Discobelle.net (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
New weird but dope mix (done for the Allez Allez blog) from our Brooklyn boys Cousin Cole & Pocketknife (AKA the Flagrant Fowl posse) who are both staples here at Discobelle HQ. Here’s what Cole said about it: “My section has a bunch of weird stuff I like, and Pocketknife’s has the same, but also with [...]
Filles Sourires (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008
Every chance I get to mention, promote and/or write about Cargo de Nuit by Axel Bauer, I take. It's one of my alltime favourite records, even if it's over 20 years old. The video (see above) is still great, marvellous guitar playing, love that stomping beat. Last year's Star Academy winner (an Idols-like star hunt) Quentin Mosimann covered CdN for his debutalbum. Interestingly, he did swing-versions...
Music of the Moment (Free subscription) | 11/02/2007
It's party time! Tomorrow night, I'm going to an 80s revival party with some friends, and I guess we will encounter many flashbacks to those good old disco days! To get me in the mood, I went through my 80s collections yesterday, and dug up some stuff I haven't heard in ages. I also realized that although the majority of the songs were sung in English, there were quite a few gems in other languages....
Jahsonic (Free subscription) | 10/21/2007
Cargo de Nuit (1983) Axel Bauer The clip is directed by French photographer Jean-Baptiste Mondino (1983). It is an homage to the movie Querelle by Fassbinder. To us, in the early eighties, Querelle was the quintessence of the macho/gay sensibility and it was copied by musicians such as Luc Van Acker on the cover of [...]
Filles Sourires (Free subscription) | 07/16/2007
Hope you all had a great Bastille day. Maybe you went to this party . Or maybe (like me) you went here . In both you cases, you've danced. One of my favourite all-time favourite French popdancehits is Cargo de Nuit by Axel Bauer. Heck, it is even one of my favourite French songs of alltime. It's from the eighties, but has aged very well. Joy oh joy when last week, my dealer pushed a mysterious 12-inch...
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