GINA X PERFORMANCE
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From Cologne, Germany, avant-garde electro pioneers Gina X Performance (Gina Kikoine and Zeus B. Held) released four albums between 1979 and 1984. They remain best known for the classic electronic dance singles No G.D.M. and Nice Mover, which remain club favourites worldwide, and whose enduring influence can be heard in the music of Ladytron, Goldfrapp and Miss Kittin and the Hacker. To read full Gina X biography click here. To purchase CDs click here.


NICE MOVER (LTMCD 2450) £10
The classic first album, first released on Crystal in the autumn of 1979 and now digitally remastered with 4 bonus tracks. Produced by Zeus B. Held and Martin Homberg, the album features the cult singles No G.D.M. (Dedicated to Quentin Crisp) and Nice Mover, as well as the original version of Do It Yourself. Booklet includes full recording information and artist biography. Full tracklist: Nice Mover, No G.D.M., Plastic Surprise Box, Casablanca, Be A Boy, Exhibitionism, Black Sheep, Tropical Comic Strip, No G.D.M. (Berlin 1992 Mix), Nice Mover (7" edit), No G.D.M. (7" edit), Homage a B.B.

Reviews: "Like an artier Moroder, the noirish synth-funk textures provide the iciliy futuristic backdrop for gender-bending tales. 4 stars" (Uncut magazine, 06/05); "Pioneering electro-pop - hints of Kraftwerk, Nico and Studio 54-era Grace Jones" (Mojo, 09/05); "Did you ever wonder where Grace Jones and Miss Kittin learned all their moves? Look no further than Gina X Performances's 1979 electro new wave classic. The highly influential club singles Nice Mover and No G.D.M. are ground zero for the combination of cold-wave electro, cocaine-fuelled disco sleaze, dark cabaret and gender-bending performance aesthetics that would come to dominate the Berlin and NYC scenes during the early 1980s, and then again in the late 1990s" (brainwashed.com, 07/05); "Toying with sounds that would later dominate the Euro new wave scene for the next several years, the album is filled with electro, funk and cabaret stylings. Nice Mover is a slinky sexy cold wave creeper that brings to mind Amanda Lear hanging with Kraftwerk at Danceteria" (Catascopic.com); "This new wave avant-electro art prancing is so similar to today's product that I actually checked the CD case to see if this was secretly made in the past year, and packaged as a reissued for authenticity. But no, it's the real deal - tarty Cologne-tinged English lyrics of fashionable discontent (society, drugs) with music that could be Air around the time of their Virgin Suicides soundtrack. Hot damn, what a gem! Unlike your clothes that won't fit in the future, this does fit - and very very well" (Exclaim!, 07/05)



X-TRAORDINAIRE (LTMCD 2453) £10
Second album, originally released in September 1980 and now digitally remastered with 4 bonus tracks. Again produced by Zeus B. Held and Martin Homberg, the album features Strip Tease and the singles Opposite Numbers and Do It Yourself as well as four bonus tracks. Booklet includes full recording information and detailed artist biography. Full tracklist: Strip Tease, Do It Yourself, Opposite Numbers, Cologne Intime, Weekend Twist, Nowhere Wolf, Vendor's Box, Ciao Caruso, Do It Yourself (7" edit), Waiting, Kanal Banal, Hypnosis/Hypnose.

Reviews: "The album is a beautifully sleek and feline creature that retains a clear relevance to today through acts like Goldfrapp, Ladytron and more mainstream ‘pop’ artists such as Scissor Sisters, with whom GXP share a common flirtation with provocatively sexual lyrics and gay/androgynous imagery. Musically we’re in Berlin Bowie meets Chic meets Giorgio Moroder territory and it’s a heady and provocative mix, particularly on the opening triptych of Striptease, Do It Yourself and Opposite Numbers. All three tracks sound fresh and wonderfully hedonistic with their evocative suggestion of fetishist decadence and liberated carnality in some dark underground Cologne club. X-traordinaire holds interest far beyond being merely a curio from the dawn of electronica, thanks to its rich and glossy production and the sophisticated multi-layering of electro-beats and melodic rhythms" (Whisperin' & Hollerin', 06/05); "Disco for the intellect, a new medium that's rich with style and provocation. Sexual sophistication, erudition, hipness and cosmopolitan lifestyle" (NME, August 1980); "Gina Kikoine's voice is spectral, witchy and quite compelling. Beneath the disingenuous Euro-disco surface there's a lot to absorb" (Melody Maker, August 1980)



VOYEUR (LTMCD 2447) £10
The third GXP album, again produced by Zeus B. Held and Martin Homberg, originally appeared in 1981 and was quickly deleted. In fact it's probably their most consistent long player, with stand out tracks including IC Code, Babylon Generation and Hypnosis. The four bonus tracks include a Psychonauts remix of No G.D.M. from the International DeeJay Gigolos label, two extended dub versions of No G.D.M. and Nice Mover by producer Steve D'Agostino, and the rare 12" mix of the Gainsbourg cover Harley Davidson from 1984. 13 tracks, 71 minutes of music. Full tracklist: IC Code, Horror Vacui, Babylon Generation, Kaddish, Video Dragueur, Hypnosis/Hypnose, Pederast Dissection, Hom Intern, Kiruna, No G.D.M. (Psychonauts mix), No G.D.M. (Steve D'Agostino version), Nice Mover (Steve D'Agostino version), Harley Davidson (100 MPH mix)

Reviews: "Voyeur was a radical response to the more straightforward synth-pop direction of the first two GXP albums, and is an enjoyable model of innovative club music that feels even more relevant now than ever. And tacked on to the end are some cool new remixes"(Exclaim!, 12/05)



YINGLISH + REMIXES (LTMCD 2455) £10
The final album, from 1984, is credited simply to Gina X alone, but still produced and co-written by Zeus B. Held. Singles Harley Davidson and Drive My Car are joined by superior Gina X originals such as Waiting and Kanal Banal, as well as five bonus tracks from the remix album originally packaged with initial copies of Yinglish. 16 tracks, 76 minutes of music. Full tracklist: Drive My Car, Die Kunst Des Liebens, Harley Davidson, Thanatos Tanzt, French Lift, Kanal Banal, Londra, Waiting, En Vogue, BB 50, Martyr to Music, Drive My Car (Dance the Car), Kanal Banal (Basic Move), Londra II, Die Kunst Des Liebens (X-tra Long), Waiting (V-Speed)

Reviews: "It's a strong example of 80s left-field Europop, and if that era meant anything to you this will certainly work like a charm. Again bonus tracks are added, which only makes this an even bigger pleasure for maximum indulgence" (Exclaim!, 12/05))


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