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THE UNITS - CONNECTIONS - OPCM LTD CD 002
Relase date: 31 JULY 2011
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Opilec Music is proud to bring you the first ever remix album of San Francisco’s cult synthesizer-punk legends, The UNITS! One of America’s first
synthesizer bands and pioneers of a genre now known as “synthpunk”, The Units were notable for their use of synthesizers in place of guitars, and multimedia performances featuring multiple projections of satirical, instructional films critical of conformity and consumerism ... predating MTV and 25 years before the birth of YouTube!
This is a definitive collection of over 24 of the band’s original songs written between 1977 and 1984 and remixed for the dance floor in 2010 by a renowned and international cast of over 40 DJs, producers and bands active in the contemporary club scene. This project celebrates the futuristic Units along with the innovative DJs that first played them. Like Cosmic Disco pioneer Daniele Baldelli, who remixed early 7” Units records “live” on the dance floor as early as 1979, Electro Italo Disco pioneers and contemporaries of The Units, like Klein & M.B.O., N.O.I.A. and Alexander Robotnick, along with Nu-Disco and contemporary club scene trend setters like Gianluca Pandullo of I-Robots and Nemesi … All of whom did remixes for this project!
Tracks include remixes/reworks of The Units most sought-after early singles and selections from their first LP, Digital Stimulation, along with remixes culled from The Units early demos, recordings made for art happenings, film, and more. This remix album is a view into The Units’ seminal years, as well as a tribute to the early DJs and Clubs that played their records in creative ways … giving you a glimpse into how the innovative music that ended up on the dance floor was often an unintentional collaboration between DJs and bands, inspiring each other and cheering each other on. “CONNECTIONS” is a collaborative step from the past present … into the viral remix culture of the future of electronic music and videos ... and the fantastic clubs they are played in.
Units songs that are remixed/reworked include High Pressure Days, Warm Moving Bodies, I-Night, Cannibals, The Right Man, Go, Zombo, I-5, East West, Run, Red, Bird River, Bug Boy, More Alike, That Funky Thang, We Need a Doctor’s Son, Passion of Patterns, One Man, Life is Good Now, Moving Bodies, Contemporary Emotions, Tight Fit, Cowboy and Straight Lines ...
Contains Reworks, Remixes & Re-Edits by:
Alexander Robotnick (I), Billy Bogus (I), Bit Shifter (USA), Chris Carrier (F),
Daniele Baldelli & Marco Dionigi (I), Danny Ocean (E), DJ Andryu & Cloned In Vatican (I), Dominatrix (USA), Dompteur Mooner & The Outlier ft. Pollyester (D), Dr. Jazz Universal Remedy ft. Giorgio Licalzi (I),
Eclipse Soul (I), Enzo Ponzio (I), Francesco Pistoi (I), I-Robots (I), In Flagranti (GB), Juditta (I),
King & Hound Edit - DJ Garth & James Glass (USA), Klein & Mbo (I), L'Est (BR), LoSoul (D), Mannekin Pis (D), Mushrooms Project (I), Musiccargo (D), N.O.I.A. (I), Nemesi ft. Lord Theremin (I), Nick Chacona (USA),
Painè (I), Phil Weeks (F), Portable Morla ft. Dubin Hood (USA), Premier Rang (F),
Q-Burns Abstract Message (USA), Sare Havlicek (SLO), Scott Ryser (USA), Sinner Dc (CH),
Stefny Winter (CDN), The Barking Dogs (I), The Love Supreme (I), The Horse’s Mouth (GB),
The Sneekers (LT), Todd Terje (NO), Tuscania (I), Unu (F), Vaghe Stelle (I).;
All song written by: Scott Ryser & Rachel Webber except “Contemporary Emotions” by Jim Berick
Artwork & notes by Scott Ryser @ The Units
www.myspace.com/warmmovingbodies
Project conceived, directed & coordinated by I-Robots
http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/i-robots
E-Mail: i-robots@libero.it
Skype: I-Robots
Mastered by DJ Andryu
http://www.myspace.com/djandryu
~ Remixers ~
Alexander Robotnick www.robotnick.it
Billy Bogus www.myspace.com/billybogusjunk
Bit Shifter www.bit.shifter.net
Chris Carrier www.myspace.com/42621302
Daniele Baldelli www.danielebaldelli.com & Marco Dionigi www.myspace.com/djmarcodionigi
Danny Ocean www.myspace.com/djdannyocean
DJ Andryu www.djandryu.com & Cloned In Vatican www.myspace.com/clonedinvatican
Dominatrix www.myspace.com/rapidexpansioncorp
Dompteur Mooner www.myspace.com/djmooner & Josh Druckman www.outlierinn.com ft. Pollyester www.myspace.com/pollyesterskoshka
Dr. Jazz Universal Remedy www.doctorjazz.dj ft. Giorgio Licalzi www.giorgiolicalzi.com/
Eclipse Soul www.eclipsemusic.eu
Enzo Ponzio www.myspace.com/djenzoponzio
Francesco Pistoi www.pisti130bpm.com
I-Robots www.residentadvisor.net/dj/i-robots
In Flagranti www.myspace.com/inflagranti
Juditta www.2020k.it
King & Hound Edit (DJ Garth www.grayhound.net & James Glass www.discokid.net
Klein & Mbo www.facebook.com/pages/KleinMbo/90283074783
L’Est www.myspace.com/lestband
LoSoul www.myspace.com/losoul1996
Mannekin Pis www.myspace.com/mannekinpis
Mushrooms Project www.myspace.com/mushroomsproject
Musiccargo www.musiccargo.org
N.O.I.A. www.noiamusic.com
Nemesi www.myspace.com/nemesitorino ft. Lord Theremin www.myspace.com/lordtheremin
Nick Chacona www.nickchacona.com
Painè www.painecuadrelli.com
Phil Weeks www.robsoulrecordings.com
Portable Morla www.myspace.com/portablemorla ft. Dubin Hood www.myspace.com/dubinhood
Premier Rang www.discogs.com/artist/Premier+Rang
Q-Burns Abstract Message www.q-burnsabstractmessage.com
Sare Havlicek www.sare-havlicek.com
Scott Ryser www.myspace.com/warmmovingbodies
Sinner Dc www.sinnerdc.com
Stefny Winter www.stefnywinter.info
The Barking Dogs www.residentadvisor.net/dj/thebarkingdogs
The Horse’s Mouth www.wot-sound.co.uk
The Love Supreme www.thelovesupreme.net
The Sneekers www.thesneekers.com
Todd Terje http://www.facebook.com/ToddTerje
Tuscania www.2020k.it
Unu www.djunulufu.com
Vaghe Stelle www.vaghestelle.net
