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CockTail d’Amore Launches Record Label

As Discodromo‘s Giovanni revealed in his Expatriarch interview last year, CockTail d’Amore is expanding – the popular Berlin party series hosted by the Italian duo and Berghain resident DJ Boris is now a record label. The first release, a four-track 12″ EP, is set for release on February 16th and features Hard Ton (remixed by Massimiliano Pagliara, whose own debut album is coming this spring), IchiSan, Miss Plug Inn (remixed by Bottin) and José Manuel (remixed by Discodromo). This thing is the rightful heir to Alexander Robotnick’s classic 1985 “Fuzz Dance” compilation and a very promising first step from this new label. You can preview the whole thing here:

By the way, for any Berliner readers, the party’s new scheduling places it at the first Saturday of each month, AKA TONIGHT!, at St. Georg’s in Kreuzberg. Check Discodromo’s Pick 5 for an idea of the kind of music they’re into.

Posted by ON February 5, 2011 | CATEGORY: Berlin, Music | Also tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

PICK 5 Feat. Hard Ton

Hard Ton are Max and Mauro, a duo from Venice that manages to melt together three decades of dance music: While in their tracks they mix disco and italo disco with nineties house and chicago house, singer Max’ outfits and his stage appearance make you instantly think of queer icons such as Divine, Leigh Bovery and even Rob Halford (Judas Priest). The guys have recently gotten a lot of attention for the cover of their “Selfish”-E.P. – a remake of Grace Jones’ “Island Life” album cover (remember?). For PICK 5 they have put together a nice collection of their favourite webclips. But see yourself…

1. Phyllis Nelson – I Like You

“It’s the perfext party track… since 1985″

2. Stefano e Bene Feat. Hard Ton – “Why Your Love”

“This is our lastest collaboration. Stefano & Bene are not Italians but they love italo disco. You probably know them by another nickname… but we should keep it a secret.”

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Posted by ON August 21, 2010 | CATEGORY: Music | Also tagged , | Comments (0)

Hard Ton: Earthquake

Hard Ton from Venice is the guy responsible for the impressive “remake” of the cover artwork  of Grace Jones’ “Island Life” (I recently posted it here). The awesome omg blog just helped me finding out that the picture is the cover of his own E.P. called “Selfish” (via Gigolo Records). More of/about the “biggest disco queen of the 21st century” on her MySpace page.

Posted by ON March 18, 2010 | CATEGORY: Music | Also tagged | Comments (0)

The Mic Shot x 2

Took me a while to realize that these two belong together:

Grace Jones: “Island Live”

Hard Ton: “Selfish E.P.”

Posted by ON March 4, 2010 | CATEGORY: Music | Also tagged , , | Comments (0)