Goin’ Old School isn’t a trip down music memory lane, it’s a mugging in the dark alleyway of nostalgia: 1989’s Tricky Disco from Tricky Disco . Not nearly as funny now, I guess you had to be there. From 1985, ItaloPop with Modern Talking ’s You Can Win If You Want. Alphaville ’s epic original version of Forever Young from 1984. [...]
Number four (or five if you count The Shamen's Will Sin, but I didn't note that the last time I posted works by The Shamen) in an occasional series highlighting the works of someone who sadly died before their time, today is the turn of Lee Newman. With her partner Michael Wells they were responsible for a great many works under myriad names, the most famous of which would likely be Tricky Disco & Technohead, although their earliest output was under the alias of Greater Than One later abbreviated to GTO. Sadly the GTO namespace is poisoned [...]
I feel awful. My wife is ill, my son is ill, my cat is ill and I'm only on my feet because I can't be ill. On top of that, we're supposed to be going back to North Kilttown for the best part of a week so that my wife can go and see Take That. Might as well get on with the Deep Heat series in the hope my delirium eases the pain. First up is Twenty 4 Seven : I Can't Stand It, which is still kind of rubbish but was really quite popular [...]
OK, so the Dalston Oxfam bins sometime yield slightly more cheesy things than other times. But I still love the megamix of Bobbie Brown on here as it takes me well back to some good times sitting in my car. The good stuff here is Lamborghini by Shut Up and Dance who also did Raving, I'm Raving. Got a great Sweet Dreams sample in it. Also pretty good is the Tricky Disco track, which is actually the same guys as the following track, GTO, which is off Warp and some really good Belgian techno labels. [...]