First I have to say that my Italo Disco preferences is more focused on the heavy-underground recordings with the futuristic sound that makes them wonderful even today. I like the vocoder and drum machine sound you can here on Cyber People, International Music System and Alexander Robotnick. I will NEVER ever post Eddie Huntington or Sabrina on this blog. This isn't an 80's nostalgia blog.
But I'll make on exeption. And that's for the one and only Miko Mission. Cos I've just found out that he is alive and that he is still going strong. Or? No perhaps he isn't going strong. It would be better to say that he is totally humiliating himself with self-ironic performances for afterskiers in the Alps.
But anyway, here are two videos with Miko Mission. The first one from the eighties, and the second one is from his afterlife......hehe
Miko Mission - The World Is You
Miko Mission - How Old Are You (live 2005)
It looks like he is on cocaine on the first vid, but on the second one it looks like he is on a hard liquour-rohypnol-amphetamin-cocktail. Poor Miko
torsdag 31. januar 2008
søndag 27. januar 2008
Kano
Are Kano the missing link between HipHip and Italo? Hard to tell, but they have definetly been one of the most popular italo group among black american artist and DJs.
Kano was a Post Disco music project formed in 1979 by Italian-based producers/musicians Luciano Ninzatti, Stefano Pulga and Matteo Bonsanto. In 1980 their first hit I'm Ready from their self-titulated album, became a great inspiration for some of the first break dancers in the american east coast. I'm Ready peaked at #21 on the Black Singles chart.
This video is from the old dance show The Scene from Detroit, which was paved the way for black dance culture. Here they are dancing to this wonderful italian track from a genre that didn't exist in USA. Enjoy:
In 1993 I'm Ready was sampled by Tag Team on Whoomp! (There It Is):
lørdag 26. januar 2008
School's Out
Baby's Gang are great ambassadors for the Italo Disco Genre. This is fun-music. You simply can't dislike this positive energy.
But of course, what you can dislike is when some profite-hunting crazy germans are looking for success. Frank Farina wanted to take Boney M back to the top of the charts, so he simply made a total copy of Baby's Gang's big hit Happy Song.
This is how it turned out to be:
The video is great though. You can't get away from that. And Bobby Farrell is probably the greatest mimer of all time. And what an outfit. I could kill for a uniform like that...hahahah
But of course, what you can dislike is when some profite-hunting crazy germans are looking for success. Frank Farina wanted to take Boney M back to the top of the charts, so he simply made a total copy of Baby's Gang's big hit Happy Song.
This is how it turned out to be:
The video is great though. You can't get away from that. And Bobby Farrell is probably the greatest mimer of all time. And what an outfit. I could kill for a uniform like that...hahahah
Robzilla Loves Diana Est
I really love this beautiful long-legged woman from Italy. Lets start with this music video:
Le Louvre is so sensuall, so sweet, and of course, it makes you dance. I played this song at a party in december. In the middle of the song I went to the bath room, and when i came back the guy behind the turntable had fadet it out, and replaced it with E-Type!!!! This is a crime for the Strasbourg court. A crime against humanity.
Well. I think I should give you some more of Diana's magic:
Tenax was her biggest hit. It's as beautiful as Le Louvre, but with more beats and more rythm. This is the song that makes me give her the title New Wave Queen. And I'm there for her, if the queen needs a young lover.
This is just wonderful wonderful music. Don't you agree?
Le Louvre is so sensuall, so sweet, and of course, it makes you dance. I played this song at a party in december. In the middle of the song I went to the bath room, and when i came back the guy behind the turntable had fadet it out, and replaced it with E-Type!!!! This is a crime for the Strasbourg court. A crime against humanity.
Well. I think I should give you some more of Diana's magic:
Tenax was her biggest hit. It's as beautiful as Le Louvre, but with more beats and more rythm. This is the song that makes me give her the title New Wave Queen. And I'm there for her, if the queen needs a young lover.
This is just wonderful wonderful music. Don't you agree?
fredag 25. januar 2008
Posters and Teasers
I thought i should share some posters from some of my nights. Most of them are thefts from myspace to be honest. So I will delete them from this blog if I continue to get angry e-mails from all those lawyers...haha.
Postboks 17
September 20th 2007
This night was pretty cool cos I bought a lot of The Bar-Kays, Leon Haywood and other old-school street-funk-stuff. So I decided to have a poster that expressed the street-funk-attitude. So one night on myspace, I found this poster from a french club. It is made in a Art Deco-stylish way that I really love. In my imagination this a guy standing along ocean drive on Miami Beach, he listens to Fred Wesley and drives an old low rider.
Verdensteatret
August 10th, 2007
haha. Does anyone remember Back to the Future? This Delorian is so cooool, that I just had to use it on a Robzilla Teaser. I actually put the text on in paint, and I printed it at the Norwegian Socialist Party Office.
Postboks 17
June 21st 2007
My first poster. This was my first appearance as Robzilla. Before that I used to play at a student house, but I got fired because I yelled at some teenagers who wanted me to play Usher. Then I went six months without any gigs at all. But this night started a new era for me. The poster is pure theft. I stole it from the New York based Soul Sessions. They had a night in San Francisco where they had a Prince versus Micheal Jackson mashup including famous DJs like Skinna and others. This poster originally showed Prince, but I changed him a bit to make him look more like me (as I am a bit short, just like Prince). I stetched out the face, and gave him brown eyes and more beard. I still love this poster.
Postboks 17
September 20th 2007
This night was pretty cool cos I bought a lot of The Bar-Kays, Leon Haywood and other old-school street-funk-stuff. So I decided to have a poster that expressed the street-funk-attitude. So one night on myspace, I found this poster from a french club. It is made in a Art Deco-stylish way that I really love. In my imagination this a guy standing along ocean drive on Miami Beach, he listens to Fred Wesley and drives an old low rider.
Verdensteatret
August 10th, 2007
haha. Does anyone remember Back to the Future? This Delorian is so cooool, that I just had to use it on a Robzilla Teaser. I actually put the text on in paint, and I printed it at the Norwegian Socialist Party Office.
Postboks 17
June 21st 2007
My first poster. This was my first appearance as Robzilla. Before that I used to play at a student house, but I got fired because I yelled at some teenagers who wanted me to play Usher. Then I went six months without any gigs at all. But this night started a new era for me. The poster is pure theft. I stole it from the New York based Soul Sessions. They had a night in San Francisco where they had a Prince versus Micheal Jackson mashup including famous DJs like Skinna and others. This poster originally showed Prince, but I changed him a bit to make him look more like me (as I am a bit short, just like Prince). I stetched out the face, and gave him brown eyes and more beard. I still love this poster.
A New Era of Blogging
So now I've returned to the world of online blogging. This time in the english language. I guess I got some great ambitions about reaching out to more people than last time. Last time I blogged, I pretty much wrote about drinking, problems with women, drinking, soccer and a lot more totally uninterresting issues. But this time I got a plan. This time I want something more. Now I'm gonna focus on music. Now I'm gonna focus on the fantastic and irresistable world of electrofunk, italo disco, new wave and other goodies.
So folks...... keep attention.....
So folks...... keep attention.....
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