Must - "Sado Maso Disco"
Epic Records (EPC 6914-A), 1978
Those French.
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Nothing Like a Rolls, Harris
Last night's screening of Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! on TCM has put me in a total Russ Meyer fix.
The Carrie Nations - "Look on Up at the Bottom"
The Carrie Nations - "Sweet Talkin' Candy Man"
The Carrie Nations - "Find It"
The Carrie Nations - "In the Long Run"
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls is my favorite movie. That's all.
The Carrie Nations - "Look on Up at the Bottom"
The Carrie Nations - "Sweet Talkin' Candy Man"
The Carrie Nations - "Find It"
The Carrie Nations - "In the Long Run"
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls is my favorite movie. That's all.
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Supernova
Nancy Nova - "The Force"
Ritz Records, 1981
Nancy Nova sounds like Kate Bush on nitrous oxide. Actually that doesn't begin to do her justice. Just watch.
Nancy Nova - "Made in Japan"
EMI Records, 1982
Nancy Nova - "No No No"
EMI Records, 1982
Nancy Nova - "Heaven"
Ritz Records, 1979
Nancy Nova - "Lifeline"
EMI Records, 1983
Nancy Nova - "Copy"
Nancy Nova - "Masquerade"
Delicious, Delicious
Heart Paula Sheppard.
Paula E. Sheppard - "Me and My Rhythm Box"
from the Liquid Sky OST
Varèse Sarabande (VCD-47181), 1983
Paula E. Sheppard - "Me and My Rhythm Box"
from the Liquid Sky OST
Varèse Sarabande (VCD-47181), 1983
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Motto
I am a vocoder. I am synthetic voice.
Gay Cat Park - "I'm a Vocoder"
Il Discotto Records (ART 1001-A), 1982
Undoubtedly the best of the early lo-fi Discottos, "I'm a Vocoder" was the label's second original release, after Jo-Jo's equally gorgeous "Mind Games" and two licensed Bobby O productions. The best thing about the record is how totally DIY it is. The bassline's as slick and simple as they get, and yet still manages to sound somehow sinister, otherworldly even. Davide Gatti and Luca evidently wrote the lyrics at sixteen, and it was to be their first of several Italo records less consistent in quality than in delightfully bad English. I just can't get around the fact that two sixteen-year-old Italian boys came home from English class to pen a futuristic new-wave single about anthropomorphic electronic appliances. That's like the definition of the 80's. So cute. So brilliant:
By the mid 80's, Italo disco had lost much of its punky innocence. Too bad. We could have used a few more minimal electro tracks as sly as this one. Gatti and Luca could take a hint from Black Devil and think about issuing some of those unreleased Gay Cat demos.
Gay Cat Park - "I'm a Vocoder"
Il Discotto Records (ART 1001-A), 1982
Undoubtedly the best of the early lo-fi Discottos, "I'm a Vocoder" was the label's second original release, after Jo-Jo's equally gorgeous "Mind Games" and two licensed Bobby O productions. The best thing about the record is how totally DIY it is. The bassline's as slick and simple as they get, and yet still manages to sound somehow sinister, otherworldly even. Davide Gatti and Luca evidently wrote the lyrics at sixteen, and it was to be their first of several Italo records less consistent in quality than in delightfully bad English. I just can't get around the fact that two sixteen-year-old Italian boys came home from English class to pen a futuristic new-wave single about anthropomorphic electronic appliances. That's like the definition of the 80's. So cute. So brilliant:
I am a friend of the circulator,Is no possible exchange with them his bits! How sad. Words to melt even the coldest heart.
Which is in love of microprocessor.
Is out of memory, for this silicons chips
But is no possible exchange with them his bits.
By the mid 80's, Italo disco had lost much of its punky innocence. Too bad. We could have used a few more minimal electro tracks as sly as this one. Gatti and Luca could take a hint from Black Devil and think about issuing some of those unreleased Gay Cat demos.
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