August Darnell Years 1974-82
Strut
SOUL/FUNK
During the 80s, KID CREOLE was the zoot-suited ‘Tropical Gangster’, a Latino Cab Calloway mixing pop, p-funk, big band swing and Latin rhythms for a series of global chart smashes, from “Stool Pidgeon” and “Annie, I’m Not Your Daddy” to “Endicott”.
Under his real name, AUGUST DARNELL, Kid Creole had developed his feel for unusual music fusions and intelligent, acerbic life stories since 1974 through a series of projects as a prolific writer, musician and producer.
Taking the name from the ELVIS PRESLEY film, Darnell created Kid Creole in 1980 and alongside his three female singers, THE COCONUTS, led by his Wife Addy, and a band including DR. BUZZARD’s COATI MUNDI, he began honing his alter ego.
With today’s DJs consistently championing Darnell‘s early work (DANNY KRIVIT, DIMITRI FROM PARIS, PRINS THOMAS, TREVOR JACKSON and DERRICK CARTER amongst them) this exclusive STRUT release covers 1974 to 1983 and features rare extended versions and album tracks released on CD for the first time.
Compilation by DJ GUIDO of PARIS DJs with extended sleeve notes by legendary New York journalist VIVIEN GOLDMAN.
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