Fan Death
Fan Death (a duo comprised of Dandilion Wind Opaine and Marta Jaciubek-McKeever), provides sun soak roller disco tunes that reminisce of the late 70’s era in an almost eerie sense of authenticity.
Fan Death (a duo comprised of Dandilion Wind Opaine and Marta Jaciubek-McKeever), provides sun soak roller disco tunes that reminisce of the late 70’s era in an almost eerie sense of authenticity.
Thelma Houston is a soul singer and has released records on Capitol and ABC/Dunhill. It was a chance meeting in the early 1970's with Motown Records which lead to a deal on the Motown subsidiary Mo-West Records. Like her past work, critics loved it but lack of promotion held her back from becoming a huge star, even though people were comparing her as the next Aretha Franklin. Constant touring and background vocal work kept the money coming in, but she remained strong.
Compact Disco is an elecronic band from Budapest, Hungary. The band was formed in 2008 and consists of Behnam Lotfi, Gábor Pál, Attila Sándor and Csaba Walkó. The band released their first album “Stereoid” in 2009, followed by “II”. The group have also released their most known song “I’m in Love” worldwide over the last two years, and won an MTV European Music Award for “Best Hungarian Artist” in 2011.
Nigerian/Scottish/Essex/Sarf London Rock! Confused yet? Don't be! It's all good - just listen! They've had two critically acclaimed albums - Princess Raw and Emperor's New Clothes and are about to release their new offering: Yinka Music Vol 1: Sex Power Death' The Yinka mentioned in the title is Yinka Oyewole, founder and leader of the group.
What to expect - Singing, Guitars and Beats
What not to expect - Your preconceptions
Javiera Mena is a singer-songwriter from Santiago, Chile. whose music combines folk and pop with electronic elements. In 2005 she first appeared in the Chilean indie scene, as some of her songs ("Sol de Invierno" and "C
T G I F EP = www.pukekos.org/2009/04/teengirl-fantasy.html
Pukekos 12" = http://www.pukekos.org/2009/07/teengirl-fantasy.html "Sometimes when I close my eyes I picture a club far away where there is free piña coladas. People are happy and no one can hurt me, not even myself. Suddenly a glitter ball light starts pulsating out of a cube that appeared out of the ocean. It slowly walked towards me and asked me to dance.
A Bronx group that effectively mixed East Coast disco and Chicago soul covers in the late '70s and early '80s, GQ began as Sabu & the Survivors in 1968. Lead vocalist Emanuel Rahiem Leblanc, Keith Crier, Herb Lane, and Paul Service were original members, but by 1980 GQ was a trio following Service's departure. They had two Top 10 R&B and Top 20 pop hits, as well as a number one R&B single in 1979, with "Disco Nights (Rock-Freak)" also peaking at #12 pop; the single also won GQ an American Music Award.
ROBIN BECK first came to prominence singing the Coca-Cola theme tune 'The First Time', scoring a major international hit in the process. Although this was to be the general public's inauguration into the lady's work, Beck had in fact been plugging away on the music scene for quite some time, having issued her debut album, the heavily Disco orientated 'Sweet Talk', in 1979. This soon forgotten opus, featuring backing vocals from no less a figure than Luther Vandross, included a cover version of TODD RUNDGREN's 'Hello It's Me'.
Capracara, derived his name from a type of Brazilian sandwich, consisting of gherkins, cheddar cheese and lime pickle. He does mostly handbag house style. See: www.myspace.com/capracara
There is more than one artist called Quartz. 1) Quartz came out of the British hard rock hotbed of Birmingham to join the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement in the late '70s. With a lineup that included John Bonham-associate Mike Hopkins and future Black Sabbath keyboardist Geoff Nichols, they were actually founded under the name Bandylegs but changed when Jet Records showed interest in the band.