VINYL FEVER est un groupe composé des frères Ali et Farid Allalou - Dirty Ali & Funky Farid - et nous viennent de Toulouse. Auparavant, ils animaient une émission sur une radio toulousaine (FMR) dont les studios se situent en-dessous d'une discothèque appelée Le Bikini ... C'est alors qu'ils rencontrent Gilb'R, boss du grand label parisien VERSATILE qui voulait alors créer une subdivison dance-floor appelée DISCOTHEQUE. Gilb'R signe alors leur premier EP sur ce label à la mi-99 ... Puis les deux frères, en entendant le maxi de FUNK LEGACY (voir la rubrique MODJO), décident de contacter le label VERTIGO qui sort 3 titres sur le maxi "Times & Places" vers le début 2000. Ali & Farid continuent en sortant sur CRYDAMOURE avant l'été 2000, un autre maxi sous le nom de THE ETERNALS, qui est une collaboration entre Ali + Farid et Specht Henning (alias Monsieur Club) - ce dernier fait partie du groupe Hypnolove qui sort des maxis sur le label CONFUSION ou RECORD MAKERS, le label de AIR. Plus tard, ils rencontrent ALAN BRAXE (vivant depuis pas mal de temps à Toulouse) qui leur présente BENJAMIN DIAMOND, qui leur signera plusieurs disques sur son label DIAMOND TRAXX ... Enfin, depuis début 2002, on a pu découvrir la collaboration explosive d'Ali et Farid avec MADJI'K sous le nom de THE ALTERED BEAST.

VINYL FEVER is composed of Ali & Farid Allalou - Dirty Ali & Funky Farid - & come from Toulouse, France. Before, they presented a show on a radio from Toulouse called FMR. The studios were under a disco (Le Bikini) ... Then, they met Gilb'R, who is the boss of the great parisian label VERSATILE, he wanted to create a dance-floor subdivision (DISCOTHEQUE). At the middle of 99, Gilb'R decided to release their 1st EP ... After that, the two brothers lstened to the EP of FUNK LEGACY (see MODJO section), & wanted to get in touch with VERTIGO label. They released "Times & Places" at the beginning of 2000. Ali & Farid released "Wrath Of Zeus" on CRYDAMOURE before the summer of 2000 under the name of THE ETERNALS, which is a collaboration between Ali + Farid & Specht Henning (aka Monsieur Club) - this guy belongs to the Hypnolove group which releases EPs on CONFUSION label or AIR's RECORD MAKERS label. Later, Ali & Farid met ALAN BRAXE (who lives for a long time in Toulouse). Thanx to him, the brothers meet BENJAMIN DIAMOND who will release numerous EPs on DIAMOND TRAXX ... Finally, since 2002, we can discover the explosive collaboration of Ali & Farid with MADJI'k under THE ALTERED BEAST's name.

 

 

"Spank That Hip / Old Times" (12", 1999, DISCOTHEQUE / VERSATILE - Discothèque 001)

A1 : "Spank That Hip"
B1 : "Old Times"

"Times & Places" (12", 2000, VERTIGO - VRT004)

A1 : "04H50 AM On The Floor"
B1 : "01H15 AM On The Floor"
B2 : "03H40 AM On The Floor"

"Electronic For Children" (12", 2000, DIAMOND TRAXX - DIAM 601 EP)

A1 : "Electronic For Children (original 909 edit)"
B1 : "Electronic For Children (warriors groove mix)"
B2 : "Electronic For Children (modulation edit)"

"Born In Heaven / The Prophet" (12", 2001, VERTIGO - VRT006)

A1 : "Born In Heaven"
B1 : "The Prophet"

 


(Dirty Ali + Funky Farid + Monsieur Club)

"Wrath Of Zeus" (12", 2000, CRYDAMOURE - CRYDA 011)

A1 : "Wrath Of Zeus (Original Mix)"
B1 : "Wrath Of Zeus (Light Mix)"
B2 : "Wrath Of Zeus (Dub Mix)"
B3 : "Wrath Of Zeus (Zeusappella)"

"Walk For Me" (12", 2001, DIAMOND TRAXX - DIAM 602 EP)

A1 : "Walk For Me"
B1 : "Andromeda Gate"

"Astropioneers" (12", 2002, DIAMOND TRAXX - DIAM 603 EP)

A1 : "Astropioneers"

"Astropioneers (Remixes)" (12", Maxi CD, 2003, DIAMOND TRAXX - DIAM 604 EP)

A1 : "Astropioneers - Main Theme"
A2 : "Astropioneers - Take Off Version (by DMX Krew)"
A3 : "Astropella"
B1 : "Astropioneers - Output's Astropunk Mix (by Junior Sanchez)"
B2 : "Astropioneers - Astrofragmentation Remix (by Del Wire)"
B3 : "X Zone"

"Astropioneers" (2 LP, CD, 2003, DIAMOND TRAXX - DIAM 605 LP / DIAM 605 CD)

01 : "Zero Gravity"
02 : "Walk For Me"
03 : "Emergency Interlude"
04 : "Astropioneers"
05 : "Time Bomb"
06 : "Andromeda Gate"
07 : "Virtual Sex Lounge"
08 : "Birthday In The Stars"
09 : "X-Zone"
10 : "Running Nowhere"
11 : "Revelation"
12 : "Diary Report"
13 : "Alone"
14 : "Rebel's Revenge"
15 : "Strange World"

"Strange World (Featuring Benjamin Diamond)" (12", 2003, DIAMOND TRAXX - DIAM 606 EP)

A1 : "Strange World"
A2 : "Strange World (Obak Autokhan's Need For Speed Remix)"
B1 : "Strange World (Recloose Mix)"
B2 : "Strange World (Octet Feat. Beatdozer 2 In 1 Remix)"

"Strange World (Featuring Benjamin Diamond)" (Maxi CD, 2003, DIAMOND TRAXX - DIAM 606 CD)

01 : "Strange World (Radio Edit)"
02 : "Strange World (Recloose Mix)"
03 : "Strange World (Obak Autokhan's Need For Speed Remix)"
04 : "Strange World (Octet Feat. Beatdozer 2 In 1 Remix)"
05 : "Strange World (Eye To Eye With M. Mayer Mix)"

 


(Dirty Ali + Funky Farid + Madji'K)

"Coney Island" (12", 2001, 20000ST - ST023)

A1 : "Ghost Train"
B1 : "Wonder Wheel"

"Release" (12", 2002, CURVED / DIAMOND TRAXX - CURVED001)

A1 : "Release"
B1 : "Release The Beast"

"No More Mister Nice Guy" (12", 2002, CURVED / DIAMOND TRAXX - CURVED002)

A1 : "No More Mister Nice Guy"
B1 : "The Road Warrior"

 

- MADJI'K : "Midnight Trap" (Vinyl Fever Tracky Mix)" (12", 2000, VOX - VOX002)

- BENJAMIN DIAMOND : "Little Scare (The Eternals Change Your Life Mix - vocal version)" (12", Maxi CD, 2000, DIAMOND TRAXX - DIAM 005 EP / DIAM 005 CD)

- JESS & CRABBE : "Hell & Back (The Jackal "303" Is Back Rmx by Dirty Ali & Funky Farid)" (12", Maxi CD, 2001, FIAT LUX - FL024 / FL024CD)

- WUZ : "Without You (The Eternals 'No rave Without you' Mix)" (12", Maxi CD, 2002, DISQUES SOLID - SLD 049 EP)

- COSMO VITELLI : "Robot Soul (The Eternals' Synthetic Disco Remix)" (2 x 12", Maxi CD, 2002, DISQUES SOLID / LABELS)

 

 

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