Rofo and Ray Muylle

This is a pretty popular track from Rofo that I have heard around. It gets lumped into the hiNRG category but it certainly stays away from the more obnoxious sectors of that label. The back beat is very '80s' and the rapid 32nd-note phrases give this song its HiNRG status. All in all its a fun track worth getting up here. It was produced by Ray Muylle who had a couple of boogie tracks with the New York City Band and then went head on into 80s territory with his work with 1000 Ohm (check out his work on "I Think She Understood").

Tout Petit La Planete

Belgian born Plastic Bertrand (aka Roger Marie François Jouret) had an international hit in 1977 with the song "Ça plane pour moi" a rocking number with a great underground sound. But lately I have been bumping a lesser known of his space disco number, "Tout Petit La Planete." The crunchy clavinet and spacey synth leads are very fitting for 1978, harnessing a cosmic sound and tastefully integrating the vocoder with subtlety. And you got to love those guitars, time to bust out the distortion pedals. He is still active musically, check out his website to catch up.

Muriel Dacq

Muriel Dacq - Tropique

Discogs describes Belgian born Muriel Dacq as a 1 1/2 hit wonder but I think that 'Tropique' has to count as 2 hits because I just cannot get sick of this song. I featured it on the first podcast and it just sets such a celebratory mood. I had to get it up here on its own along with her other big hit 'Là où ça'


Muriel Dacq - Là où ça