Archive for the ‘Space’ tag
Robot Rock du Jour: Zodiac – Zodiac (1980)
Communist disco?! YES! This Latvian state-sponsored disco was actually composed in a music conservatory.
Zodiac is some seriously spaced-out synthy disco goodness. The simple composition of this eponymous track from their 1980 debut LP Disco Alliance brings the lush sythscapes and analog textures to the forefront. Loving those live drums. This exceptional track is essentially unknown in NA and generally available for about US$20 + international shipping. And peep that cover art!!
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Snort: Domestic Stormtroopers
For you design nerds, this classic posting on Core 77 chronicles the cartooned adventures of Lunchbreath and Fueledbycoffee at the International Housewares Show in chi-town. Great for a laugh.
Robot Rock du Jour: The Droids – (Do You Feel) The Force (1977)
Silver droids + wall of speakers + dancing space chick = hot video. Leave it to a Frenchman (Barclay manager Fabrice Cuitad) to put out a super-cool concept 7″, 12″ and LP based on the iconic film Star Wars. This video covers Part I. Part II has a funkier vibe.
SCHEMATIC: HQ vinyl rips of Part I and Part II, sources, cover art…
Party Time: Saturday Robot Party @ The Idle Hour (Baltimore, MD)
VIGR is in the house. 4+ hour rare vinyl set. Need I say more? Hope to see you there! I’ll try to keep track of the setlist…
Keyser Söze Alert: Trophy – Slow Flight (1982)
This unstoppable Italo electro-disco jam from 1982 spawned the fabled Fuzz Dance label. Italo master Maurizio Dami (aka Alexander Robotnick) was heavily involved with this label as both a producer and remixer. Does anyone out there know if he produced this track, too?
Here’s the spacey instrumental version ripped from my vinyl copy.
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Robot Rock du Jour: Space – Magic Fly (1977)
This video is totally out of control! Pictutre this: Robots rocking out on analog synths and live drums while a hot female humanoid dances seductively for your tripped out 1970s pleasure. French band Space clearly had it going on in 1977.
The audio player below comes pre-loaded with the 12″ b-side track, Fasten Seat Belt, which was ripped at 24/96 from my personal copy and converted to MP3 at 192kbps. Although Fasten Seat Belt is a funkier journey into the cosmos, it still totally rocks!
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SCHEMATIC: High quality vinyl rips from their second LP, Just Blue…
Snort: Rémi Gaillard – The Astronaut Golfer
This frenchman is pretty much off his rocker.
Space Aviation Artifact Auction
Goldberg Coins is holding an auction this Saturday featuring flight manuals, space suits and actual pieces of various space shuttles and rockets. The catalog is available online here. If you’re a collector or looking for an awesome, albeit expensive, costume for halloween, this is your jam.
Apollo 17, Scale Replica A7LB EVA Space Suit (EMU)