Croisette - Landslide

Croisette started out as a studio based group in 1979, fronted by soulful Jewish Mama, Zippy Azizollah. The first album, "Keep It On Ice" came out on AVI Records and was a huge cult disco hit, remixed by Rick Gianatos. Seven years passed, and I left Record Shack, eager to start my own company, and do brand new projects. As my leaving had been somewhat acrimonious at the time, I waited out my contract till the last day of December, 1985, and in January 1986, I rushed into the studio, eager to start all over again. Anne Plaxton of Passion Records had licensed my first production since leaving Record Shack, "You're A Beat" by Eastbound Expressway, and its runaway success meant that we could do a second project together, so what better idea than to resurrect Croisette. To be honest, I had built up a whole bunch of studio projects with my own names and identities - Seventh Avenue, Eastbound Expressway, Croisette, Midnight Sunrise, and Moonstone, and I fully intended to resurrect all five acts, and give them all new identities, which I certainly did in the 18980s. Session singer Tracy Ackerman fronted the amazing "Landslide". The history behind this song was quite a curious situation. We had cut a track for Simon Cowell, by James and Susan Wells, called "There's No Cure For Me", and Simon refused to use it, because the title might upset people, given that between recording it and looking at releasing it, everyone was suddenly aware of the advent of AIDS, and Simon, probably quite rightly, said "I'm not putting a record out called No Cure For Me". So it was shelved at the time, and years later redone as "Love's The Cure For Me". In the meantime , I really liked the feel and the bass line, so I wrote another song over the basic groove, and called it "Landslide". Anyway, when it came out on Passion Records, it was such a massive floorfiller that we needed an act to go out and perform it, and Tracy Ackerman was never going to do that, so we formed a new real act called Croisette, and put them out in every gay club in England, performing the burgeoning Croisette songbook, ending up with Hot Records releasing a "Best Of Croisette". Here they are at the famous "Nightmare On Villiers Street" night in Heaven, in 1987.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• High-Energy
• Disco
• Eighties
• Eurobeat
• Girl-Groups
• Soul

[nrgfan105]

This is an all time favourite HI-NRG track - beautiful production. I have all the croisette releases and the best of CD which came out on HOT records USA. WASTED NIGHTS is a great track, very catchy.

[IanLevine]

Billy from the group, who's on this video, contacted me on MySpace and asked about "Wasted Nights". I have footage of them singing it too. It just needs editing. Watch out for it.

[djangiebaby]

fantastic :)

[slugfulham]

Ian, How about a High Energy DVD! I've just got your DISCO 2008 CD/DVD set, which is great, but your original mid 80's high energy anthems are my favourites :)

[william43]

Question: In 1984 I saw a performance in Heaven of a singer called kim, I'm not sure of the song anymore. I kept her signed Photo for a long time. Was it also one of your records? I'm not sure wat song it was, it was a remake of a Billy Ocean song or one of Rupert Holmes.

[nrgfan105]

Wow ! Thanks Ian - look forward to that.

Just won a 12" copy of MOONSTONE "Your sending me delirious" on e-bay, been after that for years. Trying to collect the NIGHTMARE GOLD series at the moment. A great series of disco tracks.

[LeatherbearPhilip]

Nightmare On Villiers Street 1987. I was there enjoying every minute. Was it really 20 years ago? Seems like last week. This is certainly my favourite song, of all those by Ian and Fiachra, to sing along with.

[Jason1966]

Tracy is Caucasian ...

[glennrivera]

Sorry, Ian - I did not read your comments completely :)

I always knew it was Tracy - did she not like performing in clubs?

[glennrivera]

Ian, This was not Tracy Ackerman? It sounds so much like her.