Feel my Bicep

Out on Blood records in 82′, as the title suggests its a dark affair on the italo underground. A track that get almost too much play on the Bicep player, anything that has a dark analoge disco vibe and lyrics that dont make any sense to us is pretty much ok…. Not to mention synth solos, how I miss them.

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The Basterd is back with another sick package. Kill Django Kill EP drops at the end of March and here are a couple of tunes that drop on the record. Trade mark Italo esque arpeggiation and 707/808 drum machine madness is what we have come to expect from Dorothys Fortress over the last 2 releases and this 5 tracker delivers on all fronts. Don’t shun Django he will make you pay!

Dorothys Fortress – Neon Cities Original

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Dorothys Fortress – Westworld Skit

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Every so often a tune ends up on my hard drive and I have no idea where it came from. This track is a perfect example. Apparently, its by some band called ‘4-You’, though I can’t find anything about them online. In fact, it could even be just the start of a track. Whatever, its still an amazing bit of high enery Italo.

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Kano are obviously heroes for us, amazing name, and classic tracks. Full on italo synth robots.

We’ve posted a couple of the greatests but thought we share some other nice little treats. From full on camp and happy sounds of ‘Ahjia’, to the darker head moving sounds of ‘Its a war’ (Im  quite surrprised we havent posted that yet) with its well crafted selection of synth action. Santiago’s edit of ‘its a war’ is pretty good to, but the original has got more feeling to it. These two both appeared on the Its a War record in 1980.

Also included is the emotional italo journey that is ‘China Star’, which was on the ‘Another Life’ LP in 1983.

Great listening, great dancing

Kano – Ahjia

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Kano – Its a War

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Kano – China Star

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Kinda cool sad and emotive italo track from 1984. Not much more to say!

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Italo. At Its Best. High Tempo. Thrusting. Penetration.OhYes. Babe. We’re. Gonna.Love.Tonight……….

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Killer edit of  ’Clan of xymox’ track A day from the championed glasgow local Betty Botox, one half of the mighty Optimo duo. Big industrial grimey opening which drop into a totally awesome cosmic italo synth line, top stuff, and thankfully removes the fucking awful vocal from the original. This has just been released on Botox’s G4 faggot edit’s album, which you can pick up at Juno. Well worth checking out. Preview only.

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Outrageously camp jacking Hi NRG flavoured Disco from back in 1982. This appears to have been quite a big influence for tracks like Den Haan’s ‘Nightshift’

This track was actually produced by the legendary Patrick Cowley in collaboration with Parker, who coincidently shares both the 2nd name and giant ‘San-Fran Tash’ with the late Dennis Parker.

Great cowbell’s and relentlessly hissing hi hats assure that this is in keeping with plenty of  your peak time tackle. Enjoy, with a cocktail.

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Hands up who likes Italo of the disco kind! these guys defiantly have the sleaze factor and their synths pack more meat than those Turkish Kebab shops in Dalston *girthy doners*. Come on the guy on the left has been heavily inspired by Daniel-Son-Karate Kid and the right guy clearly stole Eddie Murphy’s haircut…All in all Amin Peck are win win.

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Regular readers will know we totally bum kano, and here’s another track to add to the pile, not quite ‘Another Life’,…… not by a long way, but definitely worth checkin out!!!

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Queens of witches

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!

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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.

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“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’

We featured ‘Dorthys Fortress’s’ edit of this track a while ago, which rocks……, but it’s only fair that you get the original too….especially after I saw a japanese couple bump and grind to it last week.

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You may be familiar with some of the previous Den Haan stuff we have posted over the last couple of months. If not, Den Haan are firm favorites of Glasgow’s long-running Sub club Haunt Optimo Espacio, as well as successfully working up a sweat at Fabric and Disco Bloodbath with their own brand of electrifying macho-disco ouvre. All the dark essence of High NRG Italo and sleazy cosmic- these guys are defo doing something unique and we love it!

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Aside from taking his pseudonym from the enigmatic nuclear-holocaust computer game programmer from seminal 80’s techno-thriller Wargames, Falken is also a member of The Outrunners, a duo who relish their Italo Disco and have two feet firmly planted in the 80’s.

As Flexx put it “Falken’s synth-drenched four-tracker is one part Jan Hammer and one part Tangerine Dream, coming on like a forgotten John Carpenter soundtrack. It’s the mid 80’s movie score you never heard…”

Its an awesome EP, some of the best synth play I have heard in a long time, with every track bringing something different to the table. Slow cosmic grooves that flow perfectly on one side and arpeggiated italo madness stomping on the other side!

Stephen Falken – The Deal

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Stephen Falken – Visions

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Stephen Falken – Shadow Of The Wind

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Stephen Falken – Emotion Engine

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