Revisiting & Sharing Retro Eclectic Music

Monday, November 15, 2010

*More Shame pt.1 Sheldon Powell & Company

I've been archiving a bunch of records from my collection which happens to fill 61.3% of my studio apartment. Anyways, I love looking at production and writer credits on record sleeves & labels.
This Sheldon Powell & Company 45 was written by Sylvia Robinson which happens to be the founder of Sugarhill Records.
Enjoy..

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

*Discovery - Starmagic 7'' Vinyl Release

Release of DCM#002: Starmagic by Discovery
We're excited to announce our latest 7'' vinyl release - Starmagic by Brooklyn based band Discovery.
Side A - Starmagic - Original Version :: Side B - Starmagic - *DanceCamp* Moonlight Mix by Alfredo Romero

*DanceCamp* Music is a grassroots open minded independent record label that believes in spreading great music to serious vinyl lovers.

Here's The Original: Starmagic by Discovery
Discovery Side A 7inch jpeg
*Starmagic by Discovery (Side A Original) by *DanceCamp*

*Discovery*

Discovery is an experimental pop group with disco, Latin, and prog rock influences that performs often in NYC. Always Discovery's approach has been to keep it funky. Discovery has been said to straddle Tropicalia and post-punk genres equally with comparisons ranging from Maximum Joy and Teena Marie to Hot Chip and The Yeah Yeah Yeahs. The group is not a rock band, per se--there is no guitar player in the group at present time. Focus on the bass grooves and drum rhythms for infectious, danceable fun. Vocalist Kathleen Cholewka sings with rock bravado and yet can emote in an intimate cabaret-like style. Lex Marsh's synth tones and Bridget Fitzgerald's string lines heighten the mood. Lyrics range from the abstract and dark, dreamy and suggestive to the provocative and direct. Along with originals, Discovery also lovingly chooses covers to perform including Laura Nyro's Stoney End, Debbie Deb's When I Hear Music, The Rolling Stones Under My Thumb, and Smokey Robinson's Baby That's Backatcha. Visit myspace.com/thisisdiscovery to hear live tracks. 

Discovery's first album of ten tracks called Pushy was released mid-year in 2010. It is available on cdbaby and iTunes. The group is now enlisting some of NYC's music specialists to remix some of their tracks. The most recent is DJ Alfreako's Moonlight Mix of Starmagic now available on 7" vinyl and via DanceCampMusic.com. 

Discovery started in vocalist Kathleen Cholewka's dark Brooklyn basement in 2004 and had its first performance later that year. Over the years the group's line up has included notable NYC players. Original and past members include guitarist Don Stahl, and keyboardist Lindsay Kaye. At one point Patrick Wood of Phenomenal Handclap Band was drumming in Discovery. Marsh who joined early on to add additional bass, sax and keyboard sounds, is now writing much of Discovery's music with Cholewka. David Smith, a much sought-after trombonist, joined and played on Discovery's album Pushy. David Scott of Guru's Jazzamatazz continues to add his virtuosity to the mix via percussion and flute. And currently Julliard grad Fitzgerald's viola playing brings unique and intense textures.

Side B *DanceCamp* Moonlight Mix by Alfredo Romero
Discovery Side B 7inch jpeg
*Starmagic by Discovery (*DanceCamp* Moonlight Mix) by *DanceCamp*