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    Alex Moschopoulos
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    It’s 90° (32° C) here in Chicago. The sun is shining, humidity is there (but wonderful to me), all I can think of is this song:

    Title: It’s Gonna Be A Lovely Day
    Artist: The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M.
    Label: Arista Records

    Genre(s): UK R&B, Pop
    Year released: 1992

    Oh the early 90s, when producers both in the US and UK embraced that European sound in rap, R&B, and pop. Many seemed to love sampling that rhythm from Erik B & Rakim’s anthem Paid In Full and paint beautiful optimistic philosophical symphonies masked by a pop overcoat.

    The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. was a project created by Robert Clivillés and David Cole of C&C Music Factory, obviously to have more out there than the high-energy dance music they blew up with. Michelle Visage, formerly of the Freestyle group Seduction, was enlisted as the face and voice of group, with C&C backing her up in the studio.

    It’s Gonna Be A Lovely Day was a cover of an old 70s tune by Bill Withers, which thus saw new life in the S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. version. MTV played the hell out of this tune back in the 90s, while DJs took to love the Palladium House Anthem version of this release.

    #2226481
    Gerd Bauersfeld
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    Even more pearls from my 80s Crate

    Title: Body Mechanic
    Artist: Quadrant Six
    Label: Atlantic
    Genre: Electro
    Year: 1982

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3a025ubK1U

    Title: Los Niños Del Parque
    Artist: Liaisons Dangereuses
    Label: Roadrunner Records
    Genre: Industrial
    Year: 1981

    #2226491
    Alex Moschopoulos
    Participant

    Good picks Gerd.

    Body Mechanic has such a Kraftwerk vibe to it. Way more than many other electro-funk tunes I’ve encountered.

    Los Ninos Del Parque is a personal anthem of my youth. I just wish they had more “DJ friendly” versions with a good intro and break.

    #2226501
    CJ Holden
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    Concidentally I planned all week to post this. 😀

    Artist: Plastic Noise/Voice (First it was released as Plastic Noise, but apparently they had to change their name to Plastic Voice)
    Title: Los Ninos Del Parque
    Year: 1997

    Okay, this one is pretty cheesy, but it has historical value for me. It was a huge hit in Germany back in the days and during the hype around it, 6 year old me heard the first time the term “Sampling”. The track itself is built around samples of dialogue from iconic German actor Hans Albers. (I hope this video can be seen outside of Germany.)

    Artist: Hannes Kröger
    Title: Der blonde Hans
    Year: 1988

    http://www.myvideo.de/watch/8601913/Hannes_Kroeger_Der_blonde_Hans_1988

    And now some French Disco with an intro that never fails to make me smile.

    Artist: The Eternals
    Title: Wrath Of Zeus
    Year: 2000

    #2226531
    Alex Moschopoulos
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    Pretty interesting stuff Psychofrakulator. Thanks for posting.

    I’ve always been curious about what sounds like “Mexican radio” on the beginning of that version of Los Ninos Del Parque.

    #2226551
    CJ Holden
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    I don’t know if there is a special story behind its origin, but back in school I asked a girl who was fluent in Spanish to tell me what it means. (Mostly because I had a HUGE crush on her. 😀 ) Basically it’s just a guy saying generic stuff like: “Hey, we are all here and everybody is having a good time!”

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