Konrad66

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Konrad66
Konrad66
25 apr 23

DeRank™: 4,96

Dee D. Jackson: Cosmic Curves [Full Album + Bonus] (1978) um, sorry for falling so low... but there was something more here than just the simple space woman with a nice voice... don’t listen to the bonus tracks (not bad but the true LP is the first 8 tracks). Space-Disco of that period, meaning with analog electronics and few but almost always present rock guitar hits, and a sprinkle of experimentation.
 
Konrad66
Konrad66
23 apr 23

DeRank™: 6,00

Tipinifini - Talk About (Extended).1985 here’s something to post quietly, softly, and provocatively... it starts at 0'18", 7 years before Nirvana, a bass line with a similar musical key to the bass in Smells Like Teen Spirit... BUT DON’T DARE TO POINT IT OUT! It’s impossible, Nirvana copying, or coming after, Tipinifini in one of their fillers too!? Okay, they’re not the exact same notes 100%, a bassist told me that, but he confirmed that the key is the same, and even less easy to play... I’m one of those who equate "involuntary plagiarism (or pseudo such)" with voluntary plagiarism. It means that even in good faith, you’re always arriving after the original. Therefore, the late Michael Jackson still came after Al Bano, who cares if he had never heard him, the idea is the same...
 
Konrad66
Konrad66
22 apr 23

DeRank™: 19,70

Computer Age Even the great Neil had to bow down, not to Disco but at least to synth-pop in 1982, and the result was an LP with him UNRECOGNIZABLE in voice, and sounds halfway between technological and traditional, like a KRAFTWERK-FOLK crossover... it's not his best album, I know... but it's not garbage either; he has always sought new things and tried to do almost everything.
 
Konrad66
Konrad66
22 apr 23

DeRank™: 19,91

Brivido

My purpose here is to quietly let you know (in a very low voice so as not to be heard) about tracks or LPs that have been criticized or labeled as pop or commercial, but are actually well-made. However, due to the stereotype that "only those who do rock and the transgressive make great music, everything else is garbage or trivial," they are often overlooked or people feel embarrassed to share them. So, quietly, in a whisper, secretly, I'm pointing out that in 1979, Rettore released a pretty decent LP, in Italian, well before she became known for her transgressive style (from Kobra onward, still of good quality for being made in Italy in Italian). She created this very Italian pop album that introduced her to the general public. It wasn't just Splendido Splendente (a Disco-Music track, what rock is that, as she later boasted), but there were other interesting POP tracks (only another was the Disco "Divino Divina"), and instead, this album has only been remembered for the Red vinyl...
 
Konrad66
Konrad66
22 apr 23

DeRank™: 5,56

Macho - Cose there's Music in the Air (LP Version)
MACHO in "Cause there's music in the air" was the B-SIDE of the famous COVER of "I'm a man," a nice track that isn't overly commercial, never advertised. You can hear the Italian accent of the singer Marzio, but he sings well and, above all, Malavasi and his Change provide a solid backing, a Disco Music style from the late '70s that unfortunately isn't made anymore.
 
Konrad66
Konrad66
21 apr 23

DeRank™: 6,00

Hugh Masekela - Don't Go Lose It Baby (Stretch Mix) In the 70s and 80s, even the greatest jazz musicians and conductors occasionally bent to nightclub music, with or without jazz-fusion influences. Here’s an example. Summer 1984, which seemed like the future at the time, and still would be, given how much the current era is regressing.
 
Konrad66
Konrad66
17 apr 23

DeRank™: 17,78

Lenny Kravitz - Low ( ED Blak Edit '19 ) It's from 1987, pardon 2018, extended version mix. Lenny always nostalgic for the sound vibes of the 70s and/or 80s.
 
Konrad66
Konrad66
17 apr 23

DeRank™: 0,00

Ocean Drive (Purple Disco Machine Extended Mix) In 2015, Duke Dumont released this single that strongly recalled the '80s Dance, and a few years later, Purple Disco Machine made this even more '80s and danceable remix.
 
Konrad66
Konrad66
17 apr 23

DeRank™: 3,00

Always Better (The Dukes Main Mix) Yes, the DD are exactly the ones who in 1990 and 1991 took over radio and clubs with "Found Love" and "Don't You Feel.................. In 2022 they made this nice Funk-80 piece, which back then would have been one among many, and instead today, in a year, it has received few views and only 16 likes... what was commercial 40 years ago is now experimental, as a Disco Radio DJ once said about the Nu-Disco movement and similar genres.
 
Konrad66
Konrad66
16 apr 23

DeRank™: 0,00

I'm a Man [Full Length Album Remix by Savarese]
Yes, it's the famous COVER of the song by the great Stevie Winwood, done by Italians, Mauro Malavasi first and foremost in Bologna, then mixed in the USA, well-played that doesn't look too bad compared to the original and in fact, has become a classic in its own right, even though it's one of those records that "nobody knows who sang," not even me, it was one of many projects by Mauro Malavasi, a Bologna-based multi-instrumentalist, under false pretenses, here he chose "Macho" as the name of the singer, actually a bouncer from a nightclub in Rimini. Malavasi's best project was "Change," which were no less than Chic, they were a real group of musicians, with the great Luther Vandross as vocalist, discovered by them. Then there was the "Peter Jacques Band," which was purely image; the quartet, vocals, and music were always from Malavasi's cast and produced by him and the Italian-Guadeloupean Petrus, who was murdered in 1986.
 
Konrad66
Konrad66
16 apr 23

DeRank™: 3,00

Donatella Rettore – Diamonds Clubs And Spades (Extended Version) here’s a "provocation"... in 1985 Rettore made the theme for the Processo del Lunedi by Biscardi. One of the few danceable tracks in English by Rettore. Tonight I discover that the extended version was made 3 years later and I’m posting it. Great Rettore. This isn’t her best song, I know... but let’s put it on, because it’s not one of her hits after all.
 
Konrad66
Konrad66
16 apr 23

DeRank™: 13,75

Propaganda - A Secret Wish (Vinyl) Part 2 The only LP by the original lineup of Propaganda, it also received a "milestone" mention from ondarock, which is rare for synth-pop-dance-rock etc etc products from the 80s. The beauty of it is that at the time it went almost unnoticed; I remember a review giving it a score of 6.5 mainly for the 2 hits Duel and P-Machinery, but then in 2018 I discovered how beautiful the other tracks were, darker but more interesting than the 2 hits, even though the 2 hits are not trivial at all; they have their own meaning. It's a concept album, based on the famous Dr. Mabuse. It's a shame that the disputes with Trevor Horn, their producer, led to their breakup. But this LP has gone down in history, even without selling much.
 
Konrad66
Konrad66
15 apr 23

DeRank™: 4,91

Mont Blanc (Purple Disco Machine Remix)
Purple Disco Machine has resurrected the true Electronic Disco Music, as it was called back then, from the period 77-87.
 
Konrad66
Konrad66
15 apr 23

DeRank™: 4,91

City - City (1982) Post Punk - Italy
City with the album City, an incredibly Italian post-punk new wave from 1982. I think I might be the first and only one reviewing them, because this is their only album, they aren't even mentioned on Wikipedia, and nothing is known about them, except that they were from Bologna.

Listen to it, it's incredible how it has gone unnoticed, even though it was (in my opinion) catchy. If Garbo had some success, and at least people knew who Diaframma were, why not these guys? They have no less to offer than them.
 
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