Single of the Day – Cat Stevens – Was Dog A Doughnut
Cat Stevens In A Weird-Disco-Record Shocker Alert!! By the late seventies, Cat Stevens managed to annoy the majority of his fanbase by going through a crazy ‘electronic/disco’ phase. As most established stars experimented with the ‘new disco craze’ (Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart, Kiss, etc etc), today’s SOTD is Cat Stevens’ wonderful [...]
Single of the Day – Juggy Murray Jones – Inside America Part 2
Classic disco ‘joint’ (sorry for using that word but there’s no other way of describing it. Trust me there isn’t) from 1976 by Sue Records founder Juggy Murray Jones. A Paradise Garage favourite with its magical blend of disco, funk, jazz and quirky electronic sound effects. It’s a wonderful song which [...]
Monday Morricone Madness!!!
Welcome to Monday Morricone Madness!!! We know its been a while but don’t worry as we’re back with a bang!! With more Morricone features being planned in light of Quentin Tarantino’s patronage to the Maestro on his new film ‘Inglorious Basterds’, there’s no better time to discover the magical world of Ennio Morricone! [...]
Single of the Day- The Stranglers – Meninblack
Taken from The Stranglers’ 1979 album ‘The Raven’, this genuinely strange offering shows off the surprising creative diversity and ingenuity from one of Britain’s most misunderstood and maligned punk/new wave bands. From the accusations of misogyny and pub-rock oafishness to concept albums about aliens and songs about heroin, no one [...]
Single of the Day – Grauzone – Film 2
Formed by brothers Stephen and Martin Eicher in 1978, the Swiss band Grauzone were part of the ‘Neue Deutsche Welle’ (New German Wave) – a collective of European bands who took their inspiration from punk, early electro and the grey decaying urban cities around them. From its early beginnings in 1981 from the underground punk [...]
Single of the Day – Henry Mancini – Experiment In Terror
Composer Henry Mancini first encountered director/producer Blake Edwards in 1958. Teaming up, they began operations under the theory that dramatic background music be fresh. modern and listenable in its own right. As a result of this attitude, Mancini went on to have incredible success with Edwards, in television (‘Peter Gunn’ and ‘Mr [...]
Single of the Day – Wee Papa Girl Rappers – Heat It Up (Acid House Remix by Kevin Saunderson)
Today’s SOTD is taken from the new ‘History Elevate’ compilation celebrating the illustrious career of a certain Kevin Saunderson. Born on the 9th May 1964, Brooklyn New York, Saunderson is the creative powerhouse of legendary dance acts Kreme, Inner City and E-Dancer and alongside Juan Atkins and Derrick May, he [...]
Single of the Day – Hot Gossip – Circus of Death
A nice, subversive campy SOTD to end the week from ‘legendary’ British dance troupe Hot Gossip. ‘Circus of Death’ was taken from the groups’ 1981 album ‘Geisha Boys and Temple Girls’. Produced by Martin Ware and Ian Marsh – former members of the Human League and BEF, the album is [...]
Single of the Day – Carly Simon – Why
Ahhh, the summer. There’s nothing like the summer with a bit of Carly Simon. What’s Carly Simon got to do with the summer? I hear you ask. Well, my friends this timeless ‘Balearic’ classic will tell you ‘why’ (arf!). Produced by the mighty Chic in 1982 for the flop movie ‘Soup [...]
Single of the Day – Gaz Nevada – I.C Love Affair (D DeP Edit)
A quick SOTD today with the legendary Paradise Garage DJ David DePino’s re-edit of the great Italo-anthem ‘I.C Love Affair’. Gaz Nevada’s 1983 (the year I was born!!!) groundbreaking italo-disco classic is gently tweaked and re-edited for maximum dancing fun. Or something. Basically, DePino doesn’t mess too much with the [...]