Yeah, it pains me to think that we are socially wasting away in some lame two-bit indie-disco hovel, sneering at shit like Hadouken! and groaning as the opening bars of ‘Never Be Alone’ are blasted out for what seems like the 2,498,365th time. Geez, instead we could have been super-trooper italo renegades striding from one European basement dance gathering to another in the 70′s. Its nice then that forward thinking record labels like to take a chance or two by releasing amazing but hardly ‘popular’ music (in the record sales state of the word you understand). Here comes the new “Disco (Not Disco)” compilation.

Compost Records have released “Elaste: Slow Motion Disco Volume 1″ which sees ex-Zombie Nation’s DJ Mooner collecting together the sound of Italian superclub Baia Degli Angeli circa 1976. Think mole hills of cocaine, palm tree-lined swimming pools, champagne and models with large shades (but don’t let that put you off, its not Electroclash):

Doctor’s Cat – Crash (Mooner’s Edit)

Slo-NRG Moroder-esque ‘Crash’ by Doctor’s Cat is cosmopolitan Hong Kong funk with vocals by a Quaalude-enhanced Dandi Wind-a-like. This was originally released via seminal italo disco label Illdiscoto in 1984. Its Gina X’s olive-tanned European cousin who visits occasionally when not at some decadent yacht party and dishes out all the good drugs and is always a blast to be around.

Peru – Oriental

Peru record in ‘Oriental’ what might be the sound of Jan Hammer slow dancing with Vangelis and Patrick Cowley on the rings of Saturn. Or, maybe its Jean Michel Jarre if he’d have been heavily into less crackly Stylophones? Or maybe its Chromatics covering Azoto played at 33? Either way this is sophisticated camp brilliance that Angels with flawless skin flap their wings to in Heaven.

Other artists featured include Chris & Cosey, Logic System and Heaven 17. Buy the CD here, or hold out for the vinyl for a special treat.

In keeping with all this diamond encrusted laser funk, Mirage have graced the myspace page with a remix/reversion/whatever you want to label it as of Indeep’s disco behemoth ‘Last Nite A DJ Saved My Life’.

Mirage – Last Nite A DJ Saved My Life

Mirage cunningly strip it of its camp Larry Levan sexing up Grace Jones vibe and invoke the Carter Tutti on acid dub pizzazz of xxjfg heroes Glass Candy for a bump and grind sweat box 2.00am anthem. That 2012 Glass Candy gig in the Ballrooms of Mars is drawing closer and closer, Mirage will be the DJ support so you should book your tickets now to avoid dissapointment.

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Go to Make Motion Matter at the Penthouse tonight, Andy Pine rules

Andy’s mixtape

And Massimo guests (and rules)

Massimo’s mixtape

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