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 [...]
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 [...]
Single of the Day: Miroslav Vitous – New York City
After a weeklong sojourn to the Big Apple, we decided that we need something to keep the holiday memories burning bright and to ease ourselves back into the groove of things, sigh. So to cheer ourselves up, here’s a classic NYC groove from former Weather Report member Miroslav Vitous. Released [...]
Single of the Day: Peter Brown – Burning Love Breakdown
Often confused with P&P’s Peter Brown, this hypnotic and incredibly funky track from the other disco Peter Brown was released in 1977 on the TK off-shoot label, Drive. The b-side to his smash hit Do You Want To Get Funky With Me, ‘Burning Love Breakdown’ is a sparse and downtempo [...]
Single of the Day: Bruce Haack – Electric To Me Turn
The mighty Stones Throw recently released a retrospective compilation on the magnificent Bruce Haack. Chronicling the influential electronic producer’s prolific work from 1972 to 1982, this is a timely and essential re-issue that should, in an ideal world, grace every music fan’s collection. Thought to be the ‘The King of [...]
Single of the Day: Michel Polnareff – Lipstick
The eccentric French singer-songwriter Michel Polnareff recorded this lavish camp disco stomper for the 1976 Margaux Hemingway starred film Lipstick. One of the first twelve inches to be released on Atlantic, this rather jaunty number is curious due to the dubious nature of the film it soundtracks (I’m not gonna [...]
Single of the Day: Asha Puthli – Mr Moonlight
Taken from her fourth album Asha L’Indiana, today’s Single of the Day is a sublime and down-tempo disco groover from renowned Indian singer and performer Asha Puthli. Having worked with the likes of Ornette Coleman and Bill Laswell as well starring in films made by Merchant & Ivory and Bruno [...]
Single of the Day: Amadeo – Memories
A DJ Harvey favourite, this sleazy bad boy of a Balearic tune was released in 1978 and as you can tell from the sexy cover (arf!) is rather wonderful.  Taken from Amadeo’s album Real Magic, Memories was featured on the aforementioned DJ Harvey’s seminal Sarcastic Disco mix. A debauched pop-infused, [...]
Single of the Day: Shango – Shango Message (edit/instrumental)
Shango was one of many solo guises of the legendary Afrika Bambaataa, a lo-fi and early electro cult classic, ‘Shango Message’ was released in 1983 and was produced by Bill Laswell. A Celluloid Records staple, it combines Bambaataa’s wizardry with some fresh breaks ‘n’ beats resulting in a sparse yet [...]