Black Devil Disco Club (this is interchangeably the album and band name, apparently)

scum stats: 2015 repressing on Kemado, I’m sure originals are scarce

Dark French disco that motivates. I put this on at Swank’s daughter’s birthday party one year and it PROMPTLY got shut off out from under me. And rightfully so, as this ain’t the soundtrack for a two-year-old’s party.

But listen to this full record (it’s only thirty minutes) and I would expect you to enjoy it. This thing was inexplicably obscure for twentysomething years before reissue, but I’m mighty glad to have an affordable copy.

I know next-to-nothing about dance music, but I do know when music moves me. And this moves me, so I just want to share. Nothing more, nothing less.

Side notes:

My buddy Johan played this for me eight years ago and it took me too long to find a suitable copy. I just pulled up the iPhone “note” (from February 25th, 2010) with all the other records I took note of Johan playing me that day, included are…

Problem
Underground
Pugh
Tiny Tim “Santa Claus Has the AIDS This Year”
Diana Ross “Love Hangover” rare 12” promo mix
The Last

I bought copies of most of the Last singles, but haven’t been able to track down much else on this list and am having trouble figuring out what exactly Problem, Underground and Pugh even are.

And the Tiny Tim record, while insanely offensive, is also insanely rare. Not one you really ever see kicking around. I can’t even find it listed on Discogs.