For its new release, the Parisian crew Discomatin picked a lesser know banger of the boogie era, « Maudit DJ » by Clara Capri. Produced in Belgium by Jay Alansky with lyrics written by his sidekick Jacques Duvall, this EP brings together an italo discoesque bassline surrounded by shiny synths and irresistible guitar licks. On top of that, Clara Capri sings with a high-pitched voice. « Maudit DJ » is a real celebration of the nightlife.
Fortunately, it’s brought here with all 3 versions transferred from the original tape masters: the extended « Version Longue » with its great introduction sounding like strong early house music, the shorter « Version 45 Tours » if you’re in a hurry and, last but not least, the instrumental version for those too shy to play the vocals. But let’s head back to the 80’s: Jay Alansky and Jacques Duvall are having a real success.
They just produced famous Belgium female artist Lio’s first hits and have access to Dan Lacksman’s studio in Brussels - member of Telex with Marc Moulin. During this euphoric period, they met Clara Capri, a young Italian girl really crazy about disco, swearing only by Giorgio Moroder or Chic. Her two buddies decide to concoct her a real hymn to the dancefloor - even if they admit staying mostly at the bars of the discos when they rarely take the time to go out. For them it sounds like the perfect time, considering the duo always dreamed of being like a shadow production team, just like Motown’s very own Holland-Dozier-Holland. With a great care to the production and the sound and with the best technologies from the era, they managed to create this French dance music attempt, at a moment when nobody was speaking about French Touch.
Thanks to Discomatin, it’s now available to the real connoisseurs with an exclusive insert which contains lyrics, again with fantastic illustrations from french artist Camille de Cussac.
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released November 4, 2019
DISCOMAT006
Composed, performed and recorded by Jay Alansy
Lyrics written by Jacques Duvall
Interpretation by Clara Capri
Engineered & mixed by Dan Lacskman
Licensed to Maxence Robinet (Discomatin).
Distribution by The Pusher.
Mastered by Mathieu Berthet at MB Mastering, Auvervilliers.
Original Photo by Jeep Novak
Graphism: William James Thurman
Illustrations: Camille de Cussac