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Black Box

Black Box

The original ‘I Don’t Know Anybody Else’ by Black Box, was released in the UK in 1990, now 31 years later they celebrate by revisiting the Italo disco track with a more grown up Motown disco edit. The track originally broke out of the clubs and into the mainstream, heralding a new era for pop dance. It was also the second single to drop from their original album, ‘Dreamland’ and became an international hit entering the Top 5 in the UK, remaining in the charts for eight weeks.

Black Box
Black Box

The song which has now been re-recorded, is the second single from Black Box’s 31-year anniversary album ‘Dreamlanders’, a rework of their original ‘Dreamland’ album but re-recorded and reworked for a new lockdown generation with home listening in mind.  

 

‘I Don’t Know Anybody Else (Motown Disco Radio)' has added funk, with Black Box paying tribute to Motown’s early-70s sound with an intro inspired by ‘the theme from Shaft’. The vibe has been slowed down, still bursting with those Diva vocals that have possibly become a trademark of Black Box’s work. 

 

Danieli Davoli: “For this re-work, we thought of exploring the atmosphere of the Motown days in the early-70s, there is obviously a little bit of Shaft the detective in there, just to make things more intriguing.” 

 

This new album pays homage to their 31-year career - revisiting the tracks in a more mature style and curated in a way that is reflective of the time, their more advanced years and how we now listen to music during a pandemic.

 

Black Box’s ‘I Don't Know Anybody Else’ (Motown Disco Radio) is out now on Groove Groove Melody.

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