Electronic System is a project of the Belgian synthesizer legend Dan Lacksman. He has performed under his own name, and in groups (most notably Telex)….
Tag: 70s
10/04/2019: “Groovin’ You” by Harvey Mason
Every inch of this song is feel good music. It has an indefatigable positive energy! The track kicks off with a suitably groove-tastic bassline, which…
08/04/2019: “Personality Crisis” by New York Dolls
The New York Dolls were one of the leading precursors to the punk movement, and as result found themselves being dropped from record labels, polarising…
06/04/2019: “Jungle Lion” by Lee “Scratch” Perry & The Upsetters
Unusually for a reggae song, this is heavily sample based. You could almost call it a remix of Al Green’s “Love And Happiness”, released in…
30/03/2019: “Archangel Thunderbird” by Amon Duul II
Initially, I thought this song was a bit of a racket. It’s certainly got a lot going on. But really, a large part of the…
26/03/2019: “Fencewalk” by Mandrill
A mandrill is a particularly scary type of monkey. I have no idea why a band would name themselves after one, except that it does…
18/03/2019: “Young Americans” by David Bowie
One of David Bowie’s phases was a soul phase, inspired by Philadelphia soul music. America is the home of soul music, of course, so this…
16/03/2019: “Asa-Sa” by Fred Fisher
Sometimes it seems like Nigeria has produced an extraordinarily high proportion of excellent musicians and groovy sounds. This is more 70s brilliance, this time from…
13/03/2019: “I Wanna Be Sedated” by Ramones
“I Wanna Be Sedated” is a song about being bored on tour. The Ramones were in London at Christmas and had nothing to do, so…
12/03/2019: “Romance” by Hiroshi Suzuki
This song is so lovely it almost defies description. The best metaphor I could use is the classic “distilled sunshine” imagery. It’s like a slow…