Release : VA-Elaste - (Slow Motion Disco) Vol 1
Artist : VA-Elaste
Album : (Slow Motion Disco) Vol 1
Genre : Electronic
Source : CDDA
Label : Compost Records
URL :
Date : 2006-00-00
Encoder : LAME 3.90.3 / alt-preset standard
Quality : 200kbps 44100 kHz Joint Stereo
Tracks : 11
Time : 50:15 min
Size : 75.82
1 The Rah Band - Electric Fling 4:03
2 Clive Stevens & Brain Child - Mystery Man (Remix) 5:14
3 Love International - Dance On The Groove (And Do The 6:25
Funk)
4 Doctor's Cat - Crash (Monner's Edit) 6:04
5 Heaven 17 - I'm Your Money 3:18
6 Logic System - Clash (Chinjyu Of Sun) 4:16
7 Memory Control One (MC1) - Basic 5:09
8 Peru - Oriental 5:29
9 Eloy - Horizons 3:20
10 Chris & Cosey - This IS Me 2:56
11 Chocolate Star - The Pop 4:01
In the 1980s, Compost's Michael Reinboth was co-editor of the fanzine "Elaste"
which won several awards. Now it returns as a compilation series. Vol. 1,
compiled by DJ Mooner, is all about the Cosmic disco sound of the 80s. Incl.
tracks by Rah Band, Clive Stevens, Heaven 17, Logic System, Peru, Chocolate Star
...
The Story of the Italian Cosmic sound in 2 minutes: Italy, 1976: In a luxurious
discotheque on the Italian Adriatic coast, every weekend two American DJs called
Bob and Tom play records that are just making history in their hometown NYC at
the legendary "Loft". Bob and Tom are resident DJs at the "Baia degli Angeli", a
gigantic club with various floors, fountains, swimming pools and lots of glitz
of the Jet set. After the Baia closes due to a drug raid, Daniele Baldelli,
inspired by the "Baia Sound" shortly after starts DJing in a new club "Cosmic".
Not only heÆs beat-mixing funk, soul and early disco- BaldelliÆs style is
unique: Songs are mixed perfectly in a superslow tempo of 80-105 BPM. Cosmic is
like a wild LSD trip: Afro mixed with German electronics, percussion solos,
Bolero with delay effects, 12ös on 33 instead of 45, 70ies Krautrock,
Industrial... This way of playing records is absolutely new, and Daniele gets
quickly famous. A whole wave of DJs and clubs get inspired by his mix tapes, and
soon the whole of northern Italy calls it "cosmic sound".
Unlike Italo disco, Cosmic or "Afrofunky" was never exported broadly; it has
always stayed a local party phenomenon. ThatÆs one of the reasons why it wasnÆt
really exploited yet like other 1980s genres. Producers as Lindstrom, Prins
Thomas, or DJ Harvey caught the spirit and labels like Gomma, or Eskimo are
deeply inspired and now try to create dance tracks that have a similar
atmosphere.
This compilation is a collection of the original music that was actually played
at Discoteca Cosmic. It is playful, experimental, harmonic and it is dance
music.
Thx To Support Artists!
If You Like It ! Buy It ! :)
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