After-Hours Sleaze Selection with Jonny Nash…
The lovely Jonny Nash (Sombero Galaxy/Discosession) has dropped off six of the fruitiest early-morning sleaze tracks over at Days Are Numbers Towers. Jonny has expertly provided us with a glistening early-sunrise playlist that perfectly captures that raw and downright primal feeling that you only get after-hours, if ya know what [...]
Blue Vision – Visions
Released in 1984 on EMI Electrola, Blue Visions’ ‘Visions’ is something of a cult favourite amongst cosmic/italo fans. Straddling the groove continuum of space disco and the synth soundscape of a sci-fi soundtrack, this is what the Tomorrow’s World theme would sound like if it was re-imagined by Danile Baldelli. [...]
David Keaton – Space Control
Released in 1983 on the famous Roulette Records, David Keaton’s funky cosmic excursion has a loose Italo elasticity with a nice electronic boogie. Slightly camp, this will have you bouncing around the galaxy (or your room) like a disco Buzz Aldrin. Now there are some words I thought I’d never [...]
Single of the Day: Gaz – Synth He Sized Her (original Richie Rivera album mix)
Sometimes you just need some good old fashioned disco to help you through a cold and bleak day and this little Salsoul rocket from 1978 should do the trick. A perennial favourite of Lovefingers, this Richie Rivera mix is taken from Gaz’s self-titled album. Produced by three of Giorgio Moroder’s [...]
Mike Theodore – Moon Trek
Taken from his 1977 album Cosmic Wind, Mike Theodore is one of the unsung soul and funk music heroes of the seventies and eighties. Working with the prolific Dennis Coffey on the classic Westbound hit, CJ & Co’s Devil’s Gun and many more, the duo’s working relationship is one of [...]
Demis Roussos – Let It Happen
Everybody’s favourite cuddly bear (well, he’s certainly mine and Alan’s) Demis Roussos’ ‘Let It Happen’ is a thundering cover of a Vangelis classic. Featured on his 1977 album Magic (which I highly recommend you try and track down just for the AMAZING inlay portrait of the lovely Demis), this hazy [...]
Single of the Day: Michele – Disco Dance (Tom Moulton mega mix)
We’ve got an absolute disco monster today, as I delve into my West End Records collection once again to bring you this 1977 gem from Michele. Mixed and produced by Tom Moulton, this epic thirteen minute dazzler was Patrick Cowley’s first production credit (I’ve plumped for Moulton’s mega mix version [...]
Single of the Day: Black Devil Disco Club – For Hoped (dub)
Taken from their 2008 album Eight Oh Eight, today’s Single of the Day comes courtesy of the brilliant Black Devil Disco Club. A dark and pulsating cosmic oddity, the dub version of ‘For Hoped’ navigates the listener through a cyber futuristic jungle of hypnotic rhythms and sounds and serves as [...]
Surreal Singles Club: JPM & Co – Dali Court
Our penultimate Surreal Single is a wonderful piece of eccentric Gallic flair from the irrepressible Jean-Pierre Massiera. Taken from JPM & Co’s 1978 album Phantasmes, ‘Dali Court’ is a bafflingly yet stupendous tribute to the Don of Surrealism, Salvador Dali and Boney M. Yes, that’s right. SALVADOR DALI AND BONEY [...]
The Simonsound – Baker’s Dozen
Since I took a leap into the unknown yesterday with some “new” music, I thought I would carry it on today with an out of this world track from The Simonsound. Having produced one of my favourite albums of the year so far with their debut Reverse Engineering, sound scientists [...]