OK I am going to go out on a limb here and confess to liking this slab of Italian caciotta, mind you only the Massive remix version. I think the italo piano sounds was a love hate affair with some people, it was rarely played on the traveller sound systems , although Axe Corner’s Tortuga [...]
Alphabet City
A Mancunian who hit the shores of Brighton’s some years back has grown into one of the South Coasts latest shining star. Over the last year artist / producer Alphabet City (aka Black Lodge) has had a string of successful releases on Traveller, Kojak Sounds and has a new release out on Under The Shade. [...]
Finger Light – Heaven (Bass Mix)
Some Italian Euro house grooves for you today, I picked this up on the Mammagamm E.P on the Disco Magic uk imprint many years ago, the pick of the three tunes on that release is “Heaven (Bass Mix)”. The track Mammagamma is a 90′s Euro House remake of Alan Parsons Project 80′s Balearic chugger, not [...]
It's gonna Go Bang again in Brighton during the whole month of May
Some may remember from last year I was blogging about a month long Guerilla style (and not men dressed in ape outfits) festival that takes place in Brighton over the month of May at various non-club venues. Well it’s that time of year again folks, and the good people at Go Bang are hosting there [...]
Belo E Sambar
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7cIqktCtL4] At the weekend Love Internationals – Dance on the Groove and do the funk decided to make a presence on the speakers I was listening too, and jogged my memory about The Essential Mediterranian Dancetrax LP that I bought many years ago (of which I have noticed the CD version fetches some good money [...]
It's all about to Go Bang!
I want to draw your attention to a Free Micro Music Festival that is happening in Brighton during the month of May 2009. Coming to Brighton this May for a whole months worth of club nights, outside parties and underground disco raves Go Bang Brighton 2009 http://gobangbrightonfestival.blogspot.com/ The UK’s only “groove based” dance music festival [...]
Jago – I'm Going to go (Frankie Knuckles Remix) 1985
Does anyone remember that Italian Dance compilation called The House Sound of Europe, I was listening through it again yesterday with fresh ears having not heard it any ages, and was suprised I never noticed it had this amazing italo disco tune on it by an artist called Jago. As soon as it came on [...]
Italian Rarity Part one – Dimension – Say Yeah
Love it or hate it the Italians have been ripping off and bootlegging tunes since music began. The uk club scene mainly in the North West of England were the early adopters of the hands in the air piano ital screamers. Thesedays some of the ital tunes played in clubs like Shellys, hacienda, Quadrant Park [...]
Old Skool Italo 1990 – Paradiso LP (2xVinyl)
Had this kindly sent in today….lots of classic Italo House from 1990…one for the Piano heads. Various – Paradiso! Label: Rumour Records Catalog#: RAID 503 Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP Country: UK Released: 1990 Genre: Electronic Style: House Tracklisting: A1 Velvet Hold Me A2 Redmen, The You’re My Way A3 Baffa Piano On (Max Version) [...]
Will this year be another Summer of Love?
Happy days are here again Source -The Guardian In 1983, Chris Rea released an album called Water Sign. The record was, in effect, little more than a demo, but its drum-machine rhythms and songs infused with the music he’d heard on his endless European tours made it something of a lost classic to some fans [...]