Canadian Sounds

[toe ace]

Hello,

I am a DJ on the local campus station and lately there has been a push for us to meet our Canadian content quotas (40% for my show).
It's a groove show so we play disco, soul, funk, r&b, hip hop, etc. Pretty much anything that makes you want to shake your ass.
Anywho, we've pretty much been meeting our quota by playing 40% Canadian hip hop.
Personally I don't want 40% of my show to be hip hop so here's what I'm looking for:

The names of any artists, songwriters, etc. that are of Canadian origin. Anything that would kinda fit into what I've listed above. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Feel free to e-mail me directly.

[disco1999]

There are quite a few, here's what's in mind.

Lime (Come and get your love) etc
Gino Soccio (Try it out, Remember, Dancer) etc
Kebekelektrik (Magic fly, War dance) etc
Trans-X (Living on a video)
Nancy Martinez (Can't believe - Move out) etc
Karen Silver (Nobody else - Hold on I'm coming)
Voggue (Dancin' the night away - Love buzz) etc
France Joli (Cum to me)
Geraldine Cordeau (Sounds in the night)
André Gagnon (Wow - Surprise)
Boule noire (Loin loin de la ville)
Carol Jiani (Mercy - The woman in me)
Geraldine Hunt (Can't fake the feeling)
Carolyne Bernier (Hold me touch me - Love, I don't wanna hear about it)
Cheri (Murphy's law - Start struck)
Freddie James (Everybody getup and boogie - Crazy disco music) etc
Kat Mandu (The break - I wanna dance) etc
Nightlife unlimited (Just be yourself - Dance freak & boogie)
Marthan and the muffins (Echo beach)
Watson Beasley (Breakaway)
Men without hats (Safety dance - Pop goes the world)
Nanette Workman (Danser danser - J'ai le gout de baiser)
Patsy Gallant (Sugar daddy - From NY to LA)
Voltaire (Dracula disco)
Witch queen (Bang a gong)
Crystal Waters (Gypsy woman - Come on down)
Love Inc. (you're a superstar)

[BrunoRepublic]

Lots of Canadian (well, Québec, really) disco out there; much of it still available from Unidisc. Check out the following:

France Joli -- had the megahit "Come To Me"
Kebekelektrik -- classic electronic disco, almost proto-trance
Gino Soccio -- The "Outline" album is ESSENTIAL!
Katmandu -- especially "The Break"
Bombers
Freddie James -- pre-pubescent male vocals, not my thing but was huge at the time
Lime -- very "distinctive" Hi-NRG, you either love 'em or loathe 'em

Out of print stuff that's most definitely worthy:
Caroline Bernier -- horrible vocals, great music
Tony Green -- also produced and wrote for many other artists
Claudja Barry -- note: only half CanCon; producers and songwriters on her classic material were German
Grand Tour
Skatt Bros
Carl Harvey -- more funk-oriented
THP Orchestra, AKA THP
Sticky Fingers
The Duncan Sisters
Black Light Orchestra
The Immortals
André Gagnon -- did a few piano-disco records in the 70s
Bob-A-Rela
Space Project -- supercheesy space-disco. Fun!
lots of 7" and 12" singles released on Able in the 70s

And one last one that I must mention...
Swan Song by Birds Of A Feather. Appears to be a one-off single; and is a disco cover of Swan Lake from 1976. Indescribeable.

[toe ace]

I bow to your superior disco knowledge!! Mucho thanks from the Great White North. The local hosers will appreciate this when I hit the airwaves!

[discosavvy]

"Super Queen" by Beckie Bell is a Canadian disco production also.

When I was in Toronto last August I heard the P.E.I. band Kindle perform live. One of their new songs (apparently not on their first album) had a disco beat and rock guitars with fiddles. I hope they release it soon.

[JussiK]

Chatelaine, if you're for some reason looking for a Canadian version of Raffaella Carra. Chatelaine had a trembling drama queen voice and a very small 1977 hit with "Corps A Corps", a French language reworking of Raffaella's biggest dancefloor offender "Do It Do It Again/A Far L'Amore Comincia Tu". I don't know what Chatelaine looks or looked like but I'm pretty certain she came across much like Raffaella, with a bleached perm, multiple layers of Rimmel and a figure-hugging maxi dress.