Probably best known for his sublime easy listening soundtracks, Piero Umiliani highlights his incredible versatility as an arranger and producer with this groovy little thing. Taken from the compilation, Musica

Bowing us out this week is former Can keyboardist and  all-round cool dude, Irmin Schmidt with his 1991 track “Le Weekend”. Taken from the album Impossible Holidays, the song is

Blast away your Monday blues with some crazy Columbian afro-beat from Wganda Kenya! Paying homage to Fela Kuti’s classic track, Shakara Oloje, Wganda Kenya were Discos Fuentes’ (the pioneering Colombian

From here on in I intend to follow Aneet’s cue, and on alternate days, after my esteemed colleague has offered you up another mind-blowing Single of the Day, I’m going

The sophisticated gentlemen pictured above has nothing to do with this Frightenin’ 45 but I thought it was would be nice to have a picture of a skeleton going out

C’mon, stop what you’re doing and check out this booming SOTD from Black Gold! Released in 1983 on the mighty Prelude label, ‘C’mon Stop’ was written by unsung electro hero

I was sorting out my records the other day (as you do) and I came across this little disco gem. Released in 1979, Number One Ensemble’s rare as hell track

What have you got lined-up for Halloween night? Bit of a drag that it’s on a week night, isn’t it? Whilst I’m sure you’re going to go to go to

Greg Broussard is one of the most influential electronic producers of the past few decades. Under his Egyptian Lover guise, Broussard’s fusion of minimal electro/hip hop beats and penchant for

What a front cover! For that reason alone, Andy Nelson’s 1982 funky electronic disco masterpiece is our SOTD. Not really, the song turns out to be pretty good as well.

The Battle of Algiers (Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966) There are two kinds of 100 Greatest Ever-type film lists, aren’t there? First of all, there are the ones voted for by the

Recorded in 1972 for the Motown off-shoot Mowest, this classic  Stevie Wonder production for his wife Syreeta remains one of Stevie’s most ground-breaking work to date.  After hearing the legendary

Formed in 1980, The (Hypothetical) Prophets were duo Bernard Szajner and Karel Beer. An ephemeral French coldwave band, they released a series of 12” singles and one full length record

I’m going away for a few days dear readers. Don’t fear though, Days Are Numbers will be brimming with exciting posts and exhilarating features! Huzzah! So how about Germany’s finest