Sequins and Spandex (parts 1 & 2)
Here’s a slight deviation from the standard Systems of Romance fare to end the weekend. Though it’s a mere stone’s throw away from minimal wave as it is, my interest in Italo and Space Disco has been on the rise over the past six or seven months, and has culminated in two mixes of classic tracks both old and new. I created the first Sequins and Spandex collection in November of ’08 (and forgot to post it here during the blog’s forced downtime). Otherwise, I just finished the second mix last night, and am pleased to offer them both for your listening pleasure. The first is a little more glitzy, polished, and modern, while the second is a little more gritty and of-the-era. Here’s all the info:
Sequins and Spandex: An Introductory Disco Compilation
1. Friday Nights- Diamond Vampires
2. Hands in the Dark- Chromatics
3. Destiny- Vivien Vee
4. Veronica’s Veil- Fan Death
5. Digitally- Plastic Mode
6. Esc Hatch- Mount Sims
7. Pillow Talk- Lustt
8. Lady Operator- Mirage
9. 1991- Crystal Castles
10. Beatific- Glass Candy
11. No Regrets- Black Devil
12. Automatic Amore- Patriza Pellegrino
13. I’m an Indian Too- Don Armando’s 2nd ave. Rhumba Band
14. How Do You Dance?- Telex
15. Speakerphone- Kylie Minogue
16. Movie Star- Roisin Murphy
17. The Night (Original Mix)- Valerie Dore
18. Last Night a DJ Saved My Life (Mirage Mix)- Indeep
Sequins and Spandex 2: Electric Boogaloo
1. Spacer Woman- Charlie
2. Chase (Dub Version)- Sun La Shan
3. What Did He Say- Nite Jewel
4. Hide It- The Golden Filter
5. Somewhere in the Night (Extended)- Stereo
6. Main Theme From ‘Christine’- John Carpenter
7. Moscow Discow (Single Version)- Telex
8. Ikeya Seki- Kano
9. Magic Fly- Ecama
10. You- Boytronic
11. Into the Night- Tobias Bernstrup
12. Pulstar- Hipnosis
13. Baseball Furies Chase- Barry de Vorzon
14. Polaris- Cyber People
15. La Nuite Blanche- Munich Machine
16. Don’t Lose Control- Material
17. Flashing- Goblin
I hope to make a habit of these, so if you dig ’em, please speak up! Happy Friday, ladies and gents!
January 30, 2009 at 5:18 pm
You have a great blog and this is a great idea. I often find myself wishing that there were more good mixes on the internet. I like to have a taste of everything.
The first link is dead, by the way. Downloading the second now.
Thanks!
January 30, 2009 at 5:19 pm
well, nuts. i will reupload it when i’m home from work tonight. expect it back in a few hours.
January 30, 2009 at 5:30 pm
i am definitely under-schooled in italo so i am *very* grateful for this!
January 30, 2009 at 5:31 pm
excellent! enjoy it! as above, i’ll have the first mix back up and running by the time the day is through.
January 31, 2009 at 3:06 am
thank u frankie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 1, 2009 at 1:56 am
These are fantastic!
I feel compelled to tell you that I enjoy your blog immensely.
February 1, 2009 at 6:07 am
Just wanted to say thanks for all the great songs that you have provided. It doesn’t go unnoticed. Much obliged.
February 1, 2009 at 9:04 am
fantastic track selection! can’t wait to listen, thanx!
February 1, 2009 at 9:34 am
OMG i love it! i read this blog all of the time…mainly because you’ve posted so many amazing hard-to-find wave acts. when i saw this i gasped because i work out to music like this…esp. “speakerphone” by kylie! so it’s like coldwave/minimal synth during the day, and a bunch of tunes like this when i hit the treadmill. you have my taste nabbed down to a T! 🙂 thanks so much!
February 2, 2009 at 12:29 am
some real classics you’ve picked there!
February 2, 2009 at 7:02 am
I love it dude. I’m so goddamn embarrassed by my love of Italo. It’s nice to know other people share!
February 2, 2009 at 6:07 pm
it seems like italo is in the air, its omething ive been getting into lately too. do you listen to intergalacticfm.com ? if you dont you should.
February 2, 2009 at 7:09 pm
Great mixes, thanks for making them & posting them. Makes me miss the old KITS Live 105 in San Francisco, which in 1988-1989 used to play some great mixes with awesome combinations of dance music that you never heard anywhere else. Breakdance eletro with Italo Disco with more commercial new wave disco & hip house, acid house, all together. Wicked.
February 5, 2009 at 3:31 am
Awesome curation.
February 9, 2009 at 5:08 pm
great! more! seems italo is the new shit. all the girls i know love chromatics and i really got into the older stuff in the last months…
February 27, 2009 at 6:33 pm
nice track list!
March 28, 2009 at 5:32 pm
when’s the next one coming?? can’t wait for it!
July 14, 2009 at 3:44 am
STEREO-SOMEWHERE IN THE NIGHT-EXCELLENT-FROM SOUTHAMERICA-URUGUAY-THANKS
August 20, 2009 at 3:36 am
Awesome mixes, I think I might just play one of these at my next party!
January 16, 2010 at 10:21 pm
Love these mixes and LOVE your blog! You've been posting tons of fantastic music… look forward to returning again and again!
June 28, 2010 at 5:55 am
Thank you very much for all of this! I am having trouble downloading your first sequins and spandex comp though. It doesn't seem to be downloading correctly so if there is a possibility to re-upload it or let me know if it's just my computer, because the second volume downloads just fine.
March 22, 2011 at 12:49 am
After losing this compilation , i had to get it again , just for the first track alone 'friday nights'. totally fantastic; this tune just about sums up over 30 yrs of listening to black music and electronic stuff – cant thank you enough for this awesome compilation..
April 5, 2011 at 8:27 am
hello frankie, many thanks for these compilations. it is so good to have a great ear preselect the great stuff. i could spend years looking for this. thanks for saving some of my life! and thanks for the music. cheers hermano loco
April 13, 2012 at 5:28 pm
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April 13, 2012 at 6:11 pm
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July 22, 2012 at 11:05 pm
These are wonderful – thank you again for brightening up my life just that little bit more!
January 7, 2023 at 6:47 pm
Love you so much still