By MTT
Photos & Video By M. Coghlan
We got to the Beauty Bar early, gazing at the strangely deserted underpass street. Shortly afterwards, the dj's trickled in: Los Bermanos, Mr. G and D. Clapp. The Beauty Bar was actually filled with random bits of sound equipment ... a subwoofer there, a prehistoric cd player here, a slab of sharp glass under the turntable which could automatically hari-kari any dj that got too close. Despite this the Rainbow Dreams team managed to fashion a fearsome frankenstein soundsystem out of all these different parts ... and then, they retrofitted D. Clapp's speakers, for good measure.
Los Bermanos, Marco Tulio Thrash (Live), Mr. G. & D.Clapp Live @ RD4 (8-7-10)
(almost 5 hours!)
Kicking everything off with what could be defined as Mayan disco, *Lara* then dove straight into Dream Disco "In Your Eyes". The bass and forlorn vocals resonated all over the still virgin dancefloor. The mix then took a detour down the funereal side of machine disco. After that there was a slight hands-in-the-air moment with Chess One's "Night in Bangkok" as it sped up inexorably toward dancefloor bliss. With hindsight, this heralded some post-apocalyptic diva histrionics for the freaks everywhere.
An overhead projector was setup in a free area to the left of the dj's. In the meantime, a breaksome and drawn out version of Stacey Q's top hit "Two of Hearts" was played for the mental delight of all. Once powered up, the projector shone its clean pale light square onto the sparkly bands of color that ran across the wall; just as Squash Gang's "I Want Illusion" played on. The french voice interlude of that track kissed everyone's ears as the beat careened off into a more classic disco era, full of pipes and strings with Jackie Moore's "This Time Baby". However this was only momentary as the bassline of Happy Station kicked in and we all teleported unexplainably to a strangely decorated television studio in the mountains of Italy for synchronized dance!
Marco Tulio Thrash live set notes:
1. Pleasant movable table contained the music making equipment.
2. The Los Bermanos-provided microphone was the best I have ever used live.
3. A raw show is always enjoyable.
4. Paying the bar staff with a (One-eyed Jack's ?) poker chip is a rare pleasure.
5. Monitors are valuable when playing live.
People started throwing the gauntlet to the dancefloor once Los Bermanos and Mr.G shifted to a deeper American dancefloor sound. It was then that a divine lady of disco appeared on the dancefloor rapt with rhythm. Lydia Murdock's "Superstar" got a well deserved airing. After that there was a brief respite for what was to come.
Mr. G played "Passion" by the Flirts which of course got many people to unchain themselves royally and it wasn't long before the divine lady of disco looked gracefully on me and for a while we complemented each others moves. When that wasn't enough she boogied all the way down and back, topping everything off with lysergic optics courtesy of some severely myopic glasses. Mr. G, not to be outdone, lined up "Dirty Talk" by Klein & MBO for full effect.
After that I do remember seeing 'the woman who want to dance in the night" as well as "the woman who want to stand up and fight" and I was all up fists in the air for Skatt Brothers "Walk the Night" but from then on I took the hairdresser's chair (literally) for the remainder. While I sadly couldn't partake, D.Clapp was on fire from one track to the next and all that was left was clenching one's shoulders to the beat. To my left there was the Bushwick Print Lab producing superb screen printed t-shirts including ones for the Rainbow Dreams Airways (Fly the Disco Skies).
So remember, if you're a disco-italo-boogie freak you have an appointment with Rainbow Dreams. Keep checking the sky!
