Mutant Disco # 3 Garage Sale

MUTANT DISCO # 3 GARAGE SALE

01 • Ron Rogers • Yaya • 3:48 02 • Don Armando 2nd Av. Rhumba Band • I’m an Indian, Too • 3:22 03 • Coati Mundi • Sey Hey • 4:06 04 • Was (Not Was) • Man VS The Empire Brain Building • 3:58 05 • Snuky Tate • He’s the Grove • 6:09 06 • Aural Exciters • Maladie d’Amour • 5:33 07 • Sweet Pea Atkinson & Was (Not Was) • Dance or Die • 6:33 08 • Ron Rogers • Naughty Boy • 5:09 09 • Alan Vega • Outlaw Remix by August Darnell • 5:14 10 • A Thousand Points of Night / Was (Not Was • Read my Lips • 5:54 11 • Junie Morrison • Techno-Fréqs • 5:54 12 • Daisy Chain • No Time to Stop Believing in Love • 5:50 13 • Kid Creole & The Coconuts • Something Wrong in Paradise Larry Levan Remix • 4:56 14 • Cristina • What a Girl to Do Remix • 4:20 15 • Suicide • Dream Baby Dream Long Version • 6:20

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It is probably difficult to imagine that Club culture was born in a small underground room in the Latin quarter of Paris during the period of German occu- pation in the Second World War. The Nazis had prohibited jazz and closed the Clubs where musicians performed thus forcing music lovers to meet in secret in cellars to listen to their favorite music on 78s. One such place was on Rue de la Huchette and was known as “La Discothèque”. Historically this was the first time that the name was used to designate a club where people could go to listen to recorded music.

Next came the “Whiskey a Go-Go” created by Paul Racine, which introduced the concept of a public dancing on a dance floor to music played by “Disc- Jockeys” with two turntables. Racine developed his concept throughout Eu- rope. When Régine opened her first club “Chez Régine” in Paris in 1960 this was frequented by the American jet set and immediately inspired “Le Club” in New York, quickly followed by the “Peppermint Lounge” in 1961. The rest is history!

In 1981, when ZE Records first published the vinyl LP “Mutant Disco” there were only 6 tracks on it. In 2003, when I decided to relaunch the label that Michael Zilkha and myself founded in New York in 1978, I transformed this mini album into a double Digipack CD with 25 tracks. It was as if Mutant Dis- co had become a style of its own in which musicians from different cultures and nationalities could find common ground. Between 1978 and 1983 in New York City, music from a wide range of styles developed based on a common denominator – you could dance to it.

COATI MUNDI The title of “Garage” comes from “Paradise Garage”, the now mythical club at 84 King Street, which was one of the focal points for New York gay and disco culture for 10 years (1977-1987). The turntables were under the mag- ic touch of Larry Levan, one of the pioneers of NY Dance Music that some began calling Garage, while his childhood friend Frankie Knuckles did pret- ty much the same in Chicago where certain began to call his style House music.

I have never really been too fond of labels, which are often stuck on for mar- keting purposes in order to sell more products. I have always believed that there is good music and the rest… The ZE Records back catalogue is proof of the eclectic approach that Michael Zilkha and myself have in our musical tastes. For an adolescent who had the privilege of growing up in the 60s there is no difference between James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Sly Stone, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Jimmy Hendrix, nor between Norman Whitfield, Brian Wilson or Phil Spector.

Larry Levan also promoted open and eclectic musical sources and many DJs today have drawn inspiration from this. The Sound System at Paradise Garage developed by Larry and Richard Long was reputed to be the best in NY. Many producers would test their mixes on the dance floor at the Ga- rage. Many of the remixes at ZE, especially those by August Darnell were first played at the Garage before being produced. Larry remixed for August and KID CREOLE & THE COCONUTS: Something Wrong in Paradise, (...) which certainly has its place in this third volume of MUTANT DISCO.

SWEET PEA ATKINSON In addition to this remix,“GARAGE SALE” includes several jewels from the ZE Records. Back catalogue: the long play version of the sublime Dream Baby Dream by SUICIDE; a remix of Alan Vega’s Outlaw by August Dar- nell; Techno-Freqs by Junnie Morrison, founder member of Funkadelic who brought out an excellent album, Evacuate your seats, on ZE in 1983; a mix by Don Was of What’s a Girl to Do by Cristina. Don was also involved in the production of Dance or Die by Sweet Pea Atkinson (singer of Was (not Was) from his solo album Don’t Walk Away (ZE Records 1982) this can almost be considered as a WNW album given that virtually the full band is present. Also present are Man VS The Empire Brain Building from the second album by Was (Not Was) for ZE in 1982, Born to Laugh at Tornadoes and Read my Lips, another production by the Was (not) brothers under the pseudonym of “A THOUSAND POINTS OF NIGHT”. There is also the underground classic He’s the Groove by Snuky Tate, released on ZE in 1979 as a single and 12” single, plus the classic No time to Stop Believing in Love, by DAISY CHAIN, in the international version. There are two excellent tracks from RON ROGERS, a very active member of the ZE dream team in the early 80s. Ron also took part in the sessions with AURAL EX- CITERS, BOB BLANK’s After Hours Party Band, with Maladie d’Amour.

As Kevin Pearce wrote in the liner notes in MUTANT DISCO Volume 1 & 2: “Yes, the urge to let our imagination run riot, and the need to dance to twisted sounds remains. « The MUTANT DISCO, the haunted dancehall will never close down ». This new selection is a step towards perpetual motion!

Michel Esteban Paris, October 2004 CRISTINA MUTANT DISCO # 3 Garage Sale 01 • RON ROGERS • Yaya • 3:27 Written by Ron Rogers / T.Tane / Rikki St James Recorded at Electric Lady & Sound Heights Studios NYC All instruments & Vocals Ron Rogers Except Lead Vocals by Rikki St James Produced by Ron Rogers & Vince Traina Original Sound Made by ZE Records © 1982

02 • DON ARMANDO 2° Av. Rhumba Band • I’m an Indian Too • 3:22 Written by Irving Berlin Published by Irving Berlin Music Lead Vocal by Fonda Rae Produced & Arranged by “ Sugar Coated” Andy Hernandez Recorded at Blank Tape Studios NYC Original Sound Made by ZE Records © 1979

04 • WAS (NOT WAS) • Man Vs The Empire Brain Building • 3:58 Written by David Was / Don Was Published by Los Was Cosmipolitanos Ascap Recorded at Sound Suite Recording Studios, Detroit 1983 Produced by Don Was & David Was & Jack Tann Detroit Wasmopolitan Mixinq Squad: Duane Bradley, Ken Collier and Don Was Original Sound Made by ZE Records © 1983 DAISY CHAIN 05 • SNUKY TATE • He’s the Groove • 6:09 09 • ALAN VEGA • Outlaw August Darnell ReMix • 5:14 Written by Snuky Tate Written by Alan Vega Published by Blackmouth Music Published by Revega Music Inc. Ascap Produced by Snuky Tate Recorded at Skyline Sutios NYC Original Sound Made by ZE Records © 1979 Produced by Alan Vega Remixed by August Darnell 06 • AURAL EXCITERS • Maladie d’Amour • 5:33 Original Sound Made by ZE Records © 1982 Written by August Darnell / Andy Hernandez Published by Warner chappell Music 10 • A THOUSAND POINTS OF NIGHT • Read My Leaps • 5:54 Recorded at Blank Tapes NYC Written by David Was / Don Was Produced by Bob Blank Published by Los Was Cosmipolitanos Ascqp Original Sound Made by ZE Records © 1979 Produced by Don Was & David Was Original Sound Made by ZE Records © 1989 07 • SWEET PEA ATKINSON • Dance or Died • 6:33 Written by David Was / Don Was 11 • JUNNIE MORRISON • Techno-Freqs • 5:54 Published by Los Was Cosmipolitanos Ascap Written by Walter Morrison Recorded at Sound Suite Recording Studios, Detroit 1982 Published by Island USA Music Inc. / Jun-Trac Music Bmi Produced by Don Was & David Was & Jack Tann Recorded at The Disc & United, Detroit & The 5th Floor, Cincinnati Dance Consultant Ken Collier Produced by Walter Morrison Original Sound Made by ZE Records © 1982 Original Sound Made by ZE Records © 1984

08 • RON ROGERS • Naughty Boy • 5:09 12 • DAISY CHAIN • No Time to Stop Believing in Love • 5:50 Written by Ron Rogers Written By Sigerson, Zito, Kawasoe, Toro, Blasquist, Landrau Recorded at Electric Lady & Sound Heights Studios NYC Published by Rondor Music / Copyright Control All instruments & Vocals Ron Rogers Strings Arranged by Paul Riser Except Guitar Jim Rippetoe, Sax Stan Harrison Mixed by Harvey Goldberg Background Vocals Sue Schmidt & Stephanie Fuller Produced by Davitt Sigerson & Phillipe Rault Produced by Ron Rogers & Vince Traina Original Sound Made by ZE Records © 1984 Original Sound Made by ZE Records © 1982 13 • KID CREOLE & THE COCONUTS • Something Wrong In Paradise • 4:56 Written by Mark Mazur August Darnell Larry Levan ReMix Published by Island Music Ltd / MCPS – Perennial August Music Produced by August Darnell for Bindisi Reet Productions Original Sound Made by ZE Records © 1983

14 • CRISTINA • What a Girl To Do ReMix • 4:20 Written by David Was / Don Was / Barry Reynolds Published by Sleep it Off Music Bmi, Airstream Music Bmi, Los Was Cosmipolitanos As- cap Recorded at Sound Suite Recording Studios, Detroit Produced by Don Was Original Sound Made by ZE Records © 1984

15 • SUICIDE • Dream Baby Dream • 6:20 Written by Alan Vega / Martin Rev Published by Revega Music Inc. Ascap Recorded at Power Station NYC Produced by Rick Ocasek Original Sound Made by ZE Records © 1980

THIS 2004 COMPILATION SELECTED AND PRODUCED BY MICHEL ESTEBAN P © ZE Records Mundo Ltda 2009 Very special thanks to Michael Zilkha Edited & Remastered by Charlus de la Salle at Sounth Factory Studio, Art cover from original work by Bruno-Cristian Tilley. Booklet & Desing by Michel Esteban

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