Telex – Moskow Diskow (1979)

Belgian all-electronic disco pop band. Formed in 1978 by radio DJ/jazz musician Marc Moulin, programmer/sound engineer Dan Lacksman and vocalist Michel Moers. Expressing articulate, militant views on the essential lightness of pop, the group’s tongue-in-cheek championing of disco was not always well understood at the time by the ideologically-correct rock press. Nevertheless, the group’s first three singles (“Twist A Saint Tropez“, “Moskow Diskow“ and “Rock Around The Clock“) became hits in the UK and in the rest of Europe, and a number of Telex 12“s were popular in dance clubs, especially in the USA. Telex made five albums between 1979 and 1988 — Looking For Saint Tropez, Neurovision, Sex, Wonderful World, and Looney Tunes. During a nearly 20-year hiatus came a series of remix albums and compilations, culminating in the 2006 release of How Do You Dance? album, which brought together newly recorded and previously unreleased material. During the hiatu