Review: Dead Or Alive's famously infectious 1985 single 'Lover Come Back To Me' is still a dancefloor favourite, especially at fun all-family gatherings. 40 years on from its first release, it gets a dazzling revival with this limited edition picture disc, which drops as part of the anniversary celebrations for their Youthquake album. A high-energy follow-up to their breakout hit 'You Spin Me Round,' the track stormed the UK Singles Chart, peaking at #11 and spending six weeks in the Top 40. Globally, it lit up clubs and charts alike, landing Top 30 placements in nine countries and breaking the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Top 20. Packed with glam, drama and synth-pop flair, it's a classic worth spinning again.
Review: The superb 'Say Yes To Heaven' by sultry singer-songwriter Lana DeL Ray was an outtake from the Ultraviolence sessions which gained viral popularity after leaking online. Because of that, it was eventually released as a single. To mark its official release, it has now been pressed on a limited edition picture disc vinyl, featuring the equally brilliant 'Black Beauty' as the B-side. This limited edition 7" picture disc vinyl is an essential pick up for collectors and fans alike.
Review: A new song by the acclaimed DJ Mitsu The Beats (a member of Sendai's hip-hop crew Gagle) and rapper Sorane, 'Daily Meets' is a chillaxed, fluid lo-hi-fi hip-hop tonic for those whose ears require polishing, refreshing and/or full-blown aneling in the morning. Getting at a quotidian "everyday life" themes - bleary eyes, coffee shop hissings, cutlery tinkles, long gazes out the window - this jazzy track blends sharp lyricism with repetitious slice-of-life themes, finding joy in those life periods that the less patient among us dare to call groundhog days. Backed up by the instrumental too, you're more than well equipped for both DJ and home system play here.
B-STOCK: Record is slightly warped, otherwise in excellent condition
The Tinker & The Crab
Wear Your Love Like Heaven
Review: ***B-STOCK: Record is slightly warped, otherwise in excellent condition***
A pair of classic Donovan tracks get pressed up to this new 7" from The state51 Conspiracy. They are taken originally from his seminal double album A Gift From a Flower to a Garden and come in a beautifully printed new sleeve with golden details and limited to just 500 copies. Both are mixed in mono and first is the delicate falsetto of 'The Tinker and the Crab' with is Americana overtones and light flute motifs next to the acoustic guitar strumming and 'Wear Your Love Like Heaven' is another lushly layered folk rock sound.
Review: It's a match made in Balearic heaven. Ela Minus, Colombia-born, Brooklyn-based artist, best known for building synths, placing agitational statements between her carefully woven ambient melodies and her Acts Of Rebellion album, meets fellow New Yorker DJ Python, he of the hypnotic dembow stylings, for a bumper value-packed six track EP. Ghostly vocals float across stark beats and sometime gloomy, sometime edgy but cheery dayglo musical textures on the three vocal versions, and there are three instrumentals for those who prefer their grooves that way.
Soul Iberica Band - "I'm Looking For Jeremy" (3:36)
La Boca - "Laugh (The Longest Laugh In The Disco History)" (5:14)
The Lovelets - "Midemman" (Theme Midem 74) (2:39)
Yamasuki - "Kono Samourai" (2:43)
Ami Stewart - "Rocky Woman" (12" version) (4:40)
Who's Who - "Palace Palace" (12" version) (5:41)
The Great Disco Bouzouki Band - "Greek Girls" (4:16)
Vicky Edimo - "Let Me Love You Tonight" (3:09)
Gibson Brothers - "Come To America" (instrumental Disco version) (3:48)
Black Blood - "AlE (A Mwana)" (2:53)
La Compagnie Creole - "La Nuit Des Requins" (5:16)
Ottawan - "Qui Va Garder Mon Crocodile Cet Ete?" (extended) (3:20)
Rocky & Vandella - "Des Que T'as Dit Disco T'as Tout Dit" (extended) (4:06)
Francois Patrice - "Le Contrat" (3:33)
Daniel Vangarde - "Une Comete Va Rencontrer La Terre" (4:17)
Review: Few people are aware that Daft Punk's fame can at least, in part, be chalked up to the wealth of opportunity inherited by one half of the electronic music pair, Thomas Bangalter, by virtue of his dad being the late great Daniel Vangarde. It's no wonder Vangarde came to be known as 'the secret father' of French disco. A titan of the genre's cosmic and funky strands in France, Vangarde's numerous instrumental recordings saw him eventually rub shoulders with many other great contemporaries such as Petula Clark, Sheila and Joe Dassin. Zagora Records was his home turf; a short-lived record label that housed his only ever album in 1975. This compilation by Because Music hears a depths-plunging of the Zagora Records vaults, unearthing a slew of never-heard-before recordings to the public, and shedding light on his various production credits and monikers.
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