Marxist Love Disco Ensemble

Marxist Love Disco Ensemble – MLDE (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 44:00 minutes | 522 MB | Genre: Disco, Boogie
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Mr Bongo

Sounding simultaneously from the past, the present, and the future, the debut album ‘MLDE’ by Marxist Love Disco Ensemble seeks to eradicate both the trite from disco and the sobriety from political music. Half poetic, half tongue-in-cheek, this stunning compact eight-track album is influenced by Eastern European and Mediterranean 70s disco records. In the words of band member Paolo, ”it was written in response to hearing ‘I love America’ by Patrick Juvet. The song prompted the question: why does disco, a genre originally created by oppressed minorities, eventually become synonymous with Western capitalist excess?” MLDE seeks to break this connection.
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