Marco Funari
Franky EP

Next on Coming from... Returning to... DIN - Fantastic Planet. Originally released on DOVerecords in 1992 gets it’s long awaited reissue.“Fantastic Planet represents the first international release by DIN, the disko project of Pupka Frey,formed in 1987. Inspired by the surreal Czech animated film. Fantastic Planet is an artificialsoundtrack to a space-horror fantasy. Albeit predictably, the music is completely electronic, withemphasis on analog textures reminiscent of the 70’s electronic movement. New elements havebeen added, most notably the very fashionable tekno sound. “Excerpt from Fantastic Planet’s CD Booklet

Four weighty trax from the big & bad SE London based producer, Holloway.

An interesting insight into some of the diverse dancefloor oriented sounds going on in Canada during the 80s sitting somewhere between electro, italo disco and proto house. A-side starts off on a slow paced 80 bpm pop/rock italo-disco crossover track featuring lyrics in english with an unidentifiable accent, very much reminiscent of Italian local neighbourhood private press ventures featuring someone's sister on the vocal. 3 versions later, on the B side, things step up a notch coming in at 130 bpm with "Heat In Africa's" drum machine propelled rhythmic mayhem pulling out all the latest studio bells and whistles of the time. Big electric guitar solo build up on the "Dance Mix" and additional Bonus Beats mix by Castro. Remastered and officially re-released almost 4 decades later.