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Remix for Tulioxi Animal Funk out on Alexander Robotick´s Hot Elephant Records.

Apollo 409

Animal Funk - Franz Scala Remix

Roam Recordings maestro steps up to the plate for Wonder Stories with a two track EP of druggy, cosmic sounds. De La Mode is a Middle Eastern fantasy piece full of phrygian scales and eastern sounds which gets an excellent stripped down remix by Maya Danon. 

On the b-side, Sun Kissed is exactly what it sounds, a sunny cosmic journey that grows and and grows until it peaks euphorically. Remixer Pino slows things down and amps up the drugginess that manages to creep along just perfectly.

De La Mode EP

Sun Kissed (Pino Remix)

Juno Review:
Franz Scala was last spotted on Boredllo A Parigi back in 2016 - he makes the move to Bahnsteig 23 for this bold record of synth pop, early electro and much more besides. "Anacondas" has a cheery tone, all sunny synth lines and a laid back boogie rhythm section, while "Thai City" is more like a scratchy beat track for DJs to get clever with. "Shadow Dancer" is one of the record's stand out moments - a muscular pop burner for all 80s romancers to get emotional and funky to. "Rascals" finishes the EP off with some seriously tough drums and some body-popping electro styles that should go down a storm on the floor.

BAH 046

Franz Scala - Thai City (BAH 046)

Order:
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Piccadilly records review:
"Mmmm yeah, it's time for another MMDISCOS, this time featuring the stellar selections and edit expertise of Franz Scala. Not only is Franz one of the biggest Italo DJs in the game, he's the owner of the excellent Slow Motion imprint, which stands alongside the likes of Red Laser and Bordello A Parigi at the top of the nuovo Italo tree. 
We're in electrifying Italo territory right from the off here as Franz works his magic on Electra's "Are You Automatic", a midtempo mover whose camp vocal examines cybernetic affairs while the chugging sequences and detailed percussion powers on below. Neon-tinged and stiff with hairspray, this high drama heater should move your floor from the warm up to the peak time perfectly. Over on the B1, Franz freaks GJ Lunghi's "Acapulco Nights", drawing every ounce of drama out of the resort-Italo classic. Building up from a majestic bassline, the track grooves through sparkling sequences, sci-fi stabs and swelling pads, peaking with a murmured vocal and big pianos - Italo perfection if you ask me. Not content with flooding your pleasure centres with "Acapulco Nights" Franz takes on Wish Keys' "The One You Love", stripping back the vocals, upping the tempo a little and letting those outrageous instrumental elements come to the fore. Sustained pads, jazz-meets-Italo bass synth and sublime sax take you there, then the uber-80's Cocaine in Rimini romance crashes in like a wave. Italo for the Balearic crowd!

Piccadilly records Staff comments:
Patrick says: Massive Italo edits from the Slow Motion label head. Stepping away from those slamming 4/4 heaters the techno DJs love to drop, this is resort Italo for the Balearic crowd - all end of season melancholy until the next bump arrives. In the bag!"

GJ Lunghi - Acapulco Nights (Franz Scala Edit)

Until Emergency Is Over - From the album "When Machines Get Funky" by The Analog Session

When Machines Get Funky

Until Emergency Is Over

Slow Motion is back with ‘Italian Synth Planetarium’, the ultimate mammoth dance compilation featuring three volumes of heterogeneous night anthems. Deriving from the on-going Italian Dance Wave series, this compilation showcases the best Italian electronic artists from around the world. The unmissable grooves weave through the best of the Slow Motion roster including eight debut artists. This massive release will be distributed digitally plus a cassette with a megamix of the tracks provided by maestros Franz Scala and Fabrizio Mammarella.

Alessandro Adriani & Franz Scala - Il Confine (Italian Synth Planetarium)

The Analog Session is a music project conceived in February 2009 by Maurizio Dami (aka Alexander Robotnick) and Lapo Lombardi aka Ludus Pinsky. More info at The Analog Session official website
Initially only a video project, it then became also an album and finally a live performance. 
It is electronic music played on vintage instruments , mostly improvised in the 70s style but with a strong hint to modern techno-music. The first video-clips made by the two artists in 2009 have had more than 100.000 views on Youtube with consistently enthustiastic feedback. 
Since long electronic music concerts (with the exception of academic or experimental ones) essentially consist of a couple of artists, usually DJs, fiddling on their laptops  rhythmically nodding their heads along the duration of the so-called “concert”. There may be a vocalist sometimes but not necessarily.
We don't know whether such a situation may be called “live” but anyway to us a concert is something different. As we are talking about electronic music, obviously most of the music played is “sequenced”. This however does not prevent the artist from interacting with it by physically playing different parts and improvising. 
The Analog Session's natural vocation is the live performance and it was indeed conceived as live improvisation of electronic music.