Dee D. Jackson: More disco you can’t live without
Dee D. Jackson is something of a galactic nymph as her voice echoes over swedish-esque disco melodies. Her album “Cosmic Curves” is canonized as one of the most enjoyable records from the brief “space disco” period of the late seventies/early eighties. The 1978 single “Automatic Lover” off of Cosmic Curves became an international success prompting so much fervor in Brazil that a double was needed to appear on television as Dee D. Jackson herself. The track detailed a story in which Dee D. Jackson confesses her romantic loneliness, only to be satisfied by a robotic lover. The song’s chorus sounds like a mystical choir, as if you’ve been touched by the eleventh dimension of space and time. The lyrics are slightly absurd if read literally, but the way the song is woven together makes it sentimentally awesome.
My personal favorite track off the album is “Galaxy of Love.” It’s a track that is completely reminiscent of late seventies American AM-pop, but includes those brightly lit synths that make disco so charming. What can I say, I’m a huge sucker for AM-pop and synths. I feel like I should be transported to the Never Ending Story when I hear this track.
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MP3: Dee D. Jackson – Automatic Lover
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MP3: Dee D. Jackson – Galaxy of Love
She’s gorgeous, like a space-cadet Stevie Nicks.
Yes she’d brilliant – I think Automatic Lover was produced by Giorgio Moroder. She deserves a lot more love than she’s had.
I played Dee Dee as part of Radio Clash’s Space Disco espisodes – her best track after Automatic Lover is called ‘Falling’ and is a beautiful ambient song, something you don’t usually get in space disco
Hope you don’t mind these links, you might be interested in my two Space Disco shows, as approved by Stictly Kev apparently
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http://www.mutantpop.net/radioclash/archives/2007/10/16/rc-135/
http://www.mutantpop.net/radioclash/archives/2007/12/23/rc-144/
awesome! that’s all I have to say
‘automatic lover’ is the first track on little boots’s latest mix too! i love that song!!!
toysauce.com and i both agree that this is priceless. i ripped the youtube FLV and burned it to DVD and sent it to my parents to let them know what i’m up to. thanks.
how can we hire her to play in los angeled
i want to hire music bands of the 70s and 80s please send me info soon for summer madness mini concerts. or call me dino . l 626 272-3327
The release date of “Space and Time 2010″ and “Cosmic Curves” is scheduled for March 26 2010.
In Italy will be distributed by “Self Distribuzione S.p.A.” http://www.self.it
Still awesome.