Single of the Day – Cortex – Sans Toi
Released in 1978 on the Crypto label, this funky little jazz number comes from the cult French jazz duo Cortex. Taken from Alain Mion and Alain Gandolf’s third album Pourquoi, Sans Toi is a quirky mix of electronic sounds and groovy Gallic pop. Apparently written for Mion’s wife, this is [...]
Subway Sounds: The Salsoul Orchestra: Ooh I Love It (Love Break)
Shep Pettibone’s monstrous remix of the definitive Salsoul track, Love Break (as it’s more commonly known), became a staple of the early NYC rap/breakdancing scene, as well as being the ultimate ‘voguing’ song at the Harlem Drag Balls during the late eighties. The Orchestra’s finest has been sampled to death, [...]
Crazy Chanson D’Amour #5: Mona Rae – Do Me
You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure out what sexy soulstress Mona Rae is singing about… This 1981 disco boogie classic was mixed by the legendary Tee Scott, who seductively blends the strutting bassline with some seriously smooth grooves and some naughty lyrics… Oh and that foxy [...]
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 – 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, [...]
Single of the Day – Gordon Staples & The String Thing – Strung Out
Wind down your week with this funk classic from Gordon Staples and The String Thing! Gordon Staples was the concert master for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, who famously played on many a classic Motown records from the 60s. ‘Strung Out’ appears on Staples and the String Thing’s 1970 self-titled album [...]
Single of the Day – War – Flying Machine (The Chase)
‘Flying Machine (The Chase)’ is considered by many to be War’s finest moment. Taken from the soundtrack to Youngblood, a film about an L.A. street kid starring Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs, it has since been proven to be the LA’s street band’s most diverse recording to date. Released in 1978, War’s first [...]
Single of the Day – Edwin Starr – Get Up Whirlpool
Wow! It’s the first SOTD of 2010! To mark such an extraordinary occasion, how about a mad track from Edwin Starr? Go on, you know you want to! Released in 1980, this superb track is a deliciously deranged whirlpool (chortle!) of soul and is an excellent off-kilter disco stomper. Hypnotic, [...]
Jimmy Jules – The New Year
Happy New Year everyone!! Hope you all had a fantastic year and let us all raise a glass to the new year. Yay! Anyway, kickstart the decade with a fantastic slice of funky soul, courtesy of Jimmy Jules. Taken from my favourite festive compilation of last year, Strut’s In The Christmas [...]