anyone have any release dates for these?
robin... > this looks good. > > (well I thought so anyway) > > 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! >
