By matthew on 2010/02/03
I finally got around to creating a new mixtape – one that I have actually planned off and on for over a year now. I didn’t exactly put much thought into it, at least not compared to some previous efforts. But it’s still a good representation of disco, italo disco, new wave, industrial, [...]
Posted in Mixtape Tagged Disco, freestyle, industrial, italo disco, mixtape, mp3, new wave, playlist
By matthew on 2009/12/06
While the previous video was more of an internal self-promotion video for WFAA in Dallas, this video was a major ad campaign used during junctions and station breaks for Philadelphia’s KYW-TV. It is simply stunning – these promos have a futuristic, whimsical, avant-garde tenor paired with a bit of psychedelia. It might be [...]
Posted in Cultural Ephemera, video Tagged 1979, Disco, marketing, philadelphia, promo, TV, video
By matthew on 2009/11/24
I’ve been on a big Donna Summer kick lately, paying harder attention to overlooked gems stuck in the middle of her ‘classic’ albums. There was a time in musical history where the vanguard was the mainstream, where the biggest star was also part of the biggest paradigm shift in popular music, and the story [...]
Posted in Disco, Music Tagged Disco, donna summer, electro-disco, electronic music, giorgio moroder, mp3
By matthew on 2009/09/17
Bobby Orlando is three things: a homophobe, a misogynist, and a great one-trick pony. His songs all sound the same, but his trick is an amazing one – it is an insistent, fun, driving synth beat that ties the line between disco and techno while never, never forgetting that pop is the name of [...]
Posted in Disco, Music Tagged bobby O, bobby orlando, dance, Disco, italo disco, mixtape, mp3, Music, synthpop
By matthew on 2009/07/01
What I am about to show you is brilliant, in and of itself. It manages to make Philadelphia seem like one gigantic fire hydrant set loose, this weird combination of hip, informed, dramatic and coy at the same time.
However, this is just the song KYW-TV used for their Direct Connection promo spots, which aired [...]
Posted in Cultural Ephemera, Disco Tagged 1979, continuity, direct connection, Disco, KYW, Music, philadelphia, video