COEO Edits (Vinyl 12") discogimpThe boys from Munich are back on RNT with a 4 tracker of serious flavor! Express Lane launches the 12" on the disco highway for a wild ride of cheeky vocals, horn stabs, and vocoded synths, then veers south for some North African New Wave with Libyan Sun. The B side kicks off with the Afro disco monster Don't Oho, already a staple in RNT sets and then finishes with the minimalist electro soul bounce of Move Your Body. Sure shots, the lot of 'em!
With their groundbreaking
We are powerless to answer of course
they capture a world in flux and glow with hope
Characterized by an "instantly recognizable" synth riff this track shows the variety on show with this record
Their sound leans towards the original masters of the genre
Like all Jansch work it fizzes with invention
so Fela responded by setting up Kalakuta Records and making the album the label's debut release
like the harpsichorded "King's Nose" and the lush and stately closer "The Lens"
Achieving A Strong Balance Between Dave Mason's Simple And Straightforward Folk-Rock Songs And Steve Winwood's Complex And Often Haunting Rock Jams Would See The Album Peak In The UK Charts At No'9 And No'16 In The US Billboard Chart
On the A-side
great Captain Beefheart aka Don Van Vliet - often ably assisted by his Magic Band - rank amongst the most important and influential rock music ever created and continue to inform and influence musicians to this day whilst also garnering a following of new
acid-touched moodiness with a dense blues underpinning
