DUB DEM SILLY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl2pHZoeljs&t=305s Continental Research Orchestra - Naboko Samba (Dub Version) From Continental Research Orchestra - Naboko Samba Released on Disques Dreyfus, 1986, France Seriously, how is it even possible that this dub version of Naboko Samba ever got released ? No one gave it a proper listen before giving the green light ? It's not as if…Lire la suite DUB DEM SILLY

RESORT ISLAND

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_4BXfWRNPw&feature=youtu.be Shohjo-Tai - Flamingo Island From Shohjo-Tai - Forever 2001 Released on Broadway, Japan, 1986 Remember that heavy tune by a Japanese Idol band we posted a few months ago ? Well, the three girls from Shojo-Tai are back with another summer hit, casually called Flamingo Island. Once again, the production is flawless and it's no…Lire la suite RESORT ISLAND

MINDGAMES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYFKH0MzYA4 Lix - Stalking From Lix - S/T Released on Fat Records & Tapes, 1984, Sweden Released in 1984 on Fat Records & Tapes, that is to say the same year and on the same label than balearic heads favourite, Sjunne Ferger's mind-blowing Mindgames, Lix's only album is an oddball of a record. Unlike Mindgames, there is something straight-forwardly…Lire la suite MINDGAMES

THE NETHERLANDS CONNECTION

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBt6miQTjwo Cynthia and Family - Belema Gaji Pardiswa From Cynthia and Family - Let's Dance Released on Wandana Records, Netherlands Even if you have a great knowledge of modern history, you can still be surprise on how records digging sometimes makes you aware in a very striking way of the complexity of migratory and colonial…Lire la suite THE NETHERLANDS CONNECTION

DON’T JUDGE A RECORD BY ITS COVER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR0camhw4RY&feature=youtu.be Lapassenkoff - Congo / Masaï From Lapassenkoff - Shing A Ling! Released on Mosquito, 1988, France One of the things we've learn from rummaging through record bins is that you kind of need to judge a record by its cover in order to make some selecting amongst unknown records. And most of the time,…Lire la suite DON’T JUDGE A RECORD BY ITS COVER

NÄCHSTE BAHN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYOgL-jKTpg Notorische Reflexe - Next Stop From Notorische Reflexe - S/T Released on Rebel Rec., 1985, Germany In our opinion, one would definitely be right by defining Notorsiche Reflexe as a "Neue  Deutsche Welle" act. Though the expression quickly became hackneyed after some songs sold by the marketing guys as "NDW  hits" took over Europe's music charts in the early-1980's…Lire la suite NÄCHSTE BAHN