Disco

I assume it's "hot blood?" I thought she sang "hot love"

yeah i think it's "hot blood". i frequently mistake the lyrics on these jams - for a long time i though madleen kane's "forbidden love" was "gorilla", lol.

in my disc-jocking experience it can be hard to match the beats on these records for a couple of reasons - A) a lot of the jams with live drums vary in tempo dramatically, so you have to ride the pitch control to keep things in time, and B) you can spend a lot of time deciding which jam to play next, and then when you do finally decide you are often in a rush to mix it in during the break of the previous song (cuz you're not dealing with identigroove house or techno records which blend seamlessly together regardless of when you mix in) and you don't have time to get the tempo sorted before bringing the next song up in the mix.

Lol that lyrics indeed sound like "gorilla".

Yeah I get what you mean because I've mixed some disco too but it's as if Daniel Wang doesn't bother to mix tightly. I've listened to unknown DJ's who mix disco way tighter than him, although Daniel obviously triumphs in selection and flow.

yeah i think you are right - there are sacrifices made in the mixing dept in the interest of selection, flow, and having a good time. it's tough to party AND mix super tight all the time, haha!

So I wanted to buy this track called "Takin a Chance On You" by Sticky Fingers which is a very great track but it's not available on my country. So I'm asking anyone's kindness to purchase it for me on iTunes then I will pay it via PayPal and you send the tune via email. I'm sorry if this is not allowed or considered rude but I really need this track. Thanks in advance!

; - )

wow, thanks a lot! I didn't expect someone willing to do that. I actually had the mp3 but it misteriously disappear! thanks, once again.

can anyone recommend me some "beautifully campy" songs? in the vein of:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n63OnX6LayM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHIL11XxcLw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVciu8ILqWI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X1HxxJpqQM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uzh_eZJefQg

or basically songs you would expect from the majority of a daniel wang set. thank you in advance.

other examples:

patrick juvet - i love america
que tal america (forgot the artist)

Check out any of Boris Midney's various projects (Beautiful Bend, Caress, USA-European Connection, Double Discovery, Black Russian, Companion, etc). Here are some choice examples:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4hEbEkOuw4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQNQD_A5SYk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho7xzXPiC9U

Harmless has been gradually reissuing all of Midney's albums under their "Disco Recharge" series, they're pretty much all worth getting.

IMO Midney is perhaps the best midpoint between funkier American disco and beautiful Euro-campiness... Plus his music always is always arranged and produced to sound really gorgeous, he's a genius in that department.

Another good band with a similar sound, though a bit more romantic, is Voyage:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMYNoR5NHZI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HXfRVBh0PI

As for individual tracks, here are some of my favourites:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Atd0mg14X1Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I4VW0w26SM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elgR0l3ld3o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYgiO21OXGg

nice one dl ...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/shortcuts/2013/feb/01/disco-dance-edl-google-facebook

Not really my area of expertise, maybe some of these fit?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhdjgB24Oiw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayT6jd7WHIA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQd2-t36ZkM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoMCjnMmT2Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2XD1tQVKC4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3tV_Tm-r6Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlkr1oC6Des
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO3upRBV1es

thank you, tuomas.

beautiful bend: more campy than beautiful. not my cup of tea.
usa-european connection: this is more like it. strings and female vocal: win.
companion: lacks hooks to me.
voyage: who doesn't like them.
mike theodore: possibly a grower. need to listen more.
crown heights affair: nice one although doesn't have enough campiness that I'm lookin for.
chaplin band: I prefer the italo track that sampled this.
ultra high frequency: can't hear any campiness here, at least by disco's standards.

thank you too, seandalai.

passengers: haha this is one cute song, I like. I guess I'm leaning to european disco like this.
musique: it's ok.
salsoul orchestra: I'm afraid this is "normal disco"
gepy n gepy: this is more like it! also love their "body to body".
chocolat: catchy little number
sheila b devotion: well of course. the b-side (dont stop) is great too.
thp: great string section there. although to me it's inferior to "who do you love" and "good to you"
raoul: too "normal" for me.

really enjoying "speedy like gonzales" and "kings of clubs" now. do you have more, seandalai?

So basically what you're looking for is string-heavy disco with (somewhat) campy female vocals, not synth-led disco like Macho?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-78Szx2mJs

What about Erotic Drum Band, is it too normal?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH6g3lpPwvg

really enjoying "speedy like gonzales" and "kings of clubs" now. do you have more, seandalai?

We're not too far off Euro pop stuff like Claude Francois, Baccara, Ottawan or Dschinghis Khan at this point...here's Sheila a few years before she hooked up with Chic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0vLXCS6m60

Amanda Lear, obv:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8zp4cWix3E

La Bionda - Bandido

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCUJ5N_dAZQ

Boys Town Gang might be a good choice too? Their "Cruisin' the Streets" is a gay disco classic, and their version of "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" is really beautiful, with some lovely strings.

yeah good call - described by Peter Shapiro as "perhaps the campest records ever perpetrated on humanity"

I played it at a friend's wedding, and if I ever get married myself, I definitely want to dance to it. It's so sentimental and gorgeous!

I always knew a Tuomas wedding reception would include a Boystown Gang needledrop.

I looked through my disco records collection, here's a few more recommendations:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkUEgRru8DU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Akp38JIXiZU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16Zkw_JYS50

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekHQYpI5858

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRLDX-hn1Kg

More tunes, some of these are maybe more campy than beautiful, but I love them:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FlF_apwAyg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdKyKNBm-B0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EOhaFVw5DA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmdD9j-41c0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4-7oUFag1s

you guys never get to complain about the off a molly thread youtube content

macho: a really cool track but lacks this playfulness that I'm looking for.
erotic drum band: yeah I'm afraid it's a little too normal.
sheila b: hmm, a bit too cheesy for me. I guess this is normal-cheesy while I'm looking for quirky-cheesy.
amanda lear: same as above, I guess. I think I'm not too comfortable with mainstream big hits.
la bionda: sorry I can't stand this. I can tell if a disco song is "too mainstream" and this is one of them.
boystown gang: too normal, sorry.
peter jackson band: yup, I like this song and fits my criteria.
azoto: of course, my fav italian disco group.
boots clement: it fits the playful/quirky criteria but I'm afraid there's no hooks that caught me.
viola wills: not campy, but it's a pretty nice song.
gonzales: one catchy tune but really tries my mainstream tolerability and eventually I decided this is not for me.
supermax: didn't do it for me.
the immortals: yup, this is huge.
andy williams: sorry but I think this is boring.
philly usa: just a normal disco tune.
harlow: just discovered this a few days ago and yeah it fits my criteria.

phew. thank you, guys.

some rad tunes I just discovered:

oto gelb - love tragedy in verona
http://youtu.be/yDYN3JZ6I1Q

mandy b jones - 1234
http://youtu.be/AVePxF_pev4

rod - shake it up
http://youtu.be/1U2F5Mub3Tg

walter murphy - romeo and juliet & mostly mozart
http://youtu.be/jx9smvsaqwE

You're hard to please :-) Still not 100% what you're looking for...

Oto Gelb - This is just standard Eurodisco?
Mandy B Jones - This is cool, kind of a mutant disco thing
Rod - Kind of a rollerdisco sound, not sure why this stands out either?
Walter Murphy - Orchestral cheese disco is the worst thing in the world, can't hack this at all

yes, I know! I even sometimes fear there can't be any more disco songs that can blow my mind.

oto gelb and walter murphy: I first heard these in daniel wang's sets and I think his sequencing have a part in this.
rod: I love the playful girly shouts.

Going to stop after this, but these are all goofy in one way or another:

King Tim III - Charley Says! (Roller Boogie Baby)
DD Sound - Burning Love
Bumblebee Unlimited - Lady Bug
Hot Blood - Soul Dracula

I LOVE Lady Bug, one of my top 5 disco. Hot Blood - Soul Dracula is also a winner. Gonna check the rest later.

Ha i was going to post the Rod tune a few hours ago. Killer track, vocals go hard

what about Don Ray - "midnight madness"

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ACpXmfb1BC4

Oh and Must - Sado Maso Disco is very very silly.

not digging that don ray tune, sorry.

wow at that Must song. how could they get away with that?? anyway I really like the quirkiness.

Glad that you like the Immortals tune, when it comes to "quirky but awesome" disco, that one is pretty much my all-time favourite

Interesting that you mention that Rod's "Shake It Up (Do the Boogaloo)", do you just like it in general, or do you think it fits what you're looking for in this thread? I could recommend several other tunes like it, but I would've assumed that sort on funky disco is too normal to meet your "campy but beautiful" criteria.

Aren't there a couple of the Disco Discharge comps which are in this general direction? I'm far from being an expert - only dipping my toes in after discovering Voyage late last year then trying Boris Midney - but there must be one of the myriad of comps which cater for this? Loving the recommendations, by the way.

I don't own any of the Disco Discharge comps, but looking at the tracklists, these ones seem to have plenty of tunes like this:

http://www.discogs.com/Various-Disco-Discharge-Cruising-The-Beats/release/2739764

http://www.discogs.com/Various-Disco-Discharge-Disco-Exotica/release/3533019

http://www.discogs.com/Various-Disco-Discharge-European-Connection/release/2271359

http://www.discogs.com/Various-Disco-Discharge-Mondo-Disco/release/2678479

Actually I only love the girl shouts. I can live without the male vocal. I don't think the song as a whole fits my criteria.

There are many songs that fit my theme in that series but they're spread across the volumes; there's no particular volume that has this theme.

Wait, Mondo Disco is pretty close.

Yeah, Mondo Disco looks pretty cool, I was thinking I should get if myself.

I like the look of that set too - I love the two Voyage tracks on there. I have the European Connection set and that's very good, highly recommended.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez0Z2naY3DY

Beautiful and campy seem like such two different things to me w/r/t disco.