Wasn't Ian Levine a big time DJ back in the "Northern Soul" days? I believe his second career was the "invention" of HI-NRG?
W -----Original Message----- From: "Jason Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> at INET-1 Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2001 7:32 AM To: <313@hyperreal.org> at INET-1 Subject: RE: [313] speaking of sylvester... (was Re: [313] song id) megatone was label that released a lot of sylvesters work, patrick cowley may well have been behind it (so to speak ;) the record you have there sounds very "hi-nrg" especially if ian levine is involved - he was a big uk northern soul dj that swtiched on to disco in the late 70's and then onto to what he termed 'hi-nrg' in the early 80's (basically a fast and cheesy synth-oriented version of disco).. -j ---------------------- www.suenomartino.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eli Bingham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2001 5:49 AM Subject: [313] speaking of sylvester... (was Re: [313] song id) > ...i wonder if anyone could comment or shed some light on an > old 12" that i found the other day. i sometimes make a habit > of trolling the used soul and rock vinyl bins in out the > way record stores - you'd be amazed what you can find sometimes. > in this case i was in the rasputin's in beautiful downtown > pleasant hill, california. along with some $1 morris day > and the time twelves (ahem), i found an old sylvester record. > its a double a side 12" on "megatone records," apparently > based in the castro in san francisco. its dated 1985. one > side is "take me to heaven," the other side is called "sex." > now, its definitely inna '80s eurodisco stylee - cheap > unsequenced drum machine programs and live synth playing. > the production is by "ken kessie and morey goldstein" (?) with > remix by "ian levine" (???). really really long tracks with > typical campy sylvester vocals, but tons of great '80s synth > basslines and over-the-top linndrum drumrolls to sample. the > funny part is that "take me to heaven" is ludicrously fast for > a disco record. i played it with house and it came in at -8, > so i'm guessing its close to 140bpm (but with sylvester being > the way he is, at -8 he sounds just fine). > > anyway, anyone know what the deal with this record is? who are > these people? who the heck is "megatone records"? i've seen one > other record on megatone and it was a patrick cowley production, > something i-f would drop. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------- ATTENTION: The information in this electronic mail message is private and confidential, and only intended for the addressee. Should you receive this message by mistake, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or use of this message is strictly prohibited. Please inform the sender by reply transmission and delete the message without copying or opening it. Messages and attachments are scanned for all viruses known. If this message contains password-protected attachments, the files have NOT been scanned for viruses by the ING mail domain. Always scan attachments before opening them. ----------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
