A year in BPM. A few of my favourite records.
Neuromantic = ニウロマンティック
Yukihiro Takahashi = Yukihiro Takahashi
As being part of Yellow Magic Orchestra, Yukihiro Takahashi also did some solo stuff, the album has contributions from other great musicians such as from Phil Manzanera from Roxy Music and Tony Mansfield from New Musik.
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The World Of Arthur Russell
Arthur Russell
The amazing all round Arthur Russell created very influential music ranging from disco to dance music,
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Elevator To Eden
Lives Of Angels
Very nice new wave experimental from the band Lives of Angels which I had on repeat for a long time.Sometimes can't believe this was made in 1986, for me it feels it was ahead of its time.
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Interaction/Reaction
Tribal Earth
Don't know much from this artist apart from that I love the tune Interaction/Reaction which is a new wave - synthpop gem.
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Beyond Space And Time 002
Antal Heitlager
A very nice compilation of the undisputed boss of record store Rush Hour, Antal Heitlager. I've never been disappointed by any of his dj gigs.
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VT Trad
Spray
I've only discovered Rey Colino his Kalahari Oystercult label since a few years and I'm always surprised by the cool acid house sounds it releases.
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Surfing In Kansas Vol. 5
Various
Amazing disco edit of Remember to Forget by Peter Gordon.
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Verrückt Nach Glück
Ami Marie
Experimental dark minimal synth wave, especially love the "Wir sind zufrieden" tune.
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Left Handed Dream
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Ryuichi Sakamoto, who sadly passed away in 2023, couldn't be missed from this list. I also love the kind of David Bowie inspired (not sure of it is) cover it has.
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Broken English
Marianne Faithfull
Happy to have this masterpiece in my collection, released by Marianne Faithfull.
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Courage
Talking Drums
Amazing disco punk album which reminds me a bit of Talking Heads, ESG etc. Especially the tune "Courage" gets me every time.
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Living Wild
Mataya Clifford
Don't know much about the artist but its an unusual no wave disco track with very cool vocals on top of it.
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Rythm
Anna Domino
A beautiful pop rock - synth pop album from Anna Domino produced by Telex.
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Dogs Of War
Dogs Of War
Came across this through Mark Grusane. Its a very unknown disco group called Dogs of War - especially love the "Love Pirate" tune.
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Go For It !
Eros
Nice disco funk track with a good groove in it!
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Winners
Man Friday
An unknown uplifting disco gem from Manfriday. Definitely makes me dance every time I'm listening.
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Work That Dream
November Group
November Group was a cold wave band from Boston. The Work That Dream is very catchy and danceable.
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Clues
Robert Palmer
Amazing pop rock - synthpop album by Robert Palmer.
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Don't Say Thats Just For White Boys
Way Of The West
Underrated new wave dance record by Way of the West, very groovy!
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To Each...
A Certain Ratio
The second album of A Certain Ratio, loads of post punk funk on this one.
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Ya Farhi Beek
Ahmed Fakroun
This is a release from Charlie Bones (DoYou!! World) with the incredible Ahmed Fakroun on it. He is a singer songwriter from Libya.
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Underboard
Ethereal Beat
Somewhere between disco and synthpop. Written by German pop group Hongkong Syndikat and released in Switzerland in the 80s.
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Let's Mend What's Been Broken
Gloria Gaynor
A little bit of an unknown killer disco track by the great Gloria Gaynor. The lyrics, bass lines and groove are very good.
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Playback Fantasy
O'Gar
Heard this a few years ago in De School in Amsterdam at 6am in the morning played by Hunee. It took me 2 years to find the ID and finally got my hands on it.
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Surfing In Kansas Vol. 1
Various
Italo disco edits by Abel, the "Another Cigarette" tune is especially very surprising!
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Alone
Steve Hillage
Cool synth pop rock EP from Steve Hillage.
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Decadence
Deux
French danceable minimal wave.
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