Lets Get Lost vol. 26 … this time Jacques Renault steps up to the plate with 4 quality edits.
disco
Vercetti Technicolor – Black September [GDLP001]
Vercetti Technicolor’s ficticious soundtrack to the 1972 Munich Massacre, is a bleak, cold and somber work. Partly inspired by the 1999 Documentary by Kevin Macdonald, Vercetti creates a tense and brooding approach to this, the most darkest of subject matter. This is far from dancefloor material, this is doom-electronics at it’s most frightening. Giallo Disco is proud to present our first LP, Vercetti Technicolor’s Black September, closer to minimal wave than moroder and all the better for it. Remixes come from Mexico’s PLAYTONTO and Creme Organisation signing’s Francesco Clemente.
Skymark – Waves From The Nucleus [MSLP005]
”Waves From The Nucleus” is a mixture of Spiritual Jazz, Brazilian Fusion, Soul, Disco and Boogie, composed, played and recorded by Skymark with his electric piano and old synths. This album is highly influenced by the golden years 70s-80s and the summer breeze from the marvelous city.
The Sunlight Project – The Klan Revisited [MRSP001]
Musicality’s second release is a remake of the Gil Scott Heron B-side ”The Klan”, featuring Allan Barnes formerly of the Blackbyrds, and Craig Huckaby. The A-side has a wind and keys driven retro-funkiness, aided by Latin percussion. KemeticJust’s remix on the B glues everything together into a slightly faster house-tempo, increasing the propulsion, and likely causing lively dancing to break out. It was mixed by Pirahnahead at United Sound Systems, and mastered by the legendary Herb Powers.
Mr. Mendel – Something Exciting [LIH014]
VA – Enter The Plague LP [MR027]
After the night sea journey of Francesco Clemente-Heinrich Dressel’s split release Il Faro, MinimalRome returns with a concept album inspired by the silence and the noises of the plague. Heinrich Dressel, Umberto, Anton Maiof, Alessandro Parisi, and Vercetti Technicolor explore the solitude, terror, stillness and unsophisticated chaos of the epidemic in a 5 tracks LP.
Andreas Herz – Aerial Session Mix
Déméter – 21:12 Mix
VA – RDY #19 (Ron Hardy Edits) [RDY019]
From the vaults of Ron Hardy… Nightmoves Transdance (nyc mix), Phuture Phuture Jacks, Sensation (Unreleased mix 1).
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Alessandro Parisi LIVE @ Knekelhuis, Studio 80 (Amsterdam) 29.11.2014
Casino Shanghai – L’action Minimal [MNQ056]
Mannequin Records present a 12 EP with two unreleased 1986 tracks of the mexican New Wave band Casino Shanghai, with a killer analog modular remix by In Aeternam Vale on the B Side. Casino Shanghai were the pulse of Mexico City underground scene of the 80s. Former members of the post punk band Size and the more experimental Decibel, Carlos Robledo and Walter Schmidt met the leader singer of Denseundergrowth Ulalume to record their first album ”Film” for the Comrock/ WEA label that was released in December of 1985. The history of Casino Shanghai is double locked with the great cultural change in Mexico and the connected music scene.
Zaltan – Quartier Choc [GRVTS002]
Second limited releases from Low Jack’s Editions Gravats label. Gold ink printed on white cassette Antinote boss Quentin Vandewalle aka Zaltan delivers a killer psychedelic boogie and ’80s motocross funk’ mix for Low Jack and Jean Carval’s Editions Gravats.
Dollkraut – Schimanski’s Black Lullabies [THEGYMLP002]
Accurately describing the sound of Dollkraut, aka producer Pascal Pinkert, has always been tricky. Over the years, his sporadic 12″ singles have variously touched on analogue disco, krautrock, deep house, Italo, nu-jazz and beatbox electro. This belated debut album – released some five years after his debut 12″ dropped – continues this theme. It flits between styles at will – bold African rhythms, post-punk, soundtrack schtick, Serge Gainsbourg style sleaze, odd guitar-laden lo-fi rock sketches – whilst retaining a unique dustiness and aural sensibility. It’s a fine set, all told, and in the circumstances holds together remarkably well.
Mind Fair – Mind Fair [CHANNEL029]
Having impressed with a variety of weird and wonderful singles on International Feel, Golf Channel and their own Rogue Cat Sounds imprint over the last three years, it’s probably about time Ben Shenton and Dean Meredith dropped their debut album under the Mind Fair alias. Predictably, it’s an impressively wonky, off-kilter and dubbed-out affair, effortlessly joining the dots between dub disco, hazy punk-funk, heavy African rhythms (see stand-out “Voodoo Train”), slo-mo chuggers (“Neon Carnival”) and bluesy Balearica (“Sunny Carter”). Blessed with plenty of live drums, guitars and bass, as well as vintage synthesizers, it’s an attractively loose affair, with great ideas and beautiful mood pieces complimenting the low-slung, out-there experiments.
Tapper Zukie / The Warriors – Visions Of Love / Love Dream [SRE010]
Reissue of this super rare 12inch from the legendary Tapper Zukie. ‘Visions Of Love’ is a vocal lead groove fest, with bumping bass lines and throwback house beats, whilst the B-side lays out a dubbier version of the original. Proper floor filler material here.
Dollkraut – Blackbox [CHAR001]
Early electronics fetisjist Dollkraut continues delivering heat for the freaks. Three unique cuts that go from vocoder electro with live percussion to african inspired synthesizer disco.
Patrick Cowley & Jorge Socarras – Catholic [DE080]
Dark Entries and Honey Soundsystem have teamed up to release “Catholic”, the lost opus of disco pioneer Patrick Cowley and Indoor Life vocalist Jorge Socarras. Perhaps one of the most revolutionary and influential people in the canon of disco music, Cowley created his own brand of Hi-NRG dance music, “The San Francisco Sound”. “Catholic” is a genre-bending concept album that ranges from minimalistic proto-techno to synth-driven post-punk. It shows a much broader range than any Cowley or Socarras material available and gives a totally new perspective to one of the most inspiring eras in music history. Patrick forges a unique electronic sound from his collection of synthesizers, modified guitars, and self-constructed equipment while Jorge’s vocals go from hypnotic to camp, singing about gay love juju and tackling classics by Donovan and Stoller & Leiber.
Motorcycle Boy – Squalo (Album Sampler) [SLOMO017]
A taster of what we have been waiting for a long time; four tracks from Motorcycle Boy’s upcoming album – Squalo. Mutant house and dischord disco sit alongside girl freindly drum workouts and emo disco. Its disco, but not as we know it.
VA – RDY #17 (Ron Hardy Edits) [RDY017]
Santos – Beat The Knuckles, Fiona Franklyn – Busted Up On Love, Ron Hardy – Sensation (unreleased mix 1).
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