Browsing Tag disco
Kid Francescoli – The Player
Originally a four-man band founded in Marseille in 2000, Kid Francescoli is now the solo project of Mathieu Hocine. His music has that undeniable French touch, but is heavily influenced by both old Italian film scores and pop.
This week, Kid Francescoli release their next album Play Me Again, featuring Nancy Sinatra cover Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) and this new single The Player, an addictive spoken word track with a moody disco backdrop.
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart.
Werner’s Weekly (week 8)
So here they are: my ultimate new music recommendations, collected in Werner’s Weekly. If you haven’t heard them already, you can listen to each and every one of them via the dedicated Spotify player in the sidebar. In the list below, where you can find out more about the tracks by clicking the respective links, you may notice Dark Side by Mist. I featured that one a few weeks ago already, but it only appeared on Spotify last week. Hence the mention in this week’s alphabetically ordered ‘Gallery of the Greats’, alongside…
- Fishbach – Y Crois-Tu? (this week’s Wildcard)
- Van Echelpoel – Ziet Em Duun (last week’s Wildcard)
- Cris Cab feat. J. Balvin – Turn Out The Light
- Llorca – Waiting
- Marika Hackman (feat. The Big Moon) – Boyfriend
- Mist – Dark Side
- Moby & The Void Pacific Choir – A Simple Love
The above titles are only the tip of the iceberg. Please check the following link if you want to listen to all new tracks I added to my recommendation playlist Carte Blanche Music last week.
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart.
Llorca – Waiting
Do you like Safe From Harm by Massive Attack? There’s Nothing Like This by Omar? Don’t Look Any Further by Dennis Edwards & Siedah Garrett? In other words, do you like a fine groove? Then quickly hit the play button below and read on to find out more…
Llorca (first name: Ludovic) was born in the north of France in 1974. His father being one of the first computer programmers in the country and his mother being fond of music, his destiny was clear from the beginning: making music with computers. He started composing music for computer games on a Commodore 64 at the age of 14 and improved his skills from there on.
As a DJ, Llorca added black music genres like funk, disco and soul to the mix and gradually created his own style, that could be heard on his debut album New Comer in 2001. Since then he made many remixes under several aliases, but his second album has yet to come out. Well, save the date, for Llorca will release The Garden on 7 April. His groovy new single is appropriately called Waiting…
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart.
Texas – Let’s Work It Out
Before Johnny McElhone formed Texas with singer Sharleen Spiteri, he had enjoyed some success with his bands Altered Images and Hipsway. But Texas really hit the bull’s eye and scored hits like I Don’t Want A Lover, Say What You Want (I personally prefer this original to the remixed version featuring Wu-Tang Clan’s Method Man and RZA), Summer Son and Inner Smile.
On 21 April, Texas put out their ninth album Jump On Board. First single Let’s Work It Out, with its funky, Rock Your Baby-like guitar lick is already available. The video stars ‘retired’ (the guy is 39!) professional footballer Thierry Henry driving a car and Sharleen dancing before a green screen, basically. What more do you need? 😉
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart.
Werner’s Weekly (week 6)
Now that the new week has started, let’s wrap up the last one by highlighting the best new tracks once more. Throughout the whole week I added great songs to my container playlist Carte Blanche Music and the very best of those deserve a place in my alphabetically sorted Gallery of the Greatest, which I call Werner’s Weekly.
You can listen to all tracks via the Werner’s Weekly player in the sidebar and when you like what you hear, just click on the link below to learn more about that specific song. I guarantee you it’s great fun and you’ll be surprised about the quantity of truly brilliant music you don’t hear on the radio. Just try it…
- LP – Other People (this week’s Wildcard)
- -M- (feat. Fatoumata Diawara & Oxmo Puccino) – Bal De Bamako (last week’s Wildcard)
- Drive Like Maria – Taillight
- Grouplove – Good Morning
- Nick Capaldi – Disgrace Face
- Roads To Roam – We Are
- Van Echelpoel – Ziet Em Duun
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart.
Werner’s Weekly (week 5)
Monday morning: Werner’s Weekly! In other words: these are the very best of all new tracks I added to my 2017 container playlist Carte Blanche Music last week. Listen to the tracks below via the Werner’s Weekly player in the sidebar and read more about them by clicking the respective links. Happy discovery!
- -M- (feat. Fatoumata Diawara & Oxmo Puccino) – Bal De Bamako (Wildcard)
- Powers – Dance (last week’s Wildcard)
- Biffy Clyro – Flammable
- Dagny – Backbeat
- Daniel Kvammen – Me Dansar Ikkje For Moro Skyld
- LP – Other People
- Mai Lan – Vampire
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart.
Wildcard (week 4):
-M- (feat. Fatoumata Diawara & Oxmo Puccino) – Bal De Bamako
-M- is the stage name of French singer-songwriter and guitarist Matthieu Chedid. This year it’s 20 years ago that his debut record came out. In March he releases his sixth album Lamomali. -M- recorded it with Malian musicians Toumani Diabaté and Sidiki Diabaté.
The first single off the album, the brilliant Bal De Bamako, features singer Fatoumata Diawara and rapper Oxmo Puccino, who are both originally from Mali as well. The track combines disco, funk, hip hop and world music into one swinging mix (or should I say ‘melange’?). While listening how that sounds, take a closer look at the beautiful artwork. Things are not always what they seem…
The whole week, this great song will feature prominently on this blog, as it’s the new Wildcard!
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart.
Thanks (feat. Sam Sparro) – Your Man
Thanks are a Danish production duo with a special liking for disco. On their SoundCloud-page they published several mixtapes and songs of their own this year. On their new single Your Man they join forces with Australian singer-songwriter Sam Sparro (although uncredited), best known for his 2008 hit Black And Gold.
Thanks say about the collaboration: “We’ve always been big fans of Sam and have been dreaming to work with him on a Thanks track. We love a lot of the same music: Prince, disco, funk, French house… and it’s super exciting for us to be able to put out this track together.”
This is what it sounds like when doves cry:
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart.
