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UNCLASSICS SERIES IS LAUNCHED! Just in time for summer: the new UNCLASSICS series from Environ! UNCLASSICS is a collection of rare and little-known dancefloor oddities, remastered and remixed. Why "UNCLASSICS?" That's easy: these jams ain't the usual disco suspects. These are funky, forgotten sonic mutants, rescued from underground obscurity by Environ and ready to be shared with a new generation of listeners and DJs. Note: we are anti-bootleg! All UNCLASSICS tracks are licensed from their respective owners. The records are professionally mastered and lovingly packaged. UNCLASSICS artwork is designed by the London-based art director Julian Morey, whose past and present clients include Factory Records, The Hacienda, The Face, London Recordings and Diesel Jeans. UNCLASSICS #1 ARTIST: DANCE REACTION CATALOG: ENVUN01 TRACKLIST: A1) DISCO TRAIN (1981 12" Mix) A2) TRAINSOUND B1) DISCO TRAIN (MORGAN GEIST CABOOSE MIX) The maiden UNCLASSICS voyage is by train - "Disco Train" to be exact! This melodramatic slice of leftfield Eurodisco made local waves when it came out in 1981, selling nearly 400,000 copies. Nonetheless, it remains little-known today. A twisted, vocoded ride that is part Dan Hartman "Vertigo" and part psychedelic synth boogie, "Disco Train" will get your floor rocking if you are brave enough to play the wild original version. If not, or if you're looking for a more updated trip, the Morgan Geist "Caboose Mix" is sure to please. An organic, driving take on the original that bumps up the percussion and bassline quotients, Geist's remix adds his trademark production techniques while tightening up the live arrangement for today's daring DJ sets. UNCLASSICS #2 ARTIST: V/A CATALOG: ENVUN02 TRACKLIST: A1) MARGUERITAS "MARGHERITA" (HOT EDIT) - 1979 B1) PLUTON & THE HUMANOIDS "WORLD INVADERS" - 1980 The second UNCLASSICS voyage features a pair of back-to-back 1980 gems. They come from two very different worlds: the A-side once a commercial hit from Italy, and the B-side an obscure underground electro track via Canada. According to its producer Pino Massara, between 1980 and 1985 the vocal hit "Margherita" by Margueritas sold nearly two million copies. However, it was the instrumental version that was steeped in a funky, underground Italo-disco sound. Sampled into several house tracks in the last decade, the synth-hooked instrumental is featured here, lightly re-edited by Morgan Geist to extend the fantastic intro. Back to 1980 and a continent away in Canada, a Quebecois producer hiding behind the alias "Pluton & The Humanoids" was attempting to emulate Giorgio Moroder's electronic epics. Thankfully for us, he failed, instead creating one of the quirkiest (and if you ask us, beautiful) electronic disco numbers we've ever heard: "World Invaders." This vocoded wonder featured on I-F's legendary "Mixed Up In The Hague" mix CD (much respect to I-F!) and was (until now) super-rare and nearly impossible to find. Its haunting melodies will stir the hearts and hips of true electro aficionados worldwide! That's it for this time. Feel free to forward this info to friends, lists, etc! Thanks for the support! -- Environ LLC _________________________________________________________________ --------------------- End of message text -------------------- This e-mail is sent by the above named in their individual, non-business capacity and is not on behalf of PricewaterhouseCoopers. PricewaterhouseCoopers may monitor outgoing and incoming e-mails and other telecommunications on its e-mail and telecommunications systems. By replying to this e-mail you give your consent to such monitoring
