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Disco, Bollywood-style, is typically high-voltage: metallic flares, dazzling over-sized mirror-balls, smoke machines galore and Technicolor flashing dance floors.  Let loose those dancing shoes and boogie down to Bollywood’s glittering disco heyday with Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi, Kishore Kumar and more.

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THE ROUGH GUIDE TO BOLLYWOOD DISCO

James Brown’s trombonist Fred Wesley famously said ‘Disco music is funk with a bow-tie’ - a witty observation but much too modest for Bollywood. In typically high-voltage fashion, disco done Indian style adds so much more: metallic flares, dazzling over-sized mirror-balls, smoke machines galore and more Technicolor flashing dance floors than you could shake a rhinestone encrusted stick at. 

Disco originally steamed up from the hot and hectic streets of 1970s New York. Embracing decadence and presenting a new souped-up beat-driven sound, disco (like punk) can be seen as a reaction to the placid, perennially positive hippy vibes of the 1960s. The UK, its ears already opened to American dancefloor sounds via Northern Soul, had its first disco number one in 1974 with George McCrae’s ‘Rock Your Baby’. Soon, imported cassettes and vinyl worked their way into the hands of Indian film composers such as Bappi Lahiri, R.D. Burman and Biddu Appaiah. 

While ‘Chand Mera Dil Chandni Ho Tum’, a dramatic ballad from the 1977 film Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin, is an early example of the influence of disco on Bollywood, by the 1980s high energy bass-lines, peppy vocals and luscious strings had taken over.  The fun-loving magpie mentality of Indian film, both visually and musically, meant composers were more than happy to cherry-pick their favourite disco sounds and work them into their songs. On ‘Boom Boom’, sung by the Pakistani pop star Nazia Hassan, producer Biddu lifts Giorgio Moroder’s pulsating bass line straight from the Donna Summer hit ‘I Feel Love’, while the aptly named 1982 blockbuster Disco Dancer is a classic rags-to-riches story with a soundtrack that references dancefloor artists as diverse as Ottawan and The Buggles.  

The vocals of legendary Bengali playback singer Kishore Kumar epitomised the Bollywood sound’ throughout the 1970s. Renowned for his distinctive style of yodelling, his forays into disco heard here reflect his versatile vocal ability. 

Other treasures abound on The Rough Guide To Bollywood Disco, including such classics of the genre as ‘Hari Om Hari’ and ‘I Am A Disco Dancer’. Today, Bollywood disco lives on via modern interpretations and vintage appreciations. The cult club night ‘Bollywood Disco’ in New York is ever popular – their DJs instruct American youth in the long-lasting influence of the genre while their website explains how even contemporary hip-hop producers such as Timbaland have worked titillating morsels from the Bollywood back catalogue into their sound. 

Now it’s time to let loose those dancing shoes and boogie down to Bollywood’s glittering disco heyday.

The Rough Guide To Bollywood Disco also shines the spotlight on one of Bollywood’s greats, highlighting the dazzling career of the award-winning playback singer, actor, composer, screen-writer and director – Kishore Kumar.


Usha Uthup & Bappi Lahiri: Auva Auva Koi Yahan Nache (taken from The Rough Guide To Bollywood Disco)

04 - Fondo Profundo (Iberico Mix)

Magazine 60 - Florida Mix D J - U S Special Remix-

Los Delfines - El Himno Del Cucumelo - (Remix)

New Italo-Disco 7 inch mix, with a small French twist. All 7inch vinyl records, mixed on two turntables, including some French Italo-Disco inspired records (and many French pressings).

Enjoy!

01/ Galyn & Steve - Je t'aime Je t'aime [Kangaroo Team Records] (1987)
02/ Regrets - L'Avion [Casablanca Records] (1984)
03/ Josette Martial - Ring Ring Dong [CAM] (1983)
04/ Do Piano - Again (Version Instrumentale) [Pathé Marconi EMI] (1985)
05/ Stage - Real [Flarenasch] (1985)
06/ Noé Willer - Toi Femme Publique [Jonathan] (1985)
07/ Pink Project - Instrumental Project [Carrere] (1982)
08/ R. Bais - Mexico (Instrumental) [Ricordi] (1984)
09/ Rose - Magic Carillon - (Instrumental Remix) [Discomagic] (1984)
10/ Géraldine Danon - Dans Mes Yeux ("Only You") [Carrere] (1985)
11/ Paul Paul - Good Version [Discomagic] (1983)
12/ Max Anderson - The Night (Hey Ho Ho) (Instrumental) [Carrere] (1985)
13/ Sophie - Broken Tale (Instrumental) [Jonathan] (1986)
14/ Fanny Forest - Les Lolitas Des Magazines (Instrumental) [Labalme] (1987)
15/ B.B. Bonsai - Prince of the Night (Extended Version) [Holly Records] (1985)

Italo Disco with a French Twist - 7inch Partytime Mix

MODERN TRACKING - Твоё дыханье (Dance Tracking Mix)

Music & Lyrics : K. Chernokozhev & Yuri Novikov
Arrangement and vocal : Yuri Novikov
Backing vocals : Anna Golubeva

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MODERN TRACKING - Твоё дыханье (Dance Tracking Mix)

Nazia Hassan  -  Disco Deewane - Radio Z Rock And Pop  ( www.radioz.pe )

Pet Shop Boys . The New Mega-Mix

Touch by Touch-Joy (Remix 98)

Inspired by a time...

Performed by Nazia Hassan released in 1979.

Sing along...
Aap Jaisa Koi Meri Zindagi Mein Aaye
Someone like you should come into my life

To Baat Ban Jaaye, Haan Haan Baat Ban Jaaye
It will be great; Yes Yes life will become great

WAV Download now available on Bandcamp
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Aap Jaisa Koi (Air Zaïre's Summer Bollywood Voyage)

CIAO BALLA ITALIA

Francesco Napoli - Mega Balla Balla

Righeira - Vamos A La Playa (Symphonic Version) (2011)

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Club Tropicana (Total M's Fun And Sunshine Edit)

Playlist files:

01. Video Kids - Woodpeckers From Space'2000 (Extended Mix)
02. Mike Mareen - Lady Ecstasy
03. Mike Mareen - Love Spy (The Batman Mix)
04. Trans X - Living on Video
05. Laserdance - Power Run
06. Parsec One - Laserbeat Fm Theme
07. Synthesis - Warrior Of Light
08. Macrocosm - Virtual Voltage
09. Laserdance - You And Me (Space Mix)
10. Albert One - Secrets (extended version)
11. koto - visitors - alien mix
12. Laserdance - Endless Dream
13. Cyber Space - Space Fly
14. KOTO - Dragon's Legend (Siegfried's Mix)
15. Rose - Magic Carillon 

Space-Disco mix by Sputnik for Veschiy Moh 2012

Italove - Hypnotic Tango

Written by Mauro Malavasi and Stefano Micheli
Produced by Mike Palace

Italove - At the Disco https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/at-the-disco/1441027173

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2018 Italove

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At the Disco

Italove - Hypnotic Tango

Pacific Festival: The Dunes will be taking place at the Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort & Marina on Sunday, September 2, 2012 on Labor Day Weekend.

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Righeira - Vamos A La Playa (Extended)

Woodpeckers From Space

Remix of Psychic Interface's "Dancing In The Night" or on some singles known as "Tribal Stomp (Cherokee Nation)". From the sound of it, it would normally sound like a Mike Mareen production; however, the release states that Tess and Elvine (Tess' alias of Fancy) co-produced the track in 1986, yet it sounds Italian rather than German. Nevertheless, this single needed some minor modernization, so this release has a modern kick and percussion. Hope you enjoy!

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