Here's a weird one. A double feature of two obscure Euro-pop groups playing covers. The first one is "Daydream" by The Gunter Kallmann Choir. Sampled by many Trip-Hop artists, it seems like the whole genre was modeled after this single track. Dark orchestral swells, a sparse break beat and a descending bass line, with the "Choir" singing above it all, the song has a "spy" vibe to say the least. Cool song! Although many people credit The Gunter Kallmann Choir as authoring this tune, it was in fact written by a Belgian group called Wallace Collection in 1969. Gals & Pals is a bit more obscure. From what little info I could find about them online, I figured out that they are from Sweden, but that's about it. They perform a dark murky version of "Blue On Blue" (another Trip-Hoppy song!) by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. This split was put out in 2007 by some label called Dynamite Soul, but I question their original sources, since side A fades in on the beginning, and Side B cuts off just before the song comes to a complete stop. Weird... Anyway, here it is.
320 Vinyl Rip!
Tracks:
01 The Gunter Kallmann Choir - Daydream
02 Gals & Pals - Blue On Blue
Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?ndli22f47tkld5l
3 comments:
My my... three posts! Christmas has indeed come early. Thanks.
Thank you so much for this!
I really enjoy "Blue on Blue."
It's so great.
:D
If you haven't heard it, you should listen to "So Easy" by Royksopp.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g00Je6_pMXg
It's a favorite song of mine; that, I just recently found out it uses samples from this recording of "Blue on Blue."
Great post! Been looking for this for a while - any chance you could send me the mp3's as the link isn't working?
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