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Title: Excellent
Review: I found this in a New York City record shop--yes, on vinyl-for a good price. I had no idea what it was but just look at the photo. Resistance was futile.Space Disco. This is not my phrase. Another reviewer used it and it describes Atmosphere Strut to a virtual Techniques 5100. This music is assuredly 1970s disco, but replaces the foot down thump with an airy melodic texture. There are few lead vocals, but over the lightly popping bass there is a silky chorus of backup vocalists.This is not jazz. But listening, it does invoke a more danceable version 1970s funk jazz such as Donald Byrd'sBlackbyrdor Bobbie Humphrey'sSatin Doll. The difference lies in the emphasis here on pulse, and though this music has a more subtle boom then most of the era's mirror ball fare, there is more than enough beat here to land your shoe on.
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