West India Company - Ave Maria (Om Ganesha)

[Mannchild11]

Took over twenty years to find out who did this. I knew the name obviously but to now know that Vince Clarke had something to do with this is incredible.

[awbleevs]

oh the memories mid 80s ...GandyDancer Powerhouse disco ! 1122 Hamilton st Vancouver B.C ... 

[Tangobutton]

This played at the Nectarine Ballroom in Ann Arbor and Uptown in Bowling Green OH in the fall of 1985. And I have a mixtape from a DJ from Uptown to prove it.

[teamzwo]

AWESOME stuff - great job Vince, Stephen!

[realbadteeth]

vince clarke blowing my mind

[billyrayvalentine44]

starck club dallas texas 1986/ capri nightclub shreveport la.........dj billy mathias

[PH1069]

AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!

[MeredithWaters]

Bless you for posting this. I thought this song was lost forever to me. It sounds even more amazing and beautiful than I remember, especially since I have moved to the East.

[amitava1988]

@ollyhoney : Vocal from the Queen of Melody & Nightingale of Asia - ASHA BHOSLE

[johnvonahlen]

I have loved this since I bought the 12" Vinyl back in the 80's. It still blows my mind....

[tojo6163]

This was a staple at Fire and Ice in Miami. AWESOME SONG!!!

[SpazzyLazzy]

yes, we must have been there same time, around 1986-87. love it

[Otto126]

Thank you for the info , ollyhoney

[ollyhoney]

Keyboards - Stephen Luscombe

Other [Pyrotechnics] - Vince Clarke

Percussion - Pandit Dinesh

Producer - Pandit Dinesh , Stephen Luscombe

[amitava1988]

@ollyhoney : Vocal from the Queen of Melody & Nightingale of Asia - ASHA BHOSLE

[hyoncake]

i partied at the starck club to this song...great memories....RIP rick squillante

[PsiNaught]

i don't know how many years i been trying to find out who did this song. i been typing all the wrong lyrics in google until just now lol.

[SLLMusicProduction]

Easy to hear, that Vince Clark and Stephen Luscombe from Blancmange is the driving force behind this great tune. I still have my 12inch 100% intact as new, since I haven't played it more than 20-30 times in 25-26 years, since I bought it. Great great vibe and groove. I also love the drums which more or less sounds like Stephen Luscombe's work, and some characteristic synth work from Vince Clark :-) I've sampled my 12inch, so I don't need to wear on the vinyl :-)

[karmanautic]

Yes this song bring me back to a late night at Fire and Ice. I love this song, thank you for the post.

love to find it as a mp3.

[elesstron]

this is a great track in the 80s and always loved this song, since then. thank you so much for uploading. i have to correct the comment below. we are talking here about stephen luscombe of blancmange. this title was his side project W.I.C. stephen and vince looks almost the same, most especially on ave maria tv performance in the 80's. the difference: only stephen is a bit taller. both are good synths musicians though ;-)

[innerpig]

As i understand, Vince Clark of ERASURE produced the track, and you can totally hear his syth-work here. As a Roman Catholic i just love the way it takes blasphemy to an utterly Holy level---to be completely vamping off of the prayer of Hail Mary --It's beyond Soul!

[aou722]

yep you're totally right, vince clark produced this song. i used to play this single back in the early 80s. great song.

[Musikfreeky]

Amazing Track !!

[focadima]

great club song!

[fquim66]

thanks!!!!!

one of the songs of my OST history.

La cage the medrano Salou

[m354020]

Yep that was me ;) through the hallway, up the ladder staircase and throught the hatch. Was a great place (F&I) but the best of the best was Kitchen Club the first two years.

[m354020]

Thanks for posting. My 12" is worn out from the zillion times I played it at both Fire and Ice and the Kitchen Club ;O)

Cheers from DJ Mont

[arsenbazyl]

Remember Fire and Ice on Thursday nights , plus they played , indosheen , and bahaus .

[m354020]

Hee hee, well that was me playing on Thursdays (later Fridays and Saturdays too). Indochine was a french band with a huge hit that had the twangin' James Bond kind of guitar "L'Aventurier". One night a lady from France turned up telling me about this local band and that I should play the first song on the album. It was an instant #1 hit. Oh yeah - and Bela Lugosis Dead ;)

[arsenbazy]

I think remember you from Fire and Ice you played upstairs :)

[Cero99]

Thx a lot to Blancmange and the indian crew. Its a song from 1984 and I LOVE IT. I have the orange vinyl-version. And listen here to Vishnu by Blancmange. Have fun!

[butchvelvet]

DJ at Beat Club in Cincy used to wear this song out at Beat Club!!!!

[robifen]

I have been looking for this song for decades.....a million thank yous....up there with "My Soul Unraps Tonight" by Savage Progress and "Looking from the Hilltop" by Section 25

[METROBULL]

if anyone has a digital version of this track ,please let me know,  i only have my old vinyl maxi single and its nearly worn out .

would love to have it in my collection ,...

it was one of my favs in the early 80s

[jonp1965]

OMG we used to go nuts for this song on the dance floor at London Victory Club in Tampa circa 1984. High on X and clove cigarettes! Still holds up.

[arsenbazyl]

they used to play this song at this place in Miami Called Fire and Ice

[BONGAKdai]

WOW!!! I thought i will never hear this song again.thank u for uploading.80's rules

[drea999]

Thanks for posting this = haven't heard this in about 20 years!!!

[billymathias]

what a song...the almost haunting intro...i djed at a nightclub called te capri in shreveport, la . in the late 80's. i used to turn the house out on this one..love the drums on this one..this song was made for exstacy..love it...we were doing raves before raves exsisted..thank you for putting this song on here..it's kind of rare..thank you thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!dj b