With Fanfarlo’s third album – Let’s Go Extinct – due to drop on February 10, the group’s frontman Simon Balthazar has put together a special mixtape that delves deep into the many influences that inspired the record.
With genres ranging from disco, psych, funk and new wave, the 50 minute mixes features cuts from the likes of Grace Jones, Arthur Russell, Delia Derbyshire and many more. Stream / download below.
Tracklist:
Delia Derbyshire – “Talk Out”
33 1/3 – “Monkey Bridge”
Holger Czukay – “Cool In The Pool”
Francis Bebey – “The Coffee Cola Song”
Weyman Corp – “Kumbayero”
John Jacob Niles – “Bowie, Bowerie”
Grace Jones – “The Crossing (Ooh The Action)”
Todd Rundgren – “I Saw The Light”
Arthur Russell – “You And Me Both”
Yellow Magic Orchestra – “Cue”
Saada Bonaire – “You Could Be More As Your Are”
Des Airs – “Lovely Lady”
Amon Düül II – “Spaniards And Spacemen”
Hollywood Freeway – “You’re The Song (That I Can’t Stop Singing)”
William Oneyabor – “Fantastic Man”
Mina – “Se Telefonando”
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