it again.

If I had one tune that I could save from the remix I Would have said “Enjoy the Silence” … the vocals and synths are so epic that it would sound out of place on any other. Lucky enough Ewan pearson is on hand, he seems to use his midas touch and managing to somehow turn this Anthem into an acid house banger!!

Depeche Mode- Enjoy the slience (Ewan Pearson mix)

I would love The knife to make a comeback for reasons like this tune…wonky disco pop minimal techno call it what you like…

The Knife – Like a Pen

Beautiful
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Cloning originally appeared on Bennett’s Voyage LP as ‘Pendulum Force’ in 1978. Its been recently re-released on Permanent Vacation in a compilation called, Space Oddities A Compilation of Rare European Library Grooves from 1975-1984, by Alex Le-Tan & Jes. There’s an epic spaced guitar action that stands this out from the crowd and its a generally an all round good sound, especially with your eyes closed,look out.
Also, Brian Bennetts 1978 LP Voyage(A Journey Into Discoid Funk) will be up here soon.

Brian Bennett – Cloning.Slice it up here.

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This is another track on the Space Oddities compilation. Again an oldie, its heavier than ‘Cloning’ but is still a synthy spaced out disco roller. As analogue as one could hope for and as real as it gets. We love it.

Frank McDonald and Chris Rae -Robot Dancer.Grab it.

Nothing, and I mean nothing can top this stuff at 2 in the morning, blisteringly raw and simple as hell, Puts all modern highly polished super-produced minimal to shame. All ya need’sa 909 kid!
The winners for me are ‘Bleep’, ‘Losing Control’ and of course ‘Electric Shock’

01. Bleep
02. Phreak
03. Losing Control
04. Electric Shock
05. Schitzo-Squelch
06. Work That S**!
07. Flying Saucer
08. Beep
09. Baby Judy
10. Squirrel Bait
11. Rhodes 2
12. The Wild Life
13. Goodbye

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What more can you want, All of Garniers finest releases – 320kbps – something for every occasion – Enjoy!

CD 1:
01. Marl Chingus – 6 Months Earlier
02. Laurent Garnier – Flashback (Video Mix)
03. Laurent Garnier – Greed (Avril Radio Mix)
04. Alex Attias – 10.000 Leagues (Wake Lab Mix)
05. Laurent Garnier – Theme From Larry’s Dub
06. Laurent Garnier – Crispy Bacon
07. Laurent Garnier – Man With The Red Face (Live)
08. Laurent Garnier – La Minute De Japonais
09. Tres Demented – Demented (Laurent Garnier Edit)
10. Laurent Garnier – Jeux D’Enfants
11. Laurent Garnier – Sambou

CD 2:
01. Laurent Garnier – Acid Eiffel (Live)
02. Laurent Garnier – Coloured City
03. Laurent Garnier – Communications From The Lab (Germ Remix)
04. DJ Marky XRS – Butterfly (Laurent Garnier Remix)
05. Alaska – At Night
06. Laurent Garnier – Barbiturik Blues
07. Laurent Garnier – Downfall
08. Elegia – Basic (Wake Up Lab Remix)
09. Laurent Garnier – Astral Dreams
10. Laurent Garnier – For Max
11. Laurent Garnier – Raw Cut
12. Laurent Garnier – Le Voyage De Simone

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I always thought Guy Gerber had potential, but a lot of his releases have been mediocre to say the least, despite releasing on cocoon regularly (although generally recent cocoon is pish)
However his new 12″ ‘Timing’ is pretty cool, with its old analog style synth line and hypnotic yet simple percussion its certainly one that could fit into many a set in the later hours of the morning.

Guy Gerber- Timing

Down’low

20 days into the New Year and it feels like this track is making a resurgence in the clubs. One of those tunes you love or hate, that sounds particularly good on a big rig but not so impressive on those ipod headphones. It helps being in nearly everyone from Richie Hawtin to Slam’s track-listings over the last couple of months…it also appeared on the Sebastien San resident advisor mix.The track itself has a rolling drive and shades of Minilogue/ Cobblestone Jazz esq. synths and blips. Defiantly worth at least a listen!

Marco Carola – Bloody Cash (Plus 8.)

Stephen Hawkins is a clubnight based in Malmo, Sweden and consists of Emil Broome, Harry White & RevK.

The guys sent us this nice mixtape which fits quite nicely into the cosmic disco vibe and gives a great example of what sounds you can expect to hear over at their night.

Head over to their tasty blog and say hello to our Scandinavian friends!

• Peter Godwin – French Emotions
• Angela – I Got A Little Love
• Arbeid Adelt – Death Disco (Todd Terje Edit)
• Fatal Error – Fatal Error
• SPK – Metal Dance (Golem Edit)
• Tangerine Dream – The Fight Is On
• Partial Arts – Telescope
• Tumblack – Caribia
• Kraftwerk – Ruckzack
• Library Groove – Black Safari
• Wild Rumpus – Purple Summersault (PTS Diskomiks)
• Liquid Liquid – Scraper
• Village People – It’s late (C.O.M.B.I Remix)
• Claudja Barry – Love For The Sake of Love

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