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29/07/2025

It’s been a few months since we released Night City Life II but thankfully we continue to receive photos from the artists that were included on the album which is always a pleasure.

Here we have Glavidio aka Claudio D’Ignoti whose debut single Anche Per Noi was picked up by from a collector many years ago, long before it became the sought after record it is now. Released in 1982 on Belgium label Mondial, this is a beautiful piece of Italo with a superb bass line.

Thank you 🙏

Claudio D’Ignoti - Anche Per Noi
My parents, who are of Sicilian origin, come from a family of musicians. My dream came true in 1982 when I recorded my first 45 in a studio with real musicians. “Anche Per Noi” quickly propelled me onto radio stations and discos all the way to Italy. Glavidio D’Ignoti

06/06/2025

Licensing these compilations always takes time to complete and the first track we cleared for NCL II was The Spirit of America by Spinnaker so we have to say a big thank you to Britt Cobble (pictured here) for being extremely patient while we navigated licensing the rest of the album.

Still producing and recording music in North Carolina, here’s Britt’s story of The Spirit of America.

Spinnaker - The Spirit of America
In the summer of 1985, I was fortunate enough to have recorded my debut album. I called myself the Spinnaker Project and the album was called Maiden Voyage. I played all of the instruments in real time with no looping and Touter Harvey (Bob Marley’s keyboard player) engineered it in his studio.

With Spirit of America, I was focused on capturing our country’s strength and solid values with grace. There is a certain thread of mystique as well. It was a great experience to have recorded this project! Britt Cobble

03/06/2025

Much of the detective work for NCL II was carried out by Ilan through his obsession for digging and collecting rare and over looked gems from the far reaches of the Italo scene.

Some of the artists featured had multiple releases at the time, some just the one before they moved on to new projects.

Playground is an artist with just one self-released 7” recorded in Sweden back in 1985. Rainy Day Woman was the b-side on the release and is the perfect opener to NCL II.

Here’s producer Ulf Hedlund Pettersson and his story.

Playground - Rainy Day Woman
In 1983 I rented an 8-track mobile recording system, along with a Roland Juno 60 synthesizer and a TR-808 drum machine and set it up in my bedroom at my parent’s house and recorded about a dozen instrumental demo songs. Problem was, I wanted them to be vocal tracks so I called my old bandmate Göran Edman who came along and put down some amazing vocals. After all the songs were done there was one that stood out from the rest, and that was this song called ‘Rainy Day Woman’. The title was taken from a dictionary on American slang, and I liked the ambiguity and sort of double meaning of the words, so that was the basis for the lyrics. It was then self-released in early 1984 as a B-side single, but didn’t really do well at all. Ulf Hedlund Pettersson

29/05/2025

The second instalment of trip through his night time neon world has been universally well received since it hit the stores two weeks ago.

To make these albums happen we of course need to track down all the artists and including their stories in the sleeve notes has always been a priority for us, something we hope gives a greater understanding of the music’s time and place.

Here’s Jimmy D and his memories of recording Rescue Me (Imagination) (Dub)

As a budding 20-something songwriter/musician - working in a modest, home bedroom studio - Rescue Me (Imagination) first took shape on a Roland RS-09 Organ/String synth keyboard, circa 1982. Initially combining a simple reggae-style rhythm with a bluesy vocal melody, Rescue Me (Imagination) went through various transformations, finally becoming the ‘electro meets R&B’ version which informs the A-side. In contrast, however, this experimental B-side dub version turned out to be a far different and darker beast: painting a more impressionistic, surreal picture of the narrator’s turmoil through expert manipulation of an early Bel digital delay FX unit. That was mainly down to Bark Studio’s co-founder, John O’Connor, who knew his way round the desk and gear like the truly seasoned, pro engineer he was and is. Having left the legendary east London studio after that final session with 3 or 4 random dub mixes, over the next several days, I set about compiling a master - eventually achieved by first selecting and then splicing various bits of each mix at home, with the aid of a Revox 2-track recorder. Finally, after seemingly endless hours of repeated scrolling through all the assorted takes, I got the result I wanted. Now, incredibly, the song is forty years old this year (2024) - almost twenty years older than I was at the time of its creation. Heartfelt gratitude to all who helped me along the way to achieving its original release on vinyl. (And, indeed, again - this time round!) May any listeners enjoy the result of this 7-minute head-trip into a sonic heart of darkness as much as I relished making it. James Douglas

19/05/2025

Shout to and for their NCL II review, support like this is always appreciated 🙏

16/05/2025

Three years in the making, Night City Life II is finally released today on 2LP Gatefold Vinyl and Digital featuring 14 tracks of rare Italo b-sides and hard-to-find synth-pop gems.

The beautifully designed gatefold LP includes liner notes from compiler as well as extensive track histories from some of the artists themselves.

This one has been another of those true labours of love made possible by a great team so huge shouts to Ilan for his tireless and unique digging skills, for yet another stunning gatefold design, Peter Beckmann for his superb restoration and mastering skills, for keeping the creative vision on track and to Simon (Leng) & Paul (Claremont 56) for turning these ideas into a reality.

Lastly and most importantly, BIG thanks to everyone who supports our releases with a purchase. 🙏

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14/05/2025

The first batch of Night City Life II pre-orders are heading out the door today so big thanks to everyone who has picked this up in advance from our Bandcamp store.

And if you happen to be in and around east London on Saturday night Ilan Night City Life is launching the album with a special NCL set Filly Brook where we’ll have some copies for sale, you might even get him to sign one for you!

We hope you love the album as much as we’ve loved putting it together.

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