Night Dreams

I did a mix recently for the Hamburg-based blog Frequency Without Control (FRWCTR), run by fellow crate digger & re-editor Christian Beetz.
The idea of the mix is based on the arty and surrealistic low budget porn movie Night Dreams from 1981, one of two (the other being Café Flesh from 1982) porn movies written by Jerry Stahl under the pseudonym Herbert W. Day. Most people know Jerry Stahl for his biography-turned-to-film Permanent Midnight of 1998, where Ben Stiller stars as a sweaty and leather-clad Stahl in a very un-romantic portrayal of his own heroin addiction during his years in L.A. as a writer for the TV-series ALF and Moonlighting. Both Night Dreams and Café Flesh are dark and twisted visual experiences with the same aesthetics of the post-punk era as Liquid Sky, and the music in these films perfectly reflects that. The trailer for Night Dreams (which is also the intro & outro for my mix) uses a sample from electronic pioneer Morton Subotnicks Wild Boar from 1968.

Sergio Rizzolo – Night Dreams Mix

Simon Eliasson

Sergio Rizzolo is my italian alter-ego when I play records at clubs & bars, or cut and re-edit records and make mixtapes. It’s a DJ-alias that has stuck with me since I was 19, when my biggest heroes were Beppe Loda & Daniele Baldelli.

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