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Face to Face

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Gino Soccio was one of the many disco producers who worked within euro disco style of the late 70's. Because Euro disco is not my genre of choice in regards to dance music, I'm picky about who and what I would listen to in this style. So I figured if Cerrone grew on me, why not give Gino Soccio a try. While the samples gave me the illusion that this was pure electronic music with no organic instruments, I'm proud to say that Face to Face is a sonically intriguing fusion of deep synthesizers and organic 4/4 drums all throughout- giving it a human touch. The soulful melodies that run throughout seasons these early 80's disco nuggets.

While things jump off to a solid start with "It's Alright" and "Dream On", the song that really does it for me is "You Move Me" (one of the album highlights). While the other songs are in deep in the early 80's mode, "You Move Me" is a late 70's sounding disco soul track that sound like it could've been made by Chic. On the second half of the album , "Who Dunnit?" is a characterized by a stoned robotic bassline that can inspire hip hop break dancin- and is it me or does the guitar riff in the hook sound like Lipps Inc Funkytown. Nonetheless it's a nice sounding track. The centerpiece of the album to me is "Remember". "Remember" is a proto techno workout that leaped light years ahead of the pack as it laid down the ground work for electronica and acid house. It's influence can be heard to this day . I like the amount of musical depth that's contained in "Remember" in spite of the song being composed primarily by Keyboard. Not only is it a good electronic disco record, it's one that's distinctively groovy - instead of the banal emptiness you would hear in a lot of techno records today. Then there's "Look at Yourself". This is not a dance track but an experimental rock track with electronic elements. It's a nice record with a addictive guitar lick that holds it together . While some will be thrown off by this, it's a good enough variation from the dance theme of the album.

While I have no major complaints about this record, I couldn't help but notice a lot of the songs outside of "Remember" and "You Move Me" sound incomplete. "It's Alright" is screaming for more break beats and rhythm shifts and "Dream On" could've used a distinctive hook to make it sound more complete. In spite of that this is a solid electronic record that I recommend to hardcore dance enthusiasts.

Great innovative music way before its time. These songs hold up with the best of today's dance sounds. Female leads are fine. Lengthy songs for really gettin into the music. His best work.

Gino Soccio is one highly talented man. He's innovative and adventerous with his music. I have all the cd's of his albums, but the one that gets played the most is Face To Face. Every track is fascinating and the beats are real smooth. I have to admit, I don't always get into long dance songs. More often than not, I tend to listen to the single versions if they're available. With Mr. Soccio, it's a different story. I have no problem delving into his long tracks because they sound so amazing, especially when it comes to this particular album.
I'm glad Unidisc included the remix of Remember and the single version of It's Alright as bonus tracks. I always felt that Mr. Soccio's voice was too far in the background on the original mix of Remember, but on the remix, it's more up in the front.
This album is one of my very favourites, whether I'm in the mood to dance or go into a trance with my headphones on.
Don't miss this one!!!

After 1981's foray into funk (Closer), Soccio returned to his dance music roots a bit with this album. It contains some very good tracks, notably "Remember," "It's Alright," and two others. It also revisits the hooks from Lipps Inc's "Funkytown" and early SOS Band. As such, it is less original than Soccio's outstanding first lp. It does, however, show beginning ventures into the New Wavish electronic music that would become prominent in dance in this and the next several years with groups such as Visage.

Although all his albums are excellent (with the exception of "S-Beat", an ill-advised attempt at rock music with truly awful results), FACE TO FACE is *THE* Gino Soccio album to own. Every song has its own unique sound; this is not a "cookie cutter" album. And even though this is disco music, it's a far cry from the mindless "ooh, ooh, boogie" tracks of the period. The excellent remix of "Remember" is worth the price of this CD alone. A must have for any serious music collection.

There are a lot of music from the 80s not very good that it success in a country but in another whether this is the case with this Canadian musician who do not achieve success on the radio if not the discoteque far as I know.
this record is perhaps one of the most difficult to achieve this music on the Canadian musician from 80s, for people who like disco music or pop music this is another good album cd of dance music. the best songs on this disc are
IT'S alright
WHO Donnit
Remember