I was recently just given a DVD with 2.5gb of Italo Disco. More than enough to filter through for months. Here are some of the best finds on there so far. I know alot of these may be familiar to big Italo fans, but not everyone knows them, so I'm going to share. More to come. In my top 3 Italo tracks of all time, this Sandra hit is a huge classic. MP3: Sandra - Around my heart Den Harrow. Fronted by a model miming the [...]
Long term Beat favourite ZNTN has just done a lovely little mix for our buddies over at Slutty Fringe in support of his ' How the other half lives ' series of podcasts. Lovely stuff, as you'd expect. ZNTN plays The Beat! tonight at The Alibi . ZNTN - Slutty Fringe Mix Tracklist: Linear Movement – Way [...]
The one theme of continuity between the two tracks that I'am posting today are that firstly, they were both in front of me as I had recently listened to them, and secondly they are both high energy dancers but from opposite disco epochs, 1977 for Bionic Boogie's 'Boogie Boo' and..well, I don't know when the DJ Peebo did his JDC released "U.S Remix" of German new wave pop band Boytronic's Bryllyant as it's not on the label, I'm guessing 1987. Maybe I'm clutching at [...]
I didn't get to post last weekend, as along with the rest of BeatElectric crew I went on a spiritual journey to our Shamen, LeBaron's, tribal compound in the ancestral lands outside of Sacramento. I thought I had encountered my animal guide until I realised it was just BT crawling around on all fours throwing up on LeBaron's vintage shag carpet. Now my brain has recovered slightly I can make amends. Boytronic were a German electropop outfit from the early nineteen eighties that I believe were recently revivied by one of the founders. They has a couple [...]
Boytronic was an electro pop trio formed by accident in Hamburg, Germany in 1983. The original name of the act was Kapitän Sehnsucht (Captain Desire) and in the early days they provided the soundtrack to live sex shows at clubs in Hamburg. Eventually they recorded a demo and sent it out to record labels and were picked up by Mercury Records. They released their debut 'The Working Model' but it didn't fare to well in the charts until Kim Wilde canceled a live performance & the boys were given her slot. They performed [...]
Boytronic was an electro pop trio formed by accident in Hamburg, Germany in 1983. The original name of the act was Kapitän Sehnsucht (Captain Desire). In the early days they provided the soundtrack to live sex shows at clubs in Hamburg. Eventually they recorded a demo and sent it out to record labels and were picked up by Mercury Records. They released their debut 'The Working Model' but it didn't fare to well in the charts until Kim Wilde canceled a live performance & the boys were given her slot. They performed [...]
The forces of reactionary bigotry in our lovely Commonwealth were dealt a blow today. The motion to place an amendment banning gay marriage on the ballot failed to meet the required number of votes in the Massachusetts legislature, thus derailing the process for a another couple of years, and given the public's growing acceptance of same sex marriage in the state, possibly laid the matter to rest for good. Of course, the losers are vowing to fight on, citing the 170,000 supporters of a gay marriage ban, whose signatures allowed the whole constitutional amendment process to get [...]
I have about 50% fewer books than I did at this time on Friday. (And 100% fewer falling-apart polyester A-line vintage dresses...) I think the guys at Half Price Books hated me for lugging in about 200 lbs of books and magazines*, and yes, it probably wasn't the best idea to spend a small bit of my take on a half-price copy of the Larrouse Gastronomique , but you hardly ever NEVER see a copy of this 20+ lb book there. Plus, it's been moldering on my Amazon wishlist for years, it [...]
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Waves at Night
The Beat!
Beat Electric
bigstereo
MISSINGTOOF
Armagideon Time
The Rich Girls are Weeping
20JazzFunkGreats
Sound of Summer (v. 3.1)
[REMIX] Dragonette – “Let it Go (Faustix Imanos Remix)”
When Florence danced with Calvin
