Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Sergio Rizzolo - "Danny Darrow - Doomsday" (1980)


Photography: Emmalisa Pauly, 2012
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"My favourite record is Danny Darrow's "Doomsday" from 1980. It's one of the greatest disco records ever made, because it's a perfect vision of the future (or the lack of one to be exact!). When the world eventually comes to an end - by the hands of a giant alien warrior - we should all "get down to it" and "drown in our juices of love" as Danny puts it (which can be seen happening on the amazing sleeve artwork by Charles Universal).
Match that slab of wisdom with a 133 BPM beat, rock guitars, a sax-solo and about a 4 minutes long synthesizer workout at the end and I've got all I ever need to get through the end times"

Sergio Rizzolo
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Danny Darrow - A1 - Doomsday (Long Version)

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Useful links:
http://diavol.bandcamp.com/album/diavol-edits-vol-3-sergio-rizzolo
http://soundcloud.com/sergio-rizzolo
www.prejka.se
www.diskoakademin.blogspot.com
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Thank you Sergio!

Monday, November 5, 2012

Dj Rocca - "George Duke - Faces In Reflection" (1974)


"I'm a big fan of George Duke stuff, especially his albums on German MPS records. This album have some big tracks inside, and one in particular is the track I want to listen everyday: North Beach. A space jazz rhodes solo track with lots of reverb and echo...superb!"
DJ Rocca
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George Duke - B2 - North Beach

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Luca ‘DJ Rocca’ Roccatagliati is a producer and musician. He started to produce in late 90s doin some drum&bass and breakbeat singles as Maffia Soundsystem from the same name club in Italy. DJ Rocca collaborated with Howie B, Pressure Drop, Zed Bias, Dimitri From Paris, Daniele Baldelli and Jazzanova producing singles, remixes and albums on some of the best european labels as Sonar Kollektiv, Compost, Classic, Rekids, Mantra Vibes, Hell Yeah, Rebirth, Hooji Choons, Defected, Gomma, Crammed Disc, International Feel.
DJ Rocca works now with Dimitri From Paris and Daniele Baldelli. With legendary Dimitri From Paris for their new electro disco act Erodiscotique, with three huge EP’s on Gomma Records, and a track already included in the Playboy Mansion compilation released by Defected Records and mixed by Dimitri himself and Bob Sinclar. With Daniele Baldelli, Rocca have released the album “Podalirius” on UK label Nang, out in June 2012. As a producer, DJ Rocca is also part of Ajello (with Taver), Supersonic Lovers (with Marcello Giordani) and Crimea X (with Jukka Reverberi) He remixed big names as Oliver Koletzki, Luke Solomon, Blaze, Isolee, Pete Herbert, Bjorn Torske, Chris Coco, Dimitri From Paris.
DJ Rocca also runs his label Danny Was A Drag King and releases music from Ajello, Supersonic Lovers, Luminodisco, Verdo, Marcello Giordani, Hard Ton and so on…

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Useful Links:
http://soundcloud.com/dj-rocca
http://www.djrocca.com
http://www.discogs.com/George-Duke-Faces-In-Reflection/release/1210090
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