Fokewulf 190
Body Heat
Fockewulf 190 was a New Wave group from Milan formed in 1980 by Vittorio Barozzi aka Victor Life and Dario Dell'Aere. In
1979 the duo met outside a cinema and began a lifelong collaboration of projects: Diamond Dogs, Ice Eyes, Demode
Boulevard and Fockewulf 190, named after the model jet planes Dario fanatically built. Musically, the duo were inspired
by the Human League's "Reproduction" and John Foxx's "Metamatic", while they took visual cues from the New Romantics
Visage and Ultravox. With the Fockewulf 190 moniker, they created their own dark blend of Italo disco and New Wave, and
released two singles in 1984 and recorded an album's worth of music that eventually saw the light of day in 2010. The
debut single "Body Heat" was released in 1984 on Market Records with the band's name misspelled as Fokewulf and vocals
wrongly credited to Dario. Clocking in at over 6-minutes, the song features Fred's New Beat style vocals over
melancholic, sweeping keyboards and hard edged drum rhythm patterns. On the B-side is an instrumental version with the
occasional "Hey you take a look at me" chorus. All songs have been remastered by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in
Berkeley. The record is housed in an exact replica of the original jacket featuring a black and white mannequin bust
shrouded in fog by Filippo Maniscalco. Each copy includes a double-sided postcard with lyrics, notes and photos. This
reissue is dedicated to Vittorio Barozzi aka Victor Life who passed away in 2014.
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Format
12" · 1 disc
Release
30-03-2018
Label
Item-nr
1194773
EAN
0794811514473
Availability
Not in stock
Tracks
Title
Artist
1
BODY HEAT (VOCAL)
2
BODY HEAT (INSTRUMENTAL)