Crazy Chanson D’Amour # 4: Vampire Sound Inc. – The Lions & The Cucumber
This saucy Chanson D’Amour is originally from the wonderfully perverse soundtrack to cult 1971 erotic flick ‘Vampyros Lesbos’. Composed by two German dudes called Manfred Hubler and Siegfried Schwab under the name Vampire Sound Inc, the duo caught the attention of Jess Franco who adored their bizarre LP cover (see [...]
Crazy Chanson D’Amour #3: The Sisters Love – Give Me Your Love (Danny Krivit re-edit)
A delightful re-working of an iconic Curtis Mayfield track, The Sisters Love’s 1973 proto-disco classic is an earthy and passionate rare-groove corker. Complete with rolling drum licks, flirty flutes and a sexy simmering bassline, The Sisters’ funky soul classic will have you groovin’ all throughout Valentine’s Day and with Danny [...]
Crazy Chanson D’Amour #2: Exile – Kiss You All Over
The aural equivalent of a warm and cosy fire, Exile’s 1978 smash hit is sure to get you warmed up this Valentine’s Day. The hairy American country rockers’ soft rock classic was the band’s biggest hit and has since graced many a shit Hollywood flick and spawned loads of horrendous [...]
Crazy Chanson D’Amour #1: Kellee Patterson – I’m Gonna Love You Just A Little More, Baby
Love is in the air dear readers, indeed, it is all around us, which can only mean one thing…It’s only bloody Valentine’s Day in a few days time!!! So, to get you in the mood for love, we thought we would ‘choo-choo-choose’ some amorous love potions and some cosy love [...]
Single of the Day – Andy Nelson – Lady Angie
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. A cult favourite, the track was recently lauded by ‘nu disco’ legends the Idjut Boys, due to it’s fabulous ‘camp [...]
Single of the Day – Linear Movement – The Linear Way
A side-project of Peter Bonne (A Split Second, Autumn, Twilight Ritual) between 1982-1984, Belgian band Linear Movement were one of the more melodic groups of the ‘cold wave/minimal wave’ movement. Linear Movement tracks were notoriously hard to find and were originally only available on the 1982 Pulse Music cassette. It [...]
Single of the Day – Black Gold – C’mon Stop
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 Jon Robie. As Arthur Baker’s right-hand man during the early eighties, Robie helped to produce seminal tracks from Afrika Bambaataa’s [...]
Single of the Day – Wganda Kenya – Shakalaode
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 label of the 60’s & 70’s) studio band and were hired to record non-latin records that encompassed influences from Africa, [...]