New Year's Day Secret Weapon

Always hits heavy this one

Its also just been re-pressed on record
https://www.discogs.com/release/32592075-Jean-Claude-Gavri-Les-Dance

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That’s Wally Badarou on keys on that one…

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that one sent me down a rabbit hole…

this one is great:

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Similar idea is Raf/ Self Control which people will think is a cover and sounds amazing.

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I mean if you want the ultimate literal NYD drop with a LOT of jeopardy attached you can go full U2.

Tbf I think the BPMs would probably work with Italo tunes. The lyrics also aren’t terrible. Could probably do with a quick edit to tidy it up though.

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Priscilla Chan/African Dance worth a mention as a banging cover (of Yeke Yeke) which would fit an Italo style set.

https://www.discogs.com/release/10754867-Priscilla-Chan-Remix

I’ve got an old DJ Duckcomb edit which used to be on Bandcamp if you don’t have the recent reissue on Thank You.

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Maybe the Kervokian remix, sparser, a bit more dubby and repetitive. Brave though :joy:

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Maybe that’s the pro bono selection

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I play this one all the time too! (The ELO…it came out on a 12 with a nice Donald Fagen thing on the other side)

Gigi D’Agostino did a Eurodance Trance version of this which is the cheesiest thing ever but which I have a secret desire to one day drop on a crowd…

https://youtu.be/HqqLT25AthQ?si=oj2AVRhWlRIzxQI_ long ass poly rhythmic modular synth intro probably needs some theo/claussell treatment, but it definitely pushes back those acid fried ketty wigs.

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Here are two of my fave tracks I have played for many many years on occasions such as this event…

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Love is in the air - luke una ended a set with this at an EE boat party as it docked at Zadar. Families walking by watching 200 pissed up brits going mental to it :grinning:

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I might have been there for that. Think it was when the Argonaughty smashed into an unsuspecting Catamaran with two old folks on it. Quite the rude awakening

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BTW Joe, a lot of this stuff will go down swimmingly with the Mareh crowd.

Hope you enjoy the gig! It’s always a pain to get there but once you do it’s always worth it.

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Yeh think that was it, it was around 2010 or 2011 maybe

What was it then? :grinning:

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Party was mega! Thanks for all the suggestions in this thread - I played a bunch of them and they went down a treat. Happy New Year!

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Sure looks like people are getting into it!

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