Manu Dibango

Various productions and remixes by The Stallions (Lovefingers and Lee Douglas).

The Canyons - My Rescue (Stallions Festival Version)

Without a doubt, one of my absolute favorite Wavey Synthpop  7" from Germany. One copy available. Extremely rare and sadly not the cheapest.

Wave Shape "Dark Night" - Private Press 7" - Germany, 1984 - 299€

LENG SHOP - https://lengrecords.bandcamp.com/music

Riding a wave of critical praise and positive feedback for his most recent Emperor Machine album, the fabulous Island Boogie, Andrew Meecham returns with a typically wild and dancefloor-focused set of dubs, ‘versions’ and remixes.

According to Meecham, Island Boogie is his most personal set to date – a full-length excursion that not only delivers perfectly formed expressions of his dub-tinged, off-kilter synth-boogie sound, but also tracks that draw deeply on his earliest influences and long-held musical expressions.

It’s fitting, then, that this remix EP begins with his own sparse, stripped-back ‘version’ rework of ‘S-S-S-Single Bed’, a fine cover of the mid-80s Fox single featuring the vocals of Michelle Bee. Meecham’s dub-wise revision is a skeletal and driving affair, with snippets of echoing guitar, colourful synths and Bee’s distinctive vocalisations rising above a weighty dub disco bassline and rock-solid percussion.

It's followed by two revisions of album favourite ‘Wanna Pop With You’ from A Love From Outer Space main man Sean Johnston under his now familiar Hardway Brothers alias. Combining his own love of raw, analogue-sounding electronics and trippy dancefloor psychedelia with select elements of Meecham’s original – percussion, synth sounds, crisp guitar licks and elements of Séverine Mouletin’s lead vocals, Johnston’s main ‘remix’ is a weighty, mid-tempo treat. Arguably even better is his accompanying dub, which is more groove-and-effects focused and makes more of Meecham’s superb original bassline. It’s heavy, spaced-out and undeniably intoxicating.

To round off the package, long-time friend of the label (and sometime contributor) Rose Robinson dons her Tigerbalm pseudonym and gets to work on ‘La Cassette’. Brilliantly cutting up Séverine Mouletin’s vocals, she delivers a driving slab of spaced-out, synth-heavy dub disco that adds more weight and energy to Meecham’s original. It’s a fittingly on-point way to close out a superb selection of club-ready revisions.

LENG SHOP

The Emperor Machine - Wanna Pop With You (Hardway Bros Dub)

Pour célébrer la sortie du quatrième album de Voilaaa, DJ Freakistan du Voilaaa Sound System nous régale avec une selecta disco truffée de pépites cachées du dernier opus.


Tracklist : 
Julie Coker - Sogio
Voilaaa - Mtae Rock
Wrong Way Up - We Can Do This
Sony Enang - Don't Stop That Music
Voilaaa - Life
Marijata - Otanhunu (ft. Ata Kak)
Voilaaa - Les temps ont changé
Bill Loko - Ndolo
Perfect Disco Machine - Bindiga
Papa Yankson - Mumumde
Voilaaa - C'est la danse
Flammer Dance Band - Ekko
Mawuli Decker - Mawu Nakafo Nam
Eko - Take Me As I Am Now
Voilaaa - Tu nous fatigues
Uta Bella - Enyin (Dharma Collective Edit)
Jeanette N'diaye - Makom Ma Bobe (Mendel Edit)
Voilaaa - Anna est partie
Palete Wawa - Assini
Soukouss All Stars - Bolingo Sonia
Fantastic Tchico - Operation Soukous
Grèn Sémé - Siko (Voilaaa Remix)

Voilaaa - C'est tout - Le Mix

Café de Paris : Chansons d’Amour et d’Élégance - Murmures de la Seine

CD/LP Order - https://spacetalkmusic.bandcamp.com/album/crown-ruler-sound-compiled-by-jeremy-spellacey

A1 Ezy & Isaac - Let Your Body Move (Oba Balu Balu)
A2 Stimela - I Love You
A3 Kosmik 3 – I’m Gonna Pack (Jeremy Spellacey Edit)
A4 Mike Fabulous - Wang East (Instrumental)

B1 Feladey - Forest Music (Anambra Na-imo)
B2 Larry Maluma & Kalimba - Kamusale
B3 Acayouman - Funk Around
B4 J.K. Mandengué – Afrika

C1 The Staple Singers - Slippery People (Club Version)
C2 Brother Resistance - Can I Get A Witness
C3 Legacy - Monday Blues

D1 La Banda de Martin - Mi Dueño
D2 Devon Russell - Move On Up
D3 Costa & Chyps - Detroit City Cats (Instrumental Long Version)
D4 Wilfred Percussion – Andei

Our first compilation, Beauty, offered listeners the chance to take a trip through the record collection of noted Parisian crate-digger and DJ Jeremy Underground. It was well received so we've decided to repeat the exercise. This time, though, we’ve turned to a lesser-known hunter of rare and obscure records, namely Crown Ruler Records co-founder Jeremy Spellacey.

Don’t be fooled by Spellacey’s lower profile: amongst those who know, the Melbourne-based New Zealander is widely regarded as a seriously dusty-fingered digger, capable of unearthing and championing ridiculously good records from all four corners of the globe. He sells some of these exceptional finds through his Crown Ruler online store, though there are many more that he keeps hidden from the public.

Spellacey has previously shied away from sharing the secrets of his extensive record collection. Crown Ruler Sound, then, is a rare treat: a gloriously colourful, sun-baked compilation of tropical treats from Africa, the Caribbean and beyond, hand-picked by the man who helped license this year’s most essential reissue, the South African boogie brilliance that is Focus’s Zulu.

From synth-laden Zambian reggae and sumptuous orchestral Afro-soul, to humid Trinidadian boogie and horizontal Italian jazz-funk, Spellacey offers a whirlwind trip through the most kaleidoscopic and exotic parts of his epic collection.

As you’d expect from a man who has traveled the world hunting down records, the majority of the 15 tracks will be unknown to all but a handful of similarly minded crate diggers. In fact, some are so obscure that you’ll struggle to find any mention of them at all online.

This could be your only chance to own some of these records and we don’t want to spoil the surprise but suffice to say, Crown Ruler Sound will surprise and entertain you in equal measure.

Crown Ruler Sound compiled by Jeremy Spellacey

Crown Ruler Sound compiled by Jeremy Spellacey - Mini Mix

African Songbook, Vol. 2

Wakafrika

My Heart's On Fire (Hysteric Oz-talo edit)

EAS016 - QVARK

Milan, Italy, 1983. In the midst of the 80’s economic boom, 
which gave an injection of optimism after the heavily political 70’s,
a group of young local musicians meet every night in a basement 
to rehearse and record a peculiar breed of Italian disco music.
Originated from the ashes of various other projects, 
and rooted in the broader jazz-funk tradition,
the group creates music which is equally inspired
by contemporary fusion as well as by the first wave 
of the italo-disco sound. Fast forward 35 years 
and the genuinely mediterranean flavor of Qvark’s 
demo recordings are still enjoyable for the groovy quirkiness 
of a project which has been to long forgotten.
After an intense work of audio restoration of such demo tapes, 
heavily affected by time, Early Sounds is pleased to present 
a compilation which is an important find to define the sound
of late 70's and early 80's Italian club sound.

Paris je t'aime d'amour

Manu Dibango

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