Thursday, July 17, 2008

Robot is Systematic

'Supreme Re-Edits' is how Cosmic Club Mastercuts describe themselves on myspace, and on the strength of volume 5 of their 12" series, I don't see how anyone could argue. If you thought that the Italo / Cosmic Disco era had already been mined to within an inch of its life, it seems there are still plenty of nuggets out there.



It's a little hard to find any information on the original artists (or indeed the mystery man behind the edits), so just enjoy the tunes. These 12"s are limited to 350 copies, so buy on sight!

BRAND IMAGE - ARE YOU LOVING? (COSMIC CLUB MASTERCUTS EDIT)

'LECTRIC WORKERS - THE GARDEN (1982 ORIGINAL MIX)


Another new exponent of Italo has cropped up on Cosmo Vitelli's excellent 'I'm a Cliche' label...



According to the blurb he's a DJ, graphic designer, Hip Hop artist, remixer & compilation compiler (totally Mexico, yeah?) but now turns out similar dark instrumenal sounds to Zombie Zombie. Well worth a listen for a modern take on some old noises...

UNCLE O - JUPITER MENACE

I enjoyed this new remix of Sebastien Tellier by Boys Noize... an overload of synths worthy of Jean Michelle Jarre or Jaques Lu Cont, with vocal accompaniment by Speak & Spell. I keep expecting it to break out into a more typically banging Boys Noize production, but on the whole I think the restraint works well.



Sorry the quality's not great on this one....

SEBASTIEN TELLIER - L'AMOUR ET LA VIOLENCE (BOYS NOIZE REMIX)