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Oh yeah. I'm primarily a fan of Bill Laswell since mid-2000s, and it took me about five years to listen through most of his discography — I've definitely still missed some. Meanwhile Michael Beinhorn also has hundreds of credits. It's basically a full-time job to dig through that scene.

I wonder if this song is a cover, considering it's credited as written by Tuli Kupferberg of The Fugs, and the album has a whole bunch of other covers. Although apparently Mark Kramer played on tour for The Fugs previously, so might've just used the connection.

Also fun fact, Kramer was before in New York Gong with Bill Laswell and Michael Beinhorn, who later were known as Material; and he also played with Butthole Surfers, Ween, Half Japanese (and personally Jad Fair), John Zorn, Penn Jillette and Debbie Harry. And did production for such folks as Galaxie 500, White Zombie, Gwar, and Daniel Johnston. Bongwater also employed Fred Frith on some records, who was in Massacre and Laswell's other projects, and on some of Zorn's records. It's remarkable to see how tight and rich in talent the eighties-nineties New York scene was.

This was near the peak of introspective hipster indie as I knew it, followed closely by 'Bojack Horseman' (although I myself properly encountered both much later).

Wasn't this track on the soundtrack for something? I'm vaguely sure that this is how I must have learned of it. (Edit: apparently it's in fact from 'Bojack Horseman' s2e12.)

Famously has two music videos, one of which (for the 'Tainted Love '91' version) was directed by Peter Christopherson aka Sleazy, of Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV, Coil, and design agency Hipgnosis. Coil recorded their own cover of the song in 1985, with a very different mood, and with Marc Almond of Soft Cell appearing in the video.

Foday Musa Suso was another interesting kora player.

This song famously works splendidly in the dream-pop genre, namely in the interpretation by This Mortal Coil.

That's why I hate when I share music to my acquaintances, and they listen to all of one minute into it. Much of the stuff that I listen to doesn't even start properly until several minutes in.

'Around the World' is actually a cover of 'Pesenka' by Ruki Vverkh (meaning 'A Song' by Hands Up).

As is noted in your linked video, the popular version of 'Macarena' is the remix by Bayside Boys. The original is a bit different.

Dr. Alban was born in Nigeria and migrated to Sweden of all places, at 23 years old, and became a DJ to finance his study of dentistry. Curiously, there were plenty of people moving from Africa to Central and Northern Europe back then, supplying the demand for black MCs in eurodance.

'Pump Up the Jam' features model Felly Kilingi in the video, although the actual woman vocal was performed by Ya Kid K — who only got credited on the US reissue of the single, and appeared in the following video ‘Get Up (Before The Night Is Over)’.

Yeah, I only recently found this out and was computing for a couple minutes straight. Turns out she was about sixteen when 'Herzfrequenz' was released. This of course means that she neither wrote nor produced the songs, unlike Marusha for example. Worse even, I've looked through her more-recent albums, including those released in 2000s-2020s under her actual name Jasmin Wagner, and she's not credited as the writer or producer on any of them.

That said, her songs are certified bangers.

That seems to be a gabber version. The Flamman & Abraxas Radio Mix is the one that made the track popular, plus it has the music video.

Also, check out the origin of the vocal samples: David Peel's 'I Like Marijuana'. It's quite something.

Fun fact: Blümchen is 46 years old currently.

This has come up before. Considering OOP grew up in France, she may in fact be qualified to diagnose her proficiency in the language.