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Speed Cross [BST​-​X079]

by THUNDER

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    Released in 1980, “Speed Cross” by Thunder is an adventurous dancefloor epic seeing octave basslines and galloping disco beats supporting galactic pads, kinetic guitars, and flamboyant talk box solos. The track was originally backed by the pastoral prog of “The Game,” wherein jangling acoustics and funky clavinets give way to charismatic vocal magic, as a sun-soaked classic rock groove cruises down some endless summer highway. And now, in reissuing both tracks, Best Record Italy has also invited in Mystic Jungle and Whodamanny for a spaced out remix of “Speed Cross.” Acidic basslines flow through dub delays, Hi-NRG chords flash like a heatwave mirage, and disco beats crack beneath celestial synths and star-seeking funk licks before the track erupts into a sinister guitar solo soaked in psychedelic fuzz.
    (Words by Braden Balentine / The Sun Lounge)

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Toto Torquati’s “Speed Cross,” released in 1980 under the name Thunder, sets epic octave basslines and a disco drum gallop beneath galactic pads and malfunctioning cascades of energy while kinetic guitar riffs support buzzing chords, laser light harmonies, and flamboyant talk box solos. On its original release, the track was backed by “The Game,” which cuts together pastoral prog and classic rock via shuffling beats, jangling acoustics, and funky flashes of clavinet before transitioning towards passages of charismatic vocal magic, wherein tight beats and thumping bass cruise down endless summer highways while blues pianos dance and guitars jangle in the sunshine. And now, in reissuing both tracks, Best Record Italy has gone one step further by inviting in dancefloor magicians Mystic Jungle and Whodamanny for a spaced out remix of “Speed Cross.” Acid-soaked basslines flow through dubwise delays and Hi-NRG chords flash like a heatwave mirage as disco beats crack beneath celestial synths, star-seeking funk licks, and clouds of oscillation…all before the duo drop a sinister guitar solo soaked in psychedelic fuzz.
(Words by Braden Balentine / The Sun Lounge)

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released February 7, 2021

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Best Record Rome, Italy

Very first Italo-Disco label based in Rome, founded in 1981 by pioneer club-DJ Claudio Casalini. This indie with other sub- labels of early 80's has been the main reference for DJs, musicians, arrangers and for several artists who would became known like: Traks, Gazebo, Mike Francis, Amin-Peck, Ric Fellini, Natasha King, Karl Potter. ... more

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