Romain FX - Spacer Woman 12"

Hong-Kong based French producer Romain FX first created this Cantonese-language cover version of Charlie's italo-disco anthem 'Spacer Woman' some years back. It has been a staple of his sets - and others in the Hong-Kong scene - ever since, so it's nice to see it finally get a proper release courtesy of Sound Metaphors offshoot 'Bless You'. In its opening 'Vocal Mix' form, the track lightly updates the sound of the original record while retaining key elements (the bassline and deliciously intergalactic chords). It's very well made, feeling both lo-fi and surprisingly expansive at the same time. It comes accompanied by two alternate takes: an instrumental 'Karaoke version' and the flipside 'Acid Trip Version', which dispenses with the vocal and adds in trippy TB-303 lines and other wayward electronic motifs.

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Finally the mystery is solved. After seeing air time by jocks like Harvey and Orpheu the Wizard and causing an absolute frenzy amongst diggers world-wide going into a hopeless hunt for what was thought to be a rare unearthed Cantonese version of "Spacer Woman" from back in the day. Only to find out that it was actually a newly produced cover version by Romain FX -- we can all sleep better at night now (and actually even own a copy of the record without having to give up a kidney!). Here it is, finally, after tumultuous negotiations with the original rights owners, Hong Kong raised Romain FX's skilful efforts to give the absolute classic Italo-disco bomb a new facelift --"Spacer Woman" but now in Cantonese. Subtle but effective, he presents a new rendition with Cantonese lyrics by Cheung Yuen Tung along with a very respectful "Acid Trip Version". Get it while you can because the deal made with the original rights owners only allowed for a very limited pressing. 

Spacer Woman (Vocal version) 7:00
Spacer Woman (Karaoke version) 7:02
Spacer Woman (Acid Trip version) 6:17