Keyser Söze Alert: Gay Cat Park – I’m a Vocoder (1982)
Wait…Who? Don’t let the peculiar name distract you from the raw genius of this track. This masterpiece marked the genesis of Italo thoroughbred label Il Discotto Productions in 1982. By the way, you can learn a ton about vintage vocoders by watching our vocoder youtube playlist or checking out our friends over at Matrixsynth.
SCHEMATIC: More vocoder intel…
You know, I toggled back and forth on classifying this song for ages. STYLISTICALLY, it is undeniably Italo. However, if you listen to the song progression, it is pretty minimal, despite lacking the other hallmarks of that genre.
In the end, tho, I deleted the minimal synth classification. More of a potential influence than a genre, really. Thanks for the thoughtful comment!
beaker
23 Jun 09 at 02:30
Randy,
You got me on this one. This song absolutely rules, which is why I posted it. However, I tried to come up with the appropriate adjective to describe the band name for way too long and, in the end, chose an intentionally incendiary one.
Maybe there is some inside joke re the name, I don’t know. But it just doesn’t add up to me. That being said, dumb-ass is not the right descriptor. Do you agree with my editing it to “peculiar”? That seems more appropriate to me.
Thanks for the thoughtful comment. I hope you like the site overall…
beaker
23 Jun 09 at 02:36
GayCatPark – Yes! The best Electronic Italo Disco band of the ’80!!! – that
played this song is now on facebook!
Follow GayCatpark on http://www.facebook.com/GayCatPark
GayCatPark
18 Oct 10 at 16:42