Flashlight On A Disco Night

**remicks** · September 2nd, 2005, 12:41 PM

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OK guys ..... I've got two pressings of Rofo's "FLASHLIGHT ON A DISCO NIGHT" ( on JDC and on BMC )... a song I think highly of .... one of the best done Patrick Cowley sounding songs ..... that's not by Patrick Cowley!!! :D

Curious as to what category it falls under and any other info ....?

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**phrankie** · September 2nd, 2005, 04:29 PM

I would say that this is a track that crosses a few genres...it's not really Hi-NRG, more Euro-disco really...it's fab though! :D

**remicks** · September 2nd, 2005, 08:34 PM

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I've got these versions:
Flashlight On A Disco Night (12") BMC Records
Flashlight On A Disco Night (12") JDC Records INC.

and three to go ( if different )?? .....

Flashlight On A Disco Night (12") Epic
Flashlight On A Disco Night (12") Zanza Records (Italy) *
Flashlight On A Disco Night (Ben Liebrand Remix) (12") BMC Records

* I believe this tune originates out of Italy ..... is that the only quantifier when labeling something as Italo Disco??

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**speculator** · September 2nd, 2005, 10:49 PM

i am pretty sure it is produced by fonny de wulf.. does that sound italian to you?
i am pretty sure he is dutch or belgian. (or is it frank de wolf? is that the same person?)

but it goes with italo or new wave or eurobeat or canadian disco or high energy or house or whatever you want to play it with.. just like everything..

curious, why is there such an emphasis on genres and categories on this board? do you need key words for ebay or something?

it is good song, i like it.

**remicks** · September 2nd, 2005, 11:55 PM

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"Pineapples" doesn't sound very Italian either :P yet there they are amongst the "P" Italo disco artists !

List of Italo Disco artists

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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Nathalie - My Love Won't Let You Down (from Belgium)
Nick Straker Band - Straight Ahead (from UK)
Nico Band - Let It Show
Night Society - Hold Me Tight
Novecento - The Only One
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One System - Life is Very Short
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Patty Ryan - Stay with Me Tonight (from Germany)
Paul Crazy - Believe Me
Peter Jacques Band - Fly with the Wind
Plastic Bertrand - Tout Petit la Planète (from Belgium)
Pineapples - Come On Closer
Primadonna - Wanna Give You My Heat
Proxyon - Beyond the Future (From the Netherlands)

No Rofo though .... but plenty of other artists from other parts of the world besides Italy . If the music is not strictly of Italian origin ....and if it gets mixed with all other types of disco when played in clubs .... I'm not sure why the sub group either ! :)

**speculator** · September 3rd, 2005, 01:03 AM

yet pineapples sounds like italo to me.. listen to him sing.. i don;t know who produced it.. i only have it on a chicago bootleg thing (called original records funny enough).. pretty sure it is italian though..

ahh.. who cares what genre.. they are both outstanding..

flexx is reissuing pineapples supposedly.

**Energyguy** · September 3rd, 2005, 04:01 AM

Originally Written by speculator

i am pretty sure it is produced by fonny de wulf.. does that sound italian to you?
i am pretty sure he is dutch or belgian. (or is it frank de wolf? is that the same person?)

but it goes with italo or new wave or eurobeat or canadian disco or high energy or house or whatever you want to play it with.. just like everything..

curious, why is there such an emphasis on genres and categories on this board? do you need key words for ebay or something?

it is good song, i like it.

Fonny De Wulf was (is ) based in Belgium and wrote/produced for Samantha Gilles.

**speculator** · September 3rd, 2005, 09:51 AM

who is samantha gilles?
de wulf produced a bunch of stuff.. did he also do later 1000ohm?

**marmite7** · September 3rd, 2005, 11:40 AM

He also produced Bianca - One More Time & Midnight Lover. (Plus others I need to go check) Quite a prolific hi-nrg "knob twiddler" back in the early - mid 80's.

**marmite7** · September 3rd, 2005, 11:45 AM

I can't see where he was involved with 1000 OHM (Van Bogaert & Van Herck), although he did of course do Michael Bow's "Love & Devotion".

**speculator** · September 3rd, 2005, 12:26 PM

didn;t he do the later 1000ohm like "you're the one" or is that just a rumour?

**FranceJoliFan** · January 2nd, 2007, 04:59 PM

On this site they refer to this style as The Dutch School:

Euroflash » Euro Disco

**normvork** · January 3rd, 2007, 11:35 PM

I hadn't listened to Flashlight for about 15 or 20 years so played it tonight. It sounds exactly like Mike Mareen's Love Spy and I couldn't believe I had forgotten all about it.
More like Bobby O than Patrick Cowley I would say.