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In 1978 and 1979, ZE Records released its first 12" singles and LP's from No Wave with James Chance/White, Arto Lindsay, Mars, Lizzy Mercier Descloux or Lydia Lunch, to the birth of Electro with bands such as Suicide, or even twisted Disco with Kid Creole, Don Armando, Aural Exciters, Gichi Dan, and Was (Not Was). Some kind of timeless Disco, that we would describe as “Mutant” for our first compilation in 1980. August Darnell has been the first one to carry through this cross-over ambition between Rock and Disco, with the now famous remix of James White’s “Contort Yourself”. Pseudo-brothers David and Don Was would add to their band the MC5 guitarist: Wayne Kramer, Charlie Mingus’ trumpet player: Marcus Belgrave, and Parliament/funkadelic’s percussionist Larry Fratangelo; standardizing thereby a musical pattern for generations of bands who’d then pleased dancefloors around the world.
Therefore, here is the fourth volume of the series, in a way, to come full circle with the Mutant Disco on ZE Records. In this latest opus, one can discover a remix version (Let’s go to bed) of Was Not Was’ “Shake your head”, with Ozzy Osbourne and the lovely Kim Bassinger (who remplaced Madonna who did the demo); and a remix of the delirious “The Party Brooke Up”, two tracks from their Second album “Born to Laugh at Tornadoes”. An Optimo remix by Twitch – one of today’s best Dj – of the cult classic “Contort Yourself” by James White & The Blacks. Another remix by Australian’s Stiff Figure of the rather minimal “Herpes Simplex” by Rosa Yemen, Lizzy Mercier Descloux’s first musical incarnation from 1978. Also another remix of NY queen Cristina’s “Disco Clone” renamed “Ballad Of Immoral Manufacture”. There’s also an Arthur Baker legendary remix of “Tease Me” by the nonetheless legendary Funkadelic member Junie Morisson, of whom we reissuing the 1984 first Lp on ZE: “Evacuate Your Seat”. A remix of : “Rico Mambo” by Breakfast Club for their first single on ZE, being no-less than Madonna’s first band, on drums at that time… On the rocker side, we have a mix of Alan Vega’s “Fireball” out of his first Lp, or Gichy Dan “Action Man”. Also another remix by San Fransisco based band TUSSLE, of Irving Berlin classic “I’m an Indian Too”, on its Don Armando 2nd Av. Rhumba Band’s version (while their album “Deputy of Love” is now also reissued on ZE). A remix version of Lizzy Mercier Descloux’s last recorded song in 2003, “Hard-Boiled Babe”. A remix of les Garçons, from their first LP “Divorce”, recorded by Bob Blank in his legendary NY studio; and a remix of Michael Dracula’s track “Destroy Yourself”, originally recorded for their album debut “In The Red”.
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