{"id":1318,"date":"2010-01-15T23:43:04","date_gmt":"2010-01-16T06:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/?p=1318"},"modified":"2010-01-15T23:52:50","modified_gmt":"2010-01-16T06:52:50","slug":"secret-disco-y-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/?p=1318","title":{"rendered":"Secret Disco: Y Records"},"content":{"rendered":"

For this installment of Secret Disco<\/a>, I’m presenting notable bands on Y Records<\/a>. Started by Dick O’ Dell in 1978 and based in Bristol, England, The Secret History of Disco describes Y Records as “twisting the dance floor into new shapes.” Cowbells seem to be the unifying element in all these songs. <\/p>\n

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\nPulsallama-Devil Lives in My Husband’s Body
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\nI thought I was over music like this but when it’s done well like this song from Pulsallama, the appeal of these quirky tracks is rediscovered. I love the steel drums and the way they wander around the atonal chorus and spoken lyrics.
\nPulsallama<\/a> was an avant-garde art band from New York and a part of the the burgeoning new wave scene. Ann Magnuson of Bongwater<\/a> was once part of the group.<\/p>\n

From the blog Bleeding Panda<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Pulsallama was a short-lived, yet legendary, 12 piece all-girl percussion band who ruled Manhattan nightlife for a brief period in 1981 and 1982. Their sound has been described as “13 girls fighting over a cowbell.” Pulsallama got a rave review in New Musical Express in which the reporter said he was “dancing, screaming and laughing, all at the same time!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nPigbag-Papa’s Got A Brand New Pigbag<\/strong><\/p>\n

Another Y label hit, Papa’s Got a New Pigbag<\/em> was one of the most awesome experimental post-punk, funk, dance-floor hit songs of the early 80s. The amazing bassline later gets heavily referenced by The Style Council in the song Precious<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

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\nMaximum Joy-Stretch (Discomix & Rap)<\/strong><\/p>\n

I often assumed this kind of music was just funky new wave. I had no idea it was being played in dance clubs, I was too young for those activities when these records were released.
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\nWe Are All Prostitutes-Pop Group<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pop Group: a few leaps into punk and a boogie into funk and then back into some experimental musical world of their own making, all accompanied by Situ\/anarko lyrics.<\/p>\n

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Also, check out The Slits<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For this installment of Secret Disco, I’m presenting notable bands on Y Records. Started by Dick O’ Dell in 1978 and based in Bristol, England, The Secret History of Disco describes Y Records as “twisting the dance floor into new shapes.” Cowbells seem to be the unifying element in all these songs. Pulsallama-Devil Lives in … Continue reading Secret Disco: Y Records<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,11,47],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1318"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1379,"href":"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318\/revisions\/1379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}