No.12 x 2012

I'm usually not a fan of airports, it all feels like a never-ending episode of typical Seinfeld-complications  like accidentaly waiting in the wrong line or having someone take your luggage from the bag line by mistake because you have similar breifcases. And I rarely have time to get in that continental groove of feeling like a globetrotter because I'm always looking at my wristband clock worrying about departure times, transfers and the looming threat of delays. But it's nice to switch that impression off sometimes in favor of a more carefree and glamorous one, like that of Marc Harris for instance. He doesn't give a flying fuck about the boring reality of commercial flight transportation. Through his sunglasses everything has a shimmer of adventure and style; the airport is a symbolic structure of freedom and movement with its high ceilings and glass walls - not an oversized waiting room with expensive distractions. And when the airplane takes off into the air, Marc takes off into the air. He alone is soaring through the clouds with his perfect hair.


MARC HARRIS - AIRPORT

No.21 x 2010

Did some fixing up on an old Killing Joke track I found in the basement of the post-punk movement, caught in flagranti banging on the machines of the emperor.
The angry young man-singing had to go, but the teen frenzy is still there. The rhythm leaves you with a slightly seasick impression, like drinking a whole crate of Jolt Cola while headbanging.
I will be playing this at my friend Mathias excellent club SPASM tonight (which happens to be held in a basement), along with some action-synth-laser-rock out of the 1980s.


SERGIO RIZZOLO - MOLOTOV MODULATOR

No.4 x 2010

From the funky side of the new romantic scene, this is pure discorock action with a great drum beat and a thick synthesizer bassline. Simple and effective, it could easily work in the set of any DJ regardless of style.
The 12" of Mind Of A Toy surely holds the goldmine of B-sides from the new wave era, with the Dance Mix of Frequency 7 sharing the wax on the same side as this treasure, thus spanning the spectrum of almost all emerging club scenes of the early 1980s with a sound now revered as both proto-techno and electro, and perhaps even moving into new territories of the club sound.
I do recall a certain Kano production, I'm Ready, being hyped as a sort of theme song for a very happening scene that I now don't even remember the name of. Good music prevails all categorization as it seems.

VISAGE - WE MOVE (DANCE MIX)

No.1 x 2010

Top Nice is arguably one of the best clubs in Stockholm (and possibly Europe - since they have expanded their territory to London in the last few years) simply by the fact that the large and loose collective behind the name always seem to have just as much fun, or even more, than the dancefloor crowd.
It doesn't hurt then that these deejays are top nice in their game as well - with people like Carli, Ebotron, Maxxbass, Alonzo & Hampus Time D.J. (just to name a few) often seen behind the decks.
Last summer they held a party at a place called Pluto in Stockholm that I was fortunate enough to attend as an impromptou guest DJ. That night saw the release of their mixtape Svenska Pärlor, one of last years best crate-diving mixes into the history of Swedish new wave & disco, which they finally have decided to share with the good folks of the world wide web.
Keep it coming boys!

1. Viva – Igår, idag, imorgon
2. Tredje Mannen – Ser dig nu
3. Adolphson & Falk – Krafter vi aldrig känner
4. Freestyle – Kom till mig
5. Mikael Rickfors - Dancing on the edge of danger
6. Magnus Uggla – Sommartid
7. Magnus Uggla – Sommartid (12” version)
8. Tv3 – Telefonterror
9. Peter Stridh – La luna
10. Michael Dee – Nu ska vi opp, opp, opp
11. Tredje Mannen – Flanör
12. Ståålfågel – Utan rymddräkt på Uranus
13. Giant Steppers – Uptown downtown
14. Madeleine Uzho – Satisfied
15. Nasa – Take off your clothes
16. Ståålfågel – En dag på varuhuset
17. Peter Stridh – Single Girl
18. Lustans Lakejer – Något måste brista
19. Cirkus – Amazonas
20. Lacrosse – Du befaller
21. Reeperbahn – Förnedringen
22. Lustans Lakejer – Stilla nätter
23. Johanna Lundberg – Heta linjen
24. Cosmic Overdose – Tonight
25. Ratata – Romantic (non mi ami plu)
26. Ratata – Ögon av is

TOP NICE - SVENSKA PÄRLOR

TWENTY FOUR AND COUNTING

Since today is my birthday I thought it would be nice to have my own orchestra compose a theme song of all my favourite things:
heavy basslines & classic disco guitars, some whacked out strings, a heavy rock section,
the latino-style percussion break (with a deep toned male voice saying random words of approval)and some sprinkles of synthesizer magic to top it off.
All way below the 100bpm mark and dragged out for about 6 minutes, and there you have it.

RIZZOLO DISKO ORCHESTRA - MY OWN COSMIC WAY

The polaroid of me was taken by Kristoffer Matti, RevK of Stephen Hawkings, for the new project Prejka, a combined blog for all the local creators in the field of cosmic & psychadelic music, including Vidderna, Lugnet, Kristallen, Psychic Malmö and myself.

DISCO FOR CHAMELEONS

This is the original version of what Bonar Bradburry turned into the cosmic bomb of the year with his majestic re-edit Carlos The Jackal.
From a broodingly dark intro not far from an Argento soundtrack by Goblin, and further onto an uplifting anthem of crashing drums and funky bass, this is surely as cosmic as disco can get.

GARY NUMAN - MUSIC FOR CHAMELEONS

SLOW WAVE

It seems that slow motion disco is not as new of a notion as you might think, going back to 1983 when new wave pop group Duran Duran had the wits to remix this chillingly spacey gem into a quite dancefloor-unfriendly version.
The original, which is an instrumental as well, was the B-side to the single Is There Something I Should Know?, while the dubbed out balearic cut was first heard on the compilation The Singles released 2003.

DURAN DURAN - FAITH IN THIS COLOUR

DURAN DURAN - FAITH IN THIS COLOUR (ALTERNATE SLOW MIX)

RAIDERS OF THE LOST CRATES

On a recent trip of vinyl excavation I took with my good friend Mathias to a sleepy town just a notch to the north, we unearthed the treasures of a record store with fixed prices on all second hand records. Which meant I thought twice about picking up a half-decent Supermax record, but got away really cheap on the second pressing of A Number Of Names.
One of the records I picked up was Thomas Leers double 12" release Contradictions, which I thought I would share with you along with a hidden (but short) beauty from The Police.

THE POLICE - HOW STUPID MR. BATES

THOMAS LEER - LOOKS THAT KILL