Betamax - Disco Dracula

It all started with a tweet, when Dutch journalist Edwin van Dalen claimed with his big mouth he could make a hit out of an old song in filterdisco style. A representative from the record label EMI challenged him, and so he asked befriended producer RipTidE to help him with this project. A project that soon became more than just a tweet and an idea.

Readers from Metro, the biggest free newspaper in the world, could send in suggestions for a song that should be transformed into an updated version. The winning suggestion: ‘Soul Dracula’ by Hot Blood.

After a while EMI stept out of this process and BMKLTSCH RCRDS was cheeky enough to pick this track up and let it see the light of day.

If there’s ever any money to be made, Edwin and his musical partner Max don’t want to keep it to themselves. So they chose a good cause to send it to: Jail Guitar Doors (www.jailguitardoors.org.uk), a campaign initiated by the English singer-songwriter and political activist Billy Bragg to provide instruments to those who are using music as a means of achieving the rehabilitation of prison inmates. In short: a musical charitable organisation for a musical project.

Releasedate 20-04


Betamax - Disco Dracula

The creation of Disco Dracula.


It all started with a tweet, when Dutch journalist Edwin van Dalen claimed with his big mouth he could make a hit out of an old song like Duck Sauce did with ‘Barbra Streisand’. A representative from the record label EMI challenged him, and so he asked befriended producer RipTidE to help him with this project. A project that soon became more than just a tweet and an idea.

• Readers from Metro, the biggest free newspaper in the world, could send in suggestions for a song that should be transformed into an updated version. The winning suggestion: ‘Soul Dracula’ by Hot Blood.

• People that have the skills to make a (non-budget) video could join in as well, and they did. The chosen ones were Geert Bal and Paul van Aarle, who made videos using a time consuming stop-motion technique. The video they made is finished and suits the original song as well as the new version perfectly.

• After a while EMI stept out of this process and BMKLTSCH RCRDS was cheeky enough to pick this track up and let it see the light of day.

• If there’s ever any money to be made, Edwin and his musical partner Max don’t want to keep it to themselves. So they chose a good cause to send it to: Jail Guitar Doors (www.jailguitardoors.org.uk), a campaign initiated by the English singer-songwriter and political activist Billy Bragg to provide instruments to those who are using music as a means of achieving the rehabilitation of prison inmates. In short: a musical charitable organisation for a musical project.

Boutique Record Label by @mikemago 
Amsterdam. Anno 2010.
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