¡Ya Bájala!

Everything's fast now, and Spain knew it back then. Mixing this was ridiculous; dropping tracks into Traktor, I'd read 130 B.P.M. for the modest Carlos Perez whose tracks I once thought were too fast to ever mix with Italo, and then I'd flip out once Biceps made their definitive statement that they play at 140+! This is a quick mix, only 10 minutes: a length I'm beginning to enjoy more and more. Plus, it allows me to put my mixes on Youtube. I recorded all of this on Traktor and then inputed it into Garage Band and added a few samples. All songs are sung entirely in Spanish, the way I prefer my music nowadays. There's something about the inflection of Romance languages and their mastery of melody that outshines anything the Brits did with synthpop. This mix is Italo Disco, Adult Oriented Rock, Technopop, sofisticated, sunny, self-aware (song titles: "Ya No Sé, No Sé Quien Soy, etc), lollipop, wayfarer and fresh air along with other goodness these songs conjure. Go back to grade school and then grow up and the maturity you'll reach will sound
something like this: all smiles, an open window, troubador trouble.

DJay Batida - La Movida Madrileña Mix

1. Carlos Pérez - Las Manos Quietas
2. Carlos Pérez - Poco a Poco
3. Platino - No Sé Quien Soy
4. Trúpita - Ya No Sé
5. Biceps - El Lienzo
6.Platino - El Gato

Tracks Still Spinning

Kitsch Club has a tasty treat; given by the French who decided to sing in Spanish, Magazine 60 are so rock 'n' roll that you think you're listening to italo disco for club-goers who went to darkwave nights on Thursdays. This single is by no means dark, being as catchy and pink and black as possible, yet it's as if enthusiasts of Magazine 60 at least appreciated combat boots or floral-print Doc Martins.

I've always wanted to mix this song at a party or in a set because the beat is off-beat, not you're standard 4X4 Moroder music, but I haven't found the right songs for mixing it in or out. The slow backspin makes it great for quick cuts, something I've been digging for sudden mood changes, though I've always thought that slow is the way to go. Chico Sonido, out of California and from Mexico, perfectly mixes in "Don Quichotte" in his set, "Discoteca Freestyle:" a set as varied and Latino as I could want it to be—there's freestyle, early rave, italo disco, synth pop and original edits. My friend Jose, aka Spin Laden, introduced me to Chico Sonido. "I found a mix I can't stop jamming to. Here's a link. I think you'd like it."

And I did so much that I transfered it to cassette.

Magazine 60 - Don Quichotte

Nueva Mezcla

My latest mix hurts, coming in at just under 30 minutes (my favorite mix length) and featuring 24 tracks of varying Italo Disco styles. The italo camp—Miko Mission, Michael Bedford, Roger Meno, JD Jaber—make appearances along La Movida Madrileña (Vicio Latino) and some space synth "bands," like Cyber People and Koto.

The mix moves in a cut and paste fashion, like the Max Mix mixes, starting and stopping as you wait to hear who's popping out of the top hat next. Why keep anything continous?

Next post should or might feature some Argentinean New Wave.


Kitsch Club Productions - Ouch Mix

1. Baby’s Gang – Disco Maniac
2. Michael Bedford – Tonight
3. Michael Bedford – More than a Kiss
4. Miko Mission – The World is You
5. Radiorama – Chance to Desire
6. Sandy Marton - People from Ibiza
7. Nemesy – 24 hours
8. JD Jabber – Don’t Wake Me Up
9. Fun Fun – Baila Bolero
10. Koto - Visitors
11. Fun Fun – Happy Station (Scratch Version)
12. Ivan – Fotonovela
13. Cruisin’ Gang – On the Beach Tonight
14. Closed – Living in Your Eyes
15. Cyber People – Polaris
16. Roger Meno – I Find the Way
17. Baby’s Gang – Disco Maniac
18. Vicio Latino – Que Me Pasa, Que Me Pasa
19. Chiquitas – Dance the Rumba
20. My Mine – Zorro (Instrumental)
21. I.M.S. – Dancing Therapy
22. Den Harrow – Future Brain
23. The Twins – All Mixed Up
24. Ray – I’m Not a Dreamer

2009 Industria Kitsch Club
Mixed by Maximilian Ferero

Entristecer

Trupita - Esta Noche Me Quiero Descolgar

Cada mañana me levanto despacio
cuando suena el despertador.
Antes de nada desconecto la radio
y me asomo un poco al balcón.
No encuentro el peine
figúrate qué hora es,
el fijador no aparece,
lo busco, revuelvo, lo encuentro por fin
Salgo a la calle
y a las diez el retraso
no se puede disimular.
En la oficina
que si vaya unas horas,
que si llegas tarde a fichar.
¿Qué culpa tengo de ser
como dicen si,
nací en agosto, soy leo
y me gusta,
me empuja,
me envuelve
y no…
Esta noche me quiero descolgar.
No,
ya no aguanto tanta mediocridad
¿Qué culpa tengo de ser
como dicen si,
nací en agosto, soy leo
y me gusta,
me empuja,
me envuelve
y …
Cada mañana me levanto despacio
cuando suena el despertador.
Antes de nada desconecto la radio
y me asomo un poco al balcón.
No encuentro el peine
figúrate qué hora es,
el fijador no aparece,
lo busco, revuelvo, lo encuentro por fin
Salgo a la calle
y a las diez el retraso
no se puede disimular.
En la oficina
que si vaya unas horas,
que si llegas tarde a fichar.
¿Qué culpa tengo de ser
como dicen si,
nací en agosto, soy leo
y me gusta,
me empuja,
me envuelve
y no…
Esta noche me quiero descolgar
No,
ya no aguanto tanta mediocridad
¿Qué culpa tengo de ser
como dicen si,
nací en agosto, soy leo
y me gusta,
me empuja,
me envuelve
y no…
Esta noche me quiero descolgar
No,
ya no aguanto tanta mediocridad
¿Qué culpa tengo de ser
como dicen si,
nací en agosto, soy leo
y me gusta,
me empuja,
me envuelve
y no…

Esta noche me quiero descolgar
No,
ya no aguanto tanta mediocridad

En Argentina

Todavía no tengo tiempo para escribir en Kitsch Club pero cuando vuelva, tendré una mezcla nueva. Por el momento, disfrutá esta canción de la música criolla en el estilo de italo-disco!