Marc Latilla's Discoteque-Connector: January 2012

Thursday 19 January 2012

HI 5 Post-Punk Party

The coolest party planners on the planet have put together a positively pucker post-punk party and invited me to play. Expect a set of late 70s & early 80s pearls covering the above mentioned plus new wave and pre-goth with a few current purveyors of the scene.

Kitcheners in Braamfontein Cnr De Beer & Juta str from 9pm R30 cover Sat 21 Jan

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As a bonus, here is an ultra/super/rare new wave megamix bootleg from around 85. I remember hearing this at Heaven around 87 and had it on a tape. I recently acquired a near mint copy and did a high quality vinly rip as there are none on the net. It's about 14 mins long and 36MB at 320K.

WAVE MIX

The 12" had 3 other mixes on it namely WHITE MIX (Barry White mega mix), RIMINI MIX (Disco) and KID MIX (Hip-Hop)

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Saturday 14 January 2012

Mail & Guardian write up on 14 Jan Reform

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Tuesday 10 January 2012

1st REFORM Sound System party of 2012

Charles Leonard and I on again this Saturday 14 Jan at Kitcheners in Braamfontein from 9pm R20 cover and all that.

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From time to time I add a few music pieces to these posts. This is one of those times...I recently got hold of the re-issue CD of Rockabilly Psychos and the Garage Disease. It's a comp from the late 80s featuring some ols school alternative dancefloor classics (here in Johannesburg at any rate) like Trashmen's SURFIN BIRD (check out my own little re-edit below), Sonic's PSYCHO and Meteor's MY DADDY IS A VAMPIRE.

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Of interest was the Legendary Stardust Cowboy track PARALYSED. I've had this track on a mix tape since the late 90s. It's pure freakout on the scale of Birthday Party's SONNYS BURNING but 20 years earlier (Early 60s vs. early 80s) I guess this was the punk/underground music of the time and as a genre has gone onto influence countless bands throughout the decades. The Rhino box set NUGGETS is also a great place to get an overview of the garage scene in 60s & 70s. I've only managed to find two other LSC albums from the early 80s but none of the tracks match this.

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Another favourite of mine is the Hasil Adkins SHE SAID. Although I prefer the more coherent Cramps version by far which I first heard at Le Club in 88. Hearing the orginal puts it into perspective. Haze (like Legendary) is a nutter who has also released an album full of songs about chickens. I've never seen it but love CHICKEN WALK which I picked up somewhere.

[[posterous-content:pid___3]]Other artists on the comp include The Novas CRUSHER (also covered by the Cramps), Link Wray, Guana Batz, The Gun Club and The Sting-Rays amongst others I've not heard of. It's also a great comp when looking for HALLOWEEN selections.

We play a whole lot of different music at Reform Sound System but the diversions very much depend on who is there and what is working on the night. Surfin Bird, the Crusher and Link Wray have been played a few times. The two above may get their turn soon.

Surfin Bird (Marc Latilla re-edit)

Paralysed

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