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
Music From The Club
NIEMAND TANZT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_ETE6PSaPk The Advanced Cookbook Of Mr Selig And Kanzler Z - Pink Rhythm From The Advanced Cookbook Of Mr Selig And Kanzler Z - Niemand Tanz Released on Z. O. O. Media, 1989, Germany It's both wonderful and strange how one odd-looking record, found randomly in some record shop can lead you to a sprawling…Lire la suite NIEMAND TANZT
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
FRENCH STREET SOUL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoxhlfJYOb4&feature=youtu.be Albert - Fais Moi From Albert - Ahïa Released on RCA, 1991, France This is possibly the most "borderline" record we ever talked about on OYT (and some may rightly argue that we crossed a red line here) but we couldn't help it as we became slowly obsessed with the B-side of this 7"…Lire la suite FRENCH STREET SOUL
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
MI RE DO LA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH9ddqJfTtg Tala Samguita - Wao From Tala Samguita - Qui Saurait Me Dire Released on Andy's, 1988, France But what happened to the great Tala (as some of you may have already guess, Tala Samguita, is no other than Tala André Marie, one of the most famous musicians from Cameroon) ? He got us used to…Lire la suite MI RE DO LA
UK STREET SOUL 4 EVER #2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjMqNkzvHaM Special Touch - I Want You (Dance Mix) From Special Touch - I Want You Released on TSR, 1990, UK We've already shared our love for what has been called "UK street soul" - a form of lush and bouncy R'n'B born on the streets of London - in one of our very first…Lire la suite UK STREET SOUL 4 EVER #2
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
BREAKFAST AT GORBACHEV’S
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6XueaovzNo Vasiliy Shumov - Porridge From Василий Шумов – Время Три Released on Melodiya, 1991, USSR We've always been deeply interested in records whose stories somehow overlaped with History, and though we think that it is the case of most of the records ever released - in one way or an other - some of them connect…Lire la suite BREAKFAST AT GORBACHEV’S