Tune #104: Gigi Flag - Nymphomaniac

The cosmic disco era of the 80's is worth digging, in order to find hidden gems like the following track:

GIGI FLAG - NYMPHOMANIAC (INSTRUMENTAL VERSION)



Gigi Flag was an one-off alias of Italo-Belgian bassist Gino Malisan. During the first half of the 70's, he was one of the core members (along with his brother Tony) of Esperanto, a Belgo-English band associated with progressive rock music. The band released three studio albums under A&M Records from 1973 until 1975, when the record company decided not to renew their contract. The large maintenance costs (expensive technical equipment, large number of musicians and technical staff) and the reduction of vinyl production due to oil crisis of '73 led to band's demise.

Gino Malisan continued to work as a producer for a limited number of disco/funk compositions from the late 70's to the mid 80's. One of them was Nymphomaniac under his alias Gigi Flag. The space synths and funky bass elements constitute a fine example of cosmic boogie track.

The original vocal version of the track can be characterized X-rated, for obvious reasons...

GIGI FLAG - NYMPHOMANIAC (SEX VERSION)


Many years later, Davide Armour & Philippe Mascerano performed a re-edit of the track, naming it "It's So Exciting (High Jingo Love Love Rework)", through their Boys From Patagonia project.

BOYS FROM PATAGONIA - IT'S SO EXCITING (HIGH JINGO LOVE LOVE REWORK)


The re-edit was released in 2012 by International Feel Recordings, an indie label of Mark Barrott. Additionally, the A-side of the release featured Rimini '80, a re-edit of another old track (Joël Fajerman ‎- Racines Synthétiques). If I am not mistaken, the latter was featured in some ALFOS sets of late Andrew Weatherall and Sean Johnston.

Since the 2012 re-edit is largely based on the original track, I hope that credits were given to the original composer.

Fun fact: Nymphomaniac was included in Greek LP Disco In, featuring on cover the ultimate Greek femme fatale of the eighties, Vina Asiki!