We were hanging out downtown as we do each night, you know mano, watching the papis singing songs from la tierra with tears in their eyes, playing pinball, staring at las senoritas, drinking cerveza under the moonlight and being super bad-ass when this pendejo who looked like Tony Montana’s boss stopped by in his white convertible and went, hey yo, you know they have this disco party at Cumbre Nevada club, it’s some sort of crazy V.I.P. thing on the top floor of a white skyscraper, there’s a swimming pool, ladies in bikinies and free drinks and cigars, best DJs in town with the decks set up on top of the helipad. We were like, what’s the problem with you cabron, are you making fun of us or what? do we look V.I.P. to you? Chicharra opened up his blade click clack and his crooked smile click clack and headed towards the auto, the pendejo raised his hands, yo yo, tranquilo hermano, no no, you guys are the Bravos aren’t you, badest ass motherfuckers en todo el barrio, que no? best dancers too, I hear. Manuelito Cuernavacas, you know him, DJ Celestial, he asked Miss Mason, who’s throwing the party, to bring you guys there, he said you’d bring el Bajo with you, you can’t have a disco happening if el Bajo ain’t swinging on the outskirts of the dancefloor with his eyes shining like some gato about to get the mouse, fancy talker that Manuelito.

We all looked at el Bajo, smooth as ever like the world was his oyster and he’d just swallowed the pearl, this guy is an asset, que bueno. Free drinks and a swimming pool, que bueno.

So we went to the Party, you can imagine what it was like, we got kicked out after half an hour for making fun of some anglo harpy millionaire, el Bajo stayed for a bit because that Miss Masson wanted to get in his pants, of course he declined politely, everyone knows his heart belongs to Juanita who works in the bakery, she’s la joyita del barrio.

I went shopping the other day and purchased the Best of Superradio Records released by Radius records, what did I do with it? I put it in the turntable and danced like a flamboyant fool. It is an absolute treasure trove of fast bright red Italo nuggets chasing love through a neon-lit metropolis of pure euphoria. You should totally get it, buy a collection of gold medallions and grow a thick mat of hair in your chest, flash it like an atlantidan, fuck wax let’s ape.

Camaro’s Gang- Ali Shuffle

This version of Camaro’s Gang’s Ali Shuffle is not the one in the compilation but it rules all the same, hard crispy beats, joyous synth melodies and a chorus you can do shadowboxing to, fly like a butterfly, sting like a bee, killer.

Kelley Polar, who did the strings for the classic Metro Area album gets Rosenband remixed by Magic Tim aka Morgan Geist in the Chrysanthemum EP, the results are nothing short of perfect, beautiful baroque disco with a vocal/synth loop you could dress an angel with, the weather outside might be shit but the sun shines strong in the glorious strings of this slab of heaven.

Kelley Polar- Saraband (Magic Tim’s Instrumental Version)

G-Ha and Olanski’s Sunkissed mix, on Smalltown Supersound has hit 20jazzfunkgreats condo with the strength of a velvet fist cast in music, creating the same sort of ecstatic reaction as, say, Optimo’s Walkabout or Italians do it Better’s After Dark, we witness in awe as the leaders of the scandinavian kosmische italo mafia summon a midnight sun of psyched up disco melodies we surrended to in definitive delight.

Every single song lovingly featured is a gem and would shine glorious in the muddy waters of this puny blog, but just because we have to choose, show you a peek of the sheer awesomeness of this compilation, we’re going to go for the closer by Lsb as remixed by the Mungolian Jet Set, here you have some epic italo thriller which rises slow and confident to the peaks of radiance where the ultimate disco diva power awaits luscious to ravish your soul, give her that flower you picked up on the way and you might get a kiss in exchange.

LSB- Original Highway Delight (Mungolian Jet Set’s Miami Camp Mix)

Prins Thomas, who makes a few appearances in Sunkissed, as one would expect, is guest of honour in Bumrocks next week, go and pay your respects.

And if you like this shit go and check out our homey Agentlovelette at I Spy Diamonds for more Space drug disco, you know you wanna.

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