Too obscure Disco?

[JussiK]

Depends, maybe, but dj Aicha and I decided we would go all the way last Saturday at the Nouveau Casino, meaning no track would be too deep in the underground, no tune too obscure. If it's good, play it. So, she spinned extremely pumping 132 bpm euro stuff I had never heard before, nor what must have been 99,45% of the dancers, and it was brilliant. "What is this Aicha what are you playing!?" I threw in titles like "Monkey Walk" from the Arpadis album, a 1977 cosmic undergound disco classic by Slim Pezin & co. and "The Real Thing" by Daddy Dewdrop that I had heard Jerry Bonham do ( the remix). And did they dance? Did they like it? Yes they did. Too weird? NO! The packed floor rocked. From midnight until dawn, hysteria. Maybe it was too crowded to really dance some of the time, maybe not. Of course us the djs weren't the stars, it was the music, and the dancers who lived it.

So, the lesson of this thread seems to be: underground disco works. Djs, do your thing, boldly go where no woman or man has gone before, or at least in 30 years!

[Noman]

With the right crowd anything with a beat works. ;)

[Boodikka]

So Jussi, this Arpadis is pre-Voyage Pezin? I'd like to hear that.
Was that version of "The Real Thing" the Disconet remix?

[JussiK]

The guy at Chez Yuris of Paris where I got it from explained the Arpadis album was never realesed to the stores in France as too uncommercial in 1977 - we did not discuss whether it was pre-From East To West or after. It's hypnotic stuff nevertheless, with yowling synths, huge bass and jungle noises, probably inspired by the Lalo Schifrin tune of almost the same name. The whole album comes across like a very strange outing with the Voyage people, which it in fact is. - The Daddy is not a Disconet but the TK 12" with an instrumental on side B, a superior version to the original TK 12" with a different tune on side 2.

[remicks]

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Well that's one way to create the illusion that today's crowds are experiencing something fresh.
Sort of northern soul disco style ...... all the hits that never were ! :roll:



As for playing remote "dance to anything" type "disco " ..... top this !!!

At the TROC we danced to ................ THE YEAR OF THE CAT !!!! .......... :lol::lol:


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[BrunoRepublic]

Originally Posted by JussiK

The guy at Chez Yuris of Paris where I got it from explained the Arpadis album was never realesed to the stores in France as too uncommercial in 1977 - we did not discuss whether it was pre-From East To West or after. It's hypnotic stuff nevertheless, with yowling synths, huge bass and jungle noises, probably inspired by the Lalo Schifrin tune of almost the same name. The whole album comes across like a very strange outing with the Voyage people, which it in fact is. - The Daddy is not a Disconet but the TK 12" with an instrumental on side B, a superior version to the original TK 12" with a different tune on side 2.

Oooh, that sounds great. I think I have that version of the Daddy Dewdrop 12"... I'll have to check when I get home.

[Boodikka]

OK, Jussi, I know the "Real Thing" versions on the vocal/instrumental disc. I had them on the other comp (which died) :evil: . I have the Disconet version on this one.
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[JussiK]

A correction, or two: the French album is called ARPADYS, not Arpadis, and the track is Monkey Star, not Monkey Walk. Blame this for my over-excited state.
http://www.discomusic.com/records-more/1669_0_2_0_C/

The Arpadys is apparently very much in demand, just like the BLACK HOLE album from Brazil. I got a listen to Black Hole and truly, it sounded spectacular. The album was not for sale as such though, you were instructed to leave your details and they would get back to you later with a suggestion for the price - somewhere around 250 euros minimum....I'll pass.

[QUINNY]

Just a word of caution.

Before everyone gets carried away, the appeal of this uber rare Disco music is in effect that of 150/200/250 out of a population of X million in Paris.

Hardly proof positive that the music has any wider appeal other than to an infinitesimally tiny, cult audience, who may, or may not be the hippest cats in town (of course Jussi, in your eyes they'll be the hippest of the hip).:roll:

Glad you enjoyed it and your love affair wit' Aicha continues.

[Boodikka]

Jussi, I'm very intrigued by this Arpadys album...gonna keep an eye out for it here in NYC.

[Videoskooter]

Jussi, never mind the boring remarks from the Southamptonian ayatollah. I would go to your party everyday. I wouldn't spend a dime on Quinny's Goombay Dance Soundsystem:o

BTW, after a relatively calm period he's starting his stirring up again. Probably the constructors of his dreampalace in Playa Pathetica are on strike :-)

[Spellbound]

I have to agree with Quinny's comments. He is 100% on point in my opinion.

[QUINNY]

Video: My dear chap, you sound a mite peeved and your words are tres barbed. Did you get out of the wrong side of bed this morning?

Hey, I said I'M GLAD he enjoyed it.

BTW: The Arpadys track is on a couple of compilations and has been put out recently on 12" vinyl.....so not soooo rare after all.

[paul]

I'm inclined to agree with Quinny on this one (been doing that a lot lately :D ).
There are a few obscure disco songs I like too. I know just handful of people would even play them much less like.
Anyway, good to see the a little passion on these boards again :-D

[keefelc]

The two versions of the Arpadys album are a bit different - slightly different mixes on a few of the cuts. I have both and I was going to give one away (thinking they were the same) but then I noticed the songs were ordered differently. When I checked, I found out a few of the tracks, like Monkey Star, were changed mostly around the intros!