Telex – Telex (mag.  / 7″ Coloured)

Description

Format: Magazine, 7″ Vinyl
Catalogue No.: ES074
Release Date: 24 Nov 2023
Genre: Pop

Our exclusive yellow vinyl seven-inch features the English language versions of Telex’s ‘Moskow Diskow’ and ‘Euro-Vision’. The former rhymes “super-chic” with “fantastique” and namechecks Brigitte Bardot, but is probably most notable for its pacy locomotive-esque rhythm. “I remember thinking it sounded like a train, so we put the flanger on it and then made a whistle with a few cylinders and an envelope,” says Dan Lacksman. ‘Euro-Vision’ is another superb synthpop track and was performed by Telex at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1980, the group having agreed to represent Belgium with the intention of coming last. They weren’t happy when Portugal awarded them “dix points” as the event drew to a close, pushing them just ahead of Finland and Morocco at the last minute.