8 Tracks – Darshan Jesrani (Metro Area)

One half of the very excellent Metro Area, Darshan Jesrani has started up a new label concept ‘StarTree’, primarily aimed at releasing his own creations. He’s just released ‘All-Night People’ under the moniker of Funn City, combining late-70s dance music alongside swirling synths. It’s an honour to have him pick his 8 favourite tracks of what sparks his musical imagination.
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My parents, sister and I took a trip by train to St. Louis (my mother’s hometown) in 1981 or 82 to visit my grandmother, who was in the hospital at the end of her life. I was 8 or 9. I heard this song on the radio in my cousin Lisa’s car and still remember leaning forward, over the gearshift from the back seat to listen closer and ask what it was. I bought the “Moving Pictures” album when I got back home, from a store in the mall called Book & Record. What I loved about this song was the intro and the sparseness of the verses heavy on the synth, with a scifi vibe that I was kind of un knowingly searching for.
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