T-Coy

I promise there will not be too much dance music on this blog, but I felt compelled after seeing a post referring to these chaps on the Cerysmatic Factory board.

T-Coy were Simon Topping (former A Certain Ratio frontman) and Mike Pickering (former Quando Quango frontman, Hacienda DJ and soon to be M-Person). Back in 1987 and 1988, they released a couple of 12" dance singles which were really the start of the new club culture which grew out of Manchester and it's Hacienda. Though not everybody's cup of tea, their unique form of latin-tinged house music did get my toes tapping and I was particularly drawn to the melancholic and minimalist simplicity of Regret and the percussion driven Da Me Mas.

I've ripped all three of their original singles for this post (complete with B-sides) for those who also like to tap their toes from time to time.

Tracklisting:

1. Carino

2. Regret

3. I Like To Listen

4. Catalonia

5. Da Me Mas

6. Night Train

7. Keep On Driving

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