By XLR8R Staff — November 6, 2018
The seventh release on Cure Music comes from Girada Unlimited, featuring two reworks of previously released and very rare tracks.
"Zapatac," the A1, has proven especially popular with Ricardo Villalobos, becoming one of the staples in his recent sets and included in his BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix. It is a rework of Velodrome's "Capitaz," released in 1988.
Momo Trosman, label head of Cure Music, recalls the effort involved in obtaining clearance: "It took us eight months to get hold of the Velodome guys, namely Krishna Goineau and Jordi Guber. First we tried to contact a label owner that had a connection with Jordi but didn't want to provide us the contact. After that, we did some research and wrote to all the labels that had released something from Liaisons Dangereuses trying to contact Krishna. It was a nightmare, no one answered us and we sent over 15 emails." After a few months, Trosman received a cellphone number and made contact. Jordi eventually said he "loves it."
The identity of Girada Unlimited as Julian Perez's label was confirmed in the article. Perez explained the origin of the tracks in a quote:
"All these tracks were played in my hometown of Valencia in the late '80s and beginning of '90s. I was very young at that time when I was listening to those cassettes recorded in clubs such as Barraca, Chocolate, Spook Factory, ACTV, etc. My older friends were always bringing them from the nights and we were copying the tapes all the time. I haven't got those tapes these days but sometimes I look for sets online from the famous La Ruta del Bakalao. That was without a doubt one of the biggest movements in Spain at that time."
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