I want this record SO badly that I am reluctant to even make other people aware of it. The third release on the legendary italo label Fuzz Dance. http://youtu.be/wdP3N9Od5Ew

SCHEMATIC: Bootleg reissue...

Plastic Love is now available on Safety Copy 07, a limited edition (333 copies) clear vinyl german bootleg. This same pressing also features Kirlian Camera's Communicate.

Be still my robotic heart! Jo Lemaire's 1981 cover of the Serge Gainsbourg classic is a sultry, breathy slow burn laid over some tight drum beats and layered, melancholy synths. "I came to tell you I am going..."

Anybody else spot a Daft Punk Technologic sample in this, particularly once the lyrics kick in around 0:40? The 2+ minute breakdown at 3:48 is some robotic funk video game pinball madness! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45M0cz-9Nvs

http://youtu.be/I3G7oj0GqRs

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From the Hideki Matsutake's album Logic released in 1981. How can you argue with a hot (french) girl singing over smooth robotic beats? Get the Japanese pressing: It is sonically superior and not expensive (yet).

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