Just making a little compilation for myself. I intend to put it onto cassette tape for my friend's little car as I think this is a style he'd like. I'm not too fussed about time / context, just creating an overall feel.
Flash & the Pan - Midnight Man
Gichy Dan - Cowboys & Gangsters
Plustwo - Melody
Methusaleh - Zombie
Yellow Magic Orchestra - La Femme Chinoise
Disco Dancer Soundtrack - Jimmy Jimmy Aaja Aaja
― make like a steak and beef (dog latin), Friday, 2 November 2012 09:25 (6 months ago) Permalink
The Scarface soundtrack is full of stuff like this.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 2 November 2012 09:33 (6 months ago) Permalink
Vamos a la Playa counts too.
― make like a steak and beef (dog latin), Friday, 2 November 2012 10:11 (6 months ago) Permalink
― Sex Kitten mind control slave (Dan Peterson), Friday, 2 November 2012 14:42 (6 months ago) Permalink
I love this genre by the way (ZE Records, new wave gone disco, weird synthpop etc...) Hhere's another that has made several of my mixtapes.
― Sex Kitten mind control slave (Dan Peterson), Friday, 2 November 2012 15:03 (6 months ago) Permalink
Thanks Dan, this is exactly the vibe I'm looking for - somewhere between ZE and Italo.
― make like a steak and beef (dog latin), Friday, 2 November 2012 15:04 (6 months ago) Permalink
I had never heard that Plus Two track, that's great! Something kind of Kate Bush-like about the vocal line in one part. I really don't know a ton of Italo.
― Sex Kitten mind control slave (Dan Peterson), Friday, 2 November 2012 16:39 (6 months ago) Permalink
Another alltime favorite:
I really want to organize a dj night so I can spin this stuff again.
― Sex Kitten mind control slave (Dan Peterson), Friday, 2 November 2012 16:42 (6 months ago) Permalink
how about this?
― frogbs, Friday, 2 November 2012 16:44 (6 months ago) Permalink
Maybe this
― JacobSanders, Friday, 2 November 2012 16:49 (6 months ago) Permalink
or
― JacobSanders, Friday, 2 November 2012 16:50 (6 months ago) Permalink
Do you have this record? It's canada's best Italo group
― JacobSanders, Friday, 2 November 2012 16:58 (6 months ago) Permalink
More Canadians:
― LeRooLeRoo, Monday, 5 November 2012 01:29 (6 months ago) Permalink
I had never heard Moev before thanks!
― JacobSanders, Monday, 5 November 2012 01:54 (6 months ago) Permalink
Their biggest club hit was "Crucify Me" from 1989.
― LeRooLeRoo, Monday, 5 November 2012 02:08 (6 months ago) Permalink
― LeRooLeRoo, Monday, 5 November 2012 02:15 (6 months ago) Permalink
Radiorama - "Vampires"
― LeRooLeRoo, Monday, 5 November 2012 02:16 (6 months ago) Permalink
Shake the MInd!!
― JacobSanders, Monday, 5 November 2012 02:20 (6 months ago) Permalink
Lime - "Your Love"
― LeRooLeRoo, Monday, 5 November 2012 02:24 (6 months ago) Permalink
― LeRooLeRoo, Monday, 5 November 2012 02:41 (6 months ago) Permalink
Not sure if this fits, but it's worth watching for a laugh:
― LeRooLeRoo, Monday, 5 November 2012 02:48 (6 months ago) Permalink
― Josiah Alan, Monday, 5 November 2012 06:40 (6 months ago) Permalink
― Josiah Alan, Monday, 5 November 2012 06:53 (6 months ago) Permalink
Possibly too goth?
― Josiah Alan, Monday, 5 November 2012 07:38 (6 months ago) Permalink
― Milton Parker, Monday, 5 November 2012 07:59 (6 months ago) Permalink
And that's just Italo, if slightly offbeat.
― Josiah Alan, Monday, 5 November 2012 08:03 (6 months ago) Permalink
Take three Yello albums and see me in the morning.
― Josiah Alan, Monday, 5 November 2012 08:19 (6 months ago) Permalink
this always makes me think of someone trying to transpose cock rock onto italo or something but maybe that's just me
― Joanna Motorhead (DJ Mencap), Monday, 5 November 2012 08:33 (6 months ago) Permalink
ah didn't see someone posted a Lime vid already cos this is loading hella slow - I prefer this one but ymmv
― Joanna Motorhead (DJ Mencap), Monday, 5 November 2012 08:36 (6 months ago) Permalink
Why was tarzan such a popular subject back in the day?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0c28sFBE_A
― Dick Townwolves (Captain Ahab), Monday, 5 November 2012 09:30 (6 months ago) Permalink
<3
So much good stuff in this vein.
― Go Narine, Go! (ShariVari), Monday, 5 November 2012 12:34 (6 months ago) Permalink
Virginia David - Am I Normal? (1982)
― mike t-diva, Monday, 5 November 2012 13:33 (6 months ago) Permalink
Isn't that Sarah McLachlan singing on the Manufacture track?
― LeRooLeRoo, Monday, 5 November 2012 19:15 (6 months ago) Permalink
― LeRooLeRoo, Monday, 5 November 2012 19:38 (6 months ago) Permalink
X-post Yes it is, she sang on a Skinny Puppy track too. Apparently.
― Josiah Alan, Monday, 5 November 2012 21:51 (6 months ago) Permalink
Are bands like Was (Not Was) and Material too obvious?
― Josiah Alan, Monday, 5 November 2012 22:00 (6 months ago) Permalink
― Josiah Alan, Monday, 5 November 2012 22:03 (6 months ago) Permalink
I've got to thank this thread for making check out later Flash and the Pan and for alerting me to that Phill and Friends song. C Cat Trance is cool too.
― Josiah Alan, Monday, 5 November 2012 22:04 (6 months ago) Permalink
i am now obsessed with that plustwo track.
― second only to popcorn (or something), Monday, 5 November 2012 22:32 (6 months ago) Permalink
Another version of Midnight Man
― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 03:07 (6 months ago) Permalink
The Plustwo is one of my all time favourite tunes. Midnight Man is a new discovery, but absolutely fantastic. I'd love to mix it into a straight-up house set next to some Todd Terje or something.
― make like a steak and beef (dog latin), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 10:02 (6 months ago) Permalink
^ i feel like there are probably a lot of mixes from the 2006-7 disco revival pd that do exactly that. not that it's ever a bad idea to play this stuff or that it doesn't pair well with house or w/e, but you might be able to steal some good tracks from those mixes (dj harvey, james murphy's fabriclive mix, rub n tug, etc). also a ton of comps from the mid '00s mine or overlap w/ this territory
(apologies if some of these are obvious or too straight ahead italo)
― akadarbarijava (psychgawsple), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 10:52 (6 months ago) Permalink
I love "Put Your Pants On" - such a slow burner. I think I included it in my disco-reggae mix from a few years back.
― make like a steak and beef (dog latin), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 11:07 (6 months ago) Permalink
yea ilm dance crew was obsessed with this stuff for a while, peaking with the whole beardo/cosmic thing. never thought of "put your pants on" as disco-reggae before tho
― akadarbarijava (psychgawsple), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 11:11 (6 months ago) Permalink
btw, i'm really digging "slang teacher". looked into it and it turns out i recognize it from ilxor dan selzer's mix on rvng - which is yet another example of a great mix with a ton of this type of stuff in it
― akadarbarijava (psychgawsple), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 11:20 (6 months ago) Permalink
Super-obvious:
Double - Rangoon MoonZazu - Captain StarlightHolger Czukay - Cool in the PoolSky - Desperate For Your Love
― Tim F, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 11:22 (6 months ago) Permalink
Cool In The Pool is amazing. Haven't heard the others you mentioned Tim.
― make like a steak and beef (dog latin), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 11:26 (6 months ago) Permalink
yea ilm dance crew was obsessed with this stuff for a while, peaking with the whole beardo/cosmic thing. never thought of "put your pants on" as disco-reggae before tho― akadarbarijava (psychgawsple), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 11:11 (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― akadarbarijava (psychgawsple), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 11:11 (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yeah, that doesn't make sense... I definitely had it on a mix of some sort.
maybe theseWitness The Change (dub) - Pete Shelley Big Man Restless - Kissing The PinkFire Island (Extended Mix) - Session Help The Man (Dub) - Georgie RedTelepatia! - Lavvi EbbelKites - The Associates
Maybe too slow but in mutant disconotdisco camp
― JacobSanders, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 16:06 (6 months ago) Permalink
― JacobSanders, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 16:10 (6 months ago) Permalink
btw, i'm really digging "slang teacher". looked into it and it turns out i recognize it from ilxor dan selzer's mix
Yes! I was trying to remember if I knew this song back in the day, but I'm sure I first heard it on this mix.
― By the end of my second term, Gingrich said... (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 16:20 (6 months ago) Permalink
Yeah it was Dan's mix that got me hip to 'Slang Teacher'
― JacobSanders, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 16:25 (6 months ago) Permalink
Good thing I occasionally search for my name or I'd never have spotted this thread.
Awesome to see the Vels posted above. The woman singing is Alice Cohen, who's been a NYC mainstay for years now. I think she even dated a certain ex-ILXor. She's still playing hip gigs around Brooklyn, and does really cool animation. http://alicecohen.bandcamp.com/
― dan selzer, Thursday, 8 November 2012 08:15 (6 months ago) Permalink
in other news...best song and video of all time:
― dan selzer, Thursday, 8 November 2012 08:16 (6 months ago) Permalink
― dan selzer, Thursday, 8 November 2012 08:17 (6 months ago) Permalink
one of the most expensive records I've ever bought (had to have it):
― dan selzer, Thursday, 8 November 2012 08:18 (6 months ago) Permalink
This is my jam. More of a new wave disco thing.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 8 November 2012 08:25 (6 months ago) Permalink
and thanks for the kind words re: the RVNG mix. There's more mixes on my soundcloud page, but none have been downloaded nearly as many times:
http://soundcloud.com/newyorkendless
― dan selzer, Thursday, 8 November 2012 08:26 (6 months ago) Permalink
the polish Klaus Schulze:
Marek Biliński - dom w dolinie mgieł, po drugiej stronie świata
― meisenfek, Friday, 9 November 2012 06:33 (6 months ago) Permalink
Dan, thanks to the link to Alice Cohen's new stuff. She's not a name I would be actively searching at all, and I honestly don't listen to many 2012 versions of 80s synthpop these days, but I'm halfway through her Pink Keys album this morning, and it's really hitting the spot. Very nice.
― By the end of my second term, Gingrich said... (Dan Peterson), Friday, 9 November 2012 15:57 (6 months ago) Permalink
Yeah, well it's not like she's doing retro/revival synthpop...she's doing her own thing and the songs have always been good.
― dan selzer, Friday, 9 November 2012 16:01 (6 months ago) Permalink
― dsb, Friday, 9 November 2012 17:45 (6 months ago) Permalink
Hey all - I made a little mix of tunes from this thread. It's stream only I'm afraid, cos Soundcloud wouldn't allow it:
http://www.mixcloud.com/doglatin/heroes-villains-mutant-italo-sounds/
― besides Sunny Real Estate (dog latin), Thursday, 10 January 2013 10:10 (4 months ago) Permalink
Oh man that Bagarre track posted upthread is so good
― bed raggled (qiqing), Thursday, 10 January 2013 23:13 (4 months ago) Permalink
yup
― dan selzer, Thursday, 10 January 2013 23:30 (4 months ago) Permalink