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Real little italo gem here, have built up a big folder of italo stuff to edit/ put in a mix over the past 6/5 months…., but I thought I’d put the odd one up here first, (i’m keeping the my favourites for this mix)….. Like most italo, there’s a fine balance of utter shite and flashes of synthetic brilliance, and ideally most of it needs a good editing to even begin to sound palatable……However, this one manages to sound the business, although I would love to cut it to bits at some stage. Could be awesome!

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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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Here’s a deep little synth jam by the band Yes. Despite making their name with hits like  ‘Owner of a Lonely Heart’, they always tried to maintain their status as a prog rock band. Perplexing. Their pop stuff was a lot better.

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Bit of a classic here, to put it mildly, from the man Eddy Grant. Released in ‘77 this is a timeless electronic weapon. It blends beautifully between the old house sound and all out electro disco action. Complete with acidic tripped out synth that melts into an amazing slow,  burning atmosphere. Not to mention the chanting vocal, the type of chant you would expect from a jolly troup of W.I members around christmas.

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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

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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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Quite a creepy track here with an awesomely unnerving guitar solo from one of the pioneers of early industrial/new wave, Fad Gadget (Francis John Tovey). If you like this check out Beats in Space 482 pronto!

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We’re going to start hosting some guest mixes and the first is from The Niallist, he’s sent us his new mix which is bloody rocking and features exclusive tracks from himself, Ben Butler & Mousepad/Dolby Anol, Bekind Rewind, & Trippy Disco with bang-up-to-date reversions of classics from the likes of Grace Jones, Anita Ward, Add N to (X) and Air,
lovingly blended around nu-disco and electrohouse from Binary Chaffinch, Faze Action and Digitalism.

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I can’t believe this hasn’t been posted before, this was my 2nd ever vinyl ( Depeche Mode- People are People was my first), I managed to pick it up for 50p!! I remember i used to play the b side of it all the time, cant find an mp3 for it tho.

A bit-o history- Fade to Grey was the band’s most successful single. It was recorded at Genetic Sound Studios and released as a single on Polydor Records on 10 November 1980. It became a huge dance floor hit and entered the singles charts in early 1981 peaking at no.8 in the UK and reaching no.1 in several other countries.

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Kano were well ahead of their time, epic italo-disco bangers that still sound up to date, we’ve posted them before, and we’ll post them again!
Ikeya seki is an instrumental cracker, which was sampled by the french ed-banger ball’beg Kavinksy, …..he did a ‘decent’ job, but not a touch on the original. I’ve included both tracks, and you can make up your own mind.

KANO – IKEYA SEKI

KAVINKSY – GRAND CANYON

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.