Sunday, 24 January 2010

Qkumba Zoo - Child (Inside) [Radio Mix] 1996 South African Electro Disco 90's cult

Qkumba Zoo is a dance music trio from Johannesburg, South Africa, consisting of vocalist Levannah, dancer/sculptor Tziki and musician/producer Owl.
Their first single, "The Child (Inside)," produced by the Berman Brothers, hit #1 on the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1996 and #69 on the USA Hot 100. It peaked on the Official American charts at #34 on 10/18/96.
In recent years, the original mix of "The Child (Inside)" has been used in several American & European television commercials, the most popular being from Seaworld amusement parks and Carnival Cruise Lines.

Sunday, 17 January 2010

Kimera and the Operaiders - The Lost Opera (1985) Hi-Nrg 80's disco pop crap kitsch diva!

Kimera (born January 10, 1954) is South Korean-born popera singer.
Her music style was that of pop opera (similar to pop symphony yet with more techno beat). She created the style of "popera", consisting of a medley of opera arias set to a mid-80's form of disco and High N-R-G beats. Her music career stage was in Europe, mostly in France and Spain, but she also enjoyed tremendous success with her debut single "The Lost Opera" (reaching number 1 on the South African Springbok Charts in June 1985 and charting for 19 weeks) and first two albums in South Africa.



"ok.... it IS totally kitsch, yet Kimera was THE number #1 best seller in South Africa in 1985 with her cheesy, over the top mega hit "THE LOST OPERA". This Korean invaded South Africa's airwaves and homes like cheap "made in Korea" washing machines!
Housewives thought of her music as "high art"... and a bit of "a cross cultural experience". ha ha ha!! :) Welcome to the 80's!

The music video for KIMERA's "LOST OPERA" is totally ridiculous and well worth checking out - such class! "" [RETRO DISCO Hi-NRG]


+ the Original Extended Maxi Version

Vicious Games (12'' Maxi Mix) 1985 electonic synth pop classic

YELLo
is a Swiss electronica band consisting of Dieter Meier and Boris Blank.
They are probably best known for their singles "Vicious Games", "The Race" and "Oh Yeah", which feature a mix of electronic music and manipulated vocals, as does most of their music.
"I never knewHow much I loved you, I never knew How much I cared, So I played Vicious games, vicious games With different names, different names Vicious games, vicious gamesWith different names, different names
I was afraid to go under, Afraid to see when I closed my eyes Vicious games, vicious games With different names, different namesVicious games, vicious gamesWith different names, different names
I never knew how much I loved you, I never knew how much I cared, I just played Vicious games, vicious games, with different names, different names. Vicious games, vicious games, with different names, different names

Now that you're gone, and you have left me, I had to learn, I had to learn how much it hurts, To play those vicious games"
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Friday, 15 January 2010

Man 2 Man - Male Stripper (12'' extended mix) 1986 Hi-NRG Eurobeat Classic




Man 2 Man (also known as Man to Man) were a US Hi-NRG band from New York City that formed in the early 1980s. They were best known for their hit singles "Male Stripper", "Energy Is Eurobeat" and "I Need A Man".

The act was composed of brothers Mikki and Paul Zone, who had been known on the local Brooklyn music scene since the mid 1970s.

The band scored their biggest hit, "Male Stripper", teaming up with cult electro producer Man Parrish. Originally released in the United Kingdom in 1986 on the Bolts Records label, "Male Stripper" was a big club hit throughout the autumn and peaked at #64 on the UK Singles Chart.[1] In early 1987, "Male Stripper" charted again in the UK, and this time the song became an even bigger hit, spending five weeks in the Top 10 and two weeks at #4 on the UK Singles Chart.

Wednesday, 13 January 2010

Tantra - Hills Of Katmandu (Patrick Cowley Remix) 1980 disco classic [1982 remix] RARE! काठमांडौ Asia Disco Hi-NRG येँ महानगरपालिका



TANTRA's "Hills Of Katmandu" was a massive epic undergound early 80's 'space disco hit' (originally released in 1980).
Legendary San Francisco Hi-NRG producer/DJ PATRICK COWLEY remixed the track around 1982. Even today Cowley's remix of TANTRA - HILLS OF KATMANDU is considered to be an all time electro disco classic, and a very difficult track to find! :)
"This track is literally a pulsating electronic orgy of Hi-NRG sound!" 10/10! [Retro-Disco-Hi-NRG]
Kathmandu

(Nepali: काठमांडौ, Nepal Bhasa: येँ महानगरपालिका) is the capital and the largest metropolitan city of Nepal. The city is the urban core of the Kathmandu Valley, in the Himalayas, which also contains two other sister cities namely Patan or Lalitpur, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) to its southeast (an ancient city of fine arts and crafts) and Bhaktapur, 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) to its east (city of devotees). It is also acronymed as 'KTM' and named 'tri-city'.
Tantra - Hills Of Katmandu (Patrick Cowley Remix) 1982