Disco Video Mix #19: Forces Of The Night by D.C. LaRue

D.C. LaRue's fourth album "Forces Of The Night" brought out the disco magic in everyone who lived through this period. The eerily-sounding but fantastic title track, which also has a reprise, has been one of his classic hits that takes everyone to the dance floor, with Bob Esty working on "Hot Jungle Drums And Voodoo Rhythm" and other tracks.

I have brought to this disco arena D.C. LaRue's title cut and paired it with the 2001 Studio Ghibli fantasy flick "Spirited Away", which gave much semblance to the Wonderland; but with the spirit world that gets into the disco spirit, this gets 'spirited away' by the colorful and magical 'forces of the night'. This special Halloween edit is dedicated to D.C. LaRue.

The film was directed by Hayao Miyazaki.

Featuring scenes from Spirited Away

Disco Video Mix by Ric Robin Cagnaan

Produced by Disco-matic Express

Disco Video Mix #18: On The Air by Space

"On The Air" by Space - Disco Video Mix by Ric Robin Cagnaan

Didier Marouani and Roland Romanelli are Space, a French electronic group. Their hits "Tango In Space" and "Carry Me, Turn Me On" are the usual space disco tracks which sound upbeat and exciting; thus with the use of synthesizers.

Visuals from the 1989 Studio Ghibli film "Kiki's Delivery Service" was placed into this Disco Video Mix with "On The Air", which is from Space's 1980 album "Deeper Zone". The film tells about Kiki as the flying witch using her broom for deliveries. This song has some groovy and dreamy synthesizer touch to the disco track whereas it adds some action to Kiki's adventures.

The film was directed by Hayao Miyazaki.

Featuring scenes from "Kiki's Delivery Service"

Disco Video Mix by Ric Robin Cagnaan

Produced by Disco-matic Express

Disco Video Mix #17: Hard Times by Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band

Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band was composed of Stony Browder, August Darnell, Coati Mundi, and Mickey Sevilla; with Darnell and Cory Daye as vocals. The band itself reincarnated the big band jazz-style and incorporated it into their disco tracks.

Their first album in 1976 of the same name consists of "We Got It Made", "Cherchez La Femme", "I'll Play The Fool" and "Hard Times".

The Disney short film "Paperman" became the medium for this Disco Video Mix, paired with "Hard Times". The story behind the film is about George, who made paper planes; and met Meg while they were at the train station. The song gives these scenes a classic disco-jazz feel throughout this video.

The short film was directed by John Kahrs.

Featuring scenes from "Paperman"

Disco Video Mix by Ric Robin Cagnaan

Produced by Disco-matic Express