Taking their cue from Antonin Artuad and his studies of ancient Mexico solar culture, Material’s Ciguri is a dark and warped piece of ‘punk-funk’ disco. Released on Red Records in 1981, this special disco mix 12” combines one wicked bassline from one of the stalwarts of the New York ‘Downtown’ scene, Bill Laswell, with the [...]
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Single of the Day – Love of Life Orchestra – Extended Niceties
Blast away the grey skies with this infectious jam from Peter Gordon’s Love of Life Orchestra. Featuring celebrated collaborators Arto Lindsay and David Byrne, today’s SOTD is the opener and title track to Gordon’s 1981 EP. The Extended Niceties EP famously includes the much lauded tracks ‘Beginning of The Heartache’ and ‘Don’t Don’t’ (big favourites [...]
Single of the Day – Felix – You Can’t Hold Me Down (extended version)
Released in 1984 on the legendary Sleeping Bag Records, Felix was the brainchild of Arthur Russell and Gallery DJ Nicky Siano. ‘You Can’t Hold Me Down’ was the b-side to their classic tune ‘Tiger Stripes’ (Russell refused to take any recording credit for Felix, due to his immense dislike for the song – the crazy [...]
Single of the Day – T.W Funkmasters – Love Money (1981 remix)
Coming out of the early-’80s Britfunk movement, London’s Funkmasters may seem an unlikely source for a New York disco classic. Though this record did not do well in good ol’ Blighty when released. ‘Love Money’ was a firm favourite with Larry Levan at the Paradise Garage. Levan even used it as the basis for [...]
