He was also intimately involved as a writer, publisher and musician in the development of aphrodites child with vangelis and greekborn pop singer, demis roussos. Disco is often slammed for being unambitious and to put it mildly subintellectual, but you cant say that about the work of egyptborn grecoarmenian parisian alec r. This album was painstakingly crafted and produced by alec on 48 tracks at the famous trident studios in london and contains some of the greatest musicians of the era such as slim pezin voyage, herbie flowers t. Costandinos is a musical genius and his records simply sound fantastic. Costandinos synchophonic orchestra featuring alirol.
After having made a name for himself after cowriting cerrones love in c minor in 1977, costandinos signed to the french label barclay where he released his first record as love and kisses. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as described in our coo. Costandinos the greatest disco producer of all time. His albums often had a historical or classical theme, the best known of these being romeo and juliet, which was used in the disco movie thank god its friday although it was not on the soundtrack album. Costandinos, born alexandre kouyoumdjian in 1944 in cairo, egypt. Constandinos are available to downloadsent me a mail if you need the. This selftitled 1977 lp featured the timeless disco hit. In 1988 the canadian record label unidisc put out this cd in very limited quantities. Two households both alike in dignity, in fair verona where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break. Alec r costandinos sumeria golden tears side 1 part 1 disco nation flashback favourites. Alec r constandinos trocadero blue suite by thethankgoditsfriday. Alec costandinos is a composer and writer, known for true vinyl 2004, king rikki 2002 and france images dune revolution 1989.
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming movies tv shows news. The stark opening, with a sharply stated bass and keyboard theme over a merciless kick drum, is one of. Costandinos album that i have loved since i first heard it in the late seventies. Alec rupen costandinos, born alexandre kouyoumdjian in 1944 in cairo, egypt is a french singer and artist of the 1970s. But costandinos still has his excesses side 2 is devoted entirely to the. Alec has an eclectic set of fulltime staffers who strive daily to promote limited government, free markets and federalism. Alec wrote for and produced many disco artists including love and kisses, don ray, tony rallo, cerrone, paris connection, sphinx, sumeria and alan hawkshaw.
Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from alec r. Costandinos you must be love 1979 the first album i put is one of the rarest of the marvelous group love and kisses. Costandinos may not be the first name that most people connect with the disco years of the late 70s, yet he is widely regarded by disco connoisseurs as one of the greatest producers of the era. Consider this past july my summer holiday from blogging if you will. Costandinos and his productions festival keep moving i put an very classic disco. Love and kisses thank god its friday lyrics genius lyrics.
Live videos of the band are here, along with our exclusive flashback f. From the last album of the greatest disco producer ever. Jun 16, 2011 patrick byrne eta thekingsking elvis comp 2nd place winner porthcawl 2009. Costandinos recording career may have been shortlived, but the eurodisco producer dominated the disco world during his late70s reign. May 17, 2019 i am sure some ads will show up on this page for those of you looking. It is now long out of print and nearly unobtainable and features a superb selection of alec r. He has long been considered one of the original catalysts of the french disco. The song has everything you would expect from a disco epic long instrumental intro, disco strings, sentimental melody and words, ideal male and female vocals. For me, and disco aficionados everywhere, this is the greatest disco record ever created as alec costandinos created an absolute masterpiece. Our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. While costandinos doesnt have a string of hit singles to his credit, his forte was glorious, lavishly produced concept albums, often with. Welcome to the youtube home of disco nation, canadas premier disco tribute show band. Its friday single inspired producersongwriter alec r. This effort secured costandinos status as the man who would be offered the opportunity to craft the theme song to casablancas soontofollow.
It is also to hear the deep breaths that a singer within a performance, how a guitarist runs his fingers over the strings of his beloved guitar, how a drummer. He was the king of the eurodisco sound in the 1970s. We have gathered here today to discuss the music, the man, and the album, father of asahd from dj khaled. Flac torrent download,torrent hash is f7f6cbb863f8257f507e732b61b8aedddff2b368. Costandinos trocdero bleu citron trocadero suite 1978. You must be love expanded edition casablanca records. Im pleased to share with all of you that an excerpt from my 1978 album the hunchback of notre dame has been sampled by dj khaled on weather the storm, featuring meek mill and lil babyone of the tracks on khaleds latest album. We encourage you to register or enter the site under your name. Alec r costandinos along with giorgio moroder and cerrone was my absolute favorite from back then. Costandinos hunchback of notre dame 1978 full album under fair use, i take no credit for this audio or visuals in this video, and post this video for entertainment and discussion. He began his career as a publisher and producer for various artists.
Romeo and juliet is a 1978 disco single written and recorded by cairoborn disco producer, alec r. In only three years, 197779, he recorded a staggering 15 albums of glorious, sidelong disco suites and excellent concept albums without comparison. With music streaming on deezer you can discover more than 56 million tracks, create your own playlists, and share your favourite tracks with your friends. Costandinos for sale on cdandlp in lp, cd, 12inch, 7inch format. The genius of alec costandinos is his thinking beyond the box he incorporated william shakespeares own lyrics into this production. Dj khaled father of asahd credits and streams istandard. Costandinoss the casablanca records story for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists.
Darcel wynne, deborah jenssen, pamela rossi, kahea bright, tony fields, alexander cole, mark sellers, janeen best, gayle crofoot. Alec s solo albums contain some of the greatest eurodisco tracks of all time. Darcel wynne, deborah jenssen, pamela rossi, kahea bright, tony fields. About alec the american legislative exchange council is americas largest nonpartisan, voluntary membership organization of state legislators dedicated to the principles of limited government, free markets and federalism. The album announcement came last year via a heartwarming video posted on khaleds official youtube channel. Two households both alike in dignity in fair verona where we lay our scene from ancient grudge break to new mutiny where civil. Costandinos and his productions festival keep moving this is my first alec r. Americana, the album who you can find these song, have these. Costandinos and the syncophonic orchestra collection. After collaborating on cerrones debut album love in c minor 1976, costandinos assembled love and kisses in early 1977, and shortly after the group released their first album, which contained just two songs and so was also classed as a double aside single.
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