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. [...]
Days Are Numbers’ House of Magic Waves Mix
Hello! Here’s my specially commissioned mix that I recorded for this year’s Magic Waves Festival. Showcasing the wide range of electronic music that we love, this mini mix smoothly glides from classic new beat, cosmic Salsoul to vintage Italo and nu wave house (well, I hope it does ). Enjoy! [...]
Casionova… A Days Are Numbers Magic Mix
I’m delighted to present an exclusive mix for Days Are Numbers from the delightful Casionova! Recorded just in time for this weekend’s Magic Waves Festival (have I mentioned that this week??), this delicious mix comes from one the finest purveyors of all things Italo, electro and everything in-between. Co-founder of [...]
Single of the Day: D.A.F – Goldenes Spielzeug
Today’s Single of the Day is from one of my favourite musical duos of all time, Deutsch-Amerikanische Freundschaft (or D.A.F to you and me). Comprised of Gabriel ‘GabI’ Delgado-Lopez (he’s the sceptre wielding gentlemen in the above picture) and Robert Gorl, they were proclaimed by none other than John Peel [...]
Single of the Day: N.O.I.A – The Rule To Survive (Looking For Love)
To celebrate the forthcoming Magic Waves Festival, Days Are Numbers is going all Italo, electro and synthy for a week! With special mixes from Casionova and one from yours truly, we’ve also got loads of, ahem, magical tunes that will gear you up for the weekend, starting with N.O.I.A’s 1983 [...]
Frightenin’ 45s: A Number Of Names – Sharevari (instrumental)
The sophisticated gentlemen pictured above has nothing to do with this Frightenin’ 45 but I thought it was would be nice to have a picture of a skeleton going out on the town rather than some ‘orrible Halloween picture. Look! He’s got a top hat! Anyway, here’s an oldie but [...]
Listomania!: The Italo Exit’s Top 30… Italo part 2
Hoped you enjoyed yesterday’s incredible selection! Here’s part 2! G.A.N.G. – Incantations Stunning cover of two Mike Oldfield tracks rolled into one – namely Incantations and Foreign Affair. It’s as slow as they get but epic in its interpretation of the originals and mesmerisingly beautiful. Camaro’s Gang – Fuerza Major [...]
Listomania!: The Italo Exit’s Top 30 Italo…part 1
We love lists here at Daysarenumbers, so we thought we’d get some very special guests to put one together for us… The Italo Exit is an upcoming club night this Autumn in Shoreditch run by Celine Ammeux and Joe Barnes. Driven by their passion for the classic sounds of Italo [...]
Plastic Mode – Digitally
Released on the fantastic Italo label Discomagic in 1985, ‘Digitally’ was the instrumental b-side to Plastic Mode’s seminal track Baja Imperial. An excellent and essential synth-heavy piece of Italo, it frequently features in the setlists of the likes of James Murphy and Metro Area. So enough of my yakkin’, let’s [...]
Tony Carey – Radio Tokyo
Taken from former Rainbow keyboardist Tony Carey’s ever-so-slightly-offensively titled 1982 instrumental  album Yellow Power,  the track ‘Radio Tokyo’ re-entered my consciousness yesterday when Mike Simonetti featured it on his stupendous FACT mix. Drawing influence from Japan, Carey’s debut album has been described by the man himself as being “cult birth-of-techno [...]