Shfl Update, 12/7

Harold Heath on Italo-disco plus new recommendations from Sean Wood, Chris Catchpole, Jon Dale, Megan Iacobini de Fazio, Nate Patrin, Joe Muggs, Ned Raggett and Philip Freeman

Guides

Harold Heath on Italo-disco, I absolutely cannot get De-Ja-Vu by Klein & M.B.O out of my head

Recommendations

Sean Wood on a (non-Mozart!) 18th century comic opera and a really superlative set of Bach’s Sonatas & Partitas

Chris Catchpole on The La's, The Libertines, Nick Drake, The Beach Boys, The Smiths, The Style Council, Dexys Midnight Runners and The Stairs

Jon Dale on Pentangle, Fairport Convention, John Renbourn, Blixa Bargeld & Alva Noto, Bert Jansch, Einstürzende Neubauten and David Grubbs

Megan Iacobini de Fazio on Abdel Gadir Salim, Abdel Aziz el Mubarak, Hadi Zeidan, DJ Lag, ZULI, The Guo Brothers & Shung Tian, ABADIR, Darama, Eishan Ensemble, Bezunesh Bekele, Nitin Sawhney, Cheba Wahida, Nia Archives, Mohamed Gubara and Julmud

Nate Patrin on Alice Cooper, Jimmy Cliff, Allen Toussaint, Shuggie Otis, Pink Floyd and the Ohio Players

Joe Muggs on Toxicated Keys, Seo, Syd & The Assurance Compilation

Ned Raggett on The Soft Pink Truth, Dead Witch Flying, Steve Roach & Tears for Fears

Philip Freeman on Kraftwerk, Scorn, Moritz von Oswald Trio, Roine Stolt, Jon Anderson, Surgeon and Gas