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Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Comet by Diux

Giancarlo Pasquini and Alessandra Mirka Gatti are Diux.  A one off Italo Disco project from 1986.

Comet

A super highly coveted rare record from one of the last years in the production of italo disco on a regular basis.


A space theme, campy vocals both male and female.  A real sing-songy type ditty.


If you can find this vinyl it will send you back a pretty penny.  A real collectible from the seminal Time records label out of Brescia but sound engineered in the gorgeous city of Verona.


Main artists On Time  are Atrium, Danny Keith, Riky Maltese, Aleph, Alan Barry, Virgin, Gipsy & Queen, De Niro, and Sophie. The label also gathered some Italo 'old glories' as Fred Ventura, Albert One, Jock Hattle, Stylóo (who all started under the Turatti-Chieregato production), and others like Rudy & Co., Max Coveri, Rose, Topo and Roby, and Silver Pozzoli. 
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Thursday, November 16, 2017

Bagarre

Sorry about the break folks.  Classes started and I was back to teaching.  Hopefully it was worth the wait cause I have some real delicious rare italo disco goodies to throw your way.


Bagarre are a curious act.  I'd have to say what they are serving is actually more new wave then italo disco.  Considering their first releases came out in 1982 that's understandable.


The first single was LemonSweet.  An interesting point to make about Bagarre is that they actually have a proper English vocalist.  No funny Italian pronunciation here.  The groove is irrefutable though.  These tracks were made for the club, as oft-kilter as they are.


LemonSweet even came out on two different Italian 12".  Not sure what the story was on that but sort of interesting for the time.


The second single No Toys actually has a 9 minute plus remix which I haven't got but I do feature the album version here.
Bagarre


The third single came out in 1984 and the second l.p. in 1985 but I'm not featuring those today.