“Daniel Vangarde - The vaults of Zagora Records mastermind (1971-1984)”
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Born Bangalter in 1947, Daniel Vangarde is a French songwriter and producer. The Vickers
Vanguard, a British airliner, inspired his alias. In 1967, he met Jean Kluger (brother of Roland
Kluger, owner of RKM Records, home of the finest belgian library music). Jean produced
Daniel’s first EP in London along with Jean Bouchety who was directing Michel Polnareff’s
debut in the same studio. He became his publisher and taught him songwriting and
production.
In the 1970s, their tandem stood out in those fields, for a plethora of popular French artists
such as Petula Clark, Claude François, Joe Dassin, Dalida, Régine, Sheila and Ringo. Vangarde
and Kluger were also responsible for a number of hit songs by The Gibson Brothers and later
on, in the 1980s, by Ottawan and La Compagnie Créole.
1975 saw the birth of Vangarde’s publishing and producing company: Zagora. Zagora is the
name of a Moroccan village in the middle of the desert he had visited.
He felt the urge to become independent and write lyrics, which he started the same year on
his first and only solo LP. He released a few more records under several monikers.
2022. For the past twenty years, Vangarde has spent his life between France and Brazil. He
runs an NGO that provides art education to the children of a village in the Bahia state. He’s
credited on hundreds of songs. Let’s open the vaults.
Tracklist :
00:00 - Starbow - Voyager II (12'' version)
05:45 - The Electronic System - Moog Jealousy
08:59 - Daniel Vangarde - La Poursuite
11:46 - Who's Who - Dancin' Machine
17:37 - Starbow - Intersidereal message (12'' version)
22:59 - Soul Iberica Band - I'm looking for Jeremy
26:36 - La Boca - Laugh (the longest laugh in the disco history)
31:51 - The Lovelets - Midemman (theme midem 74)
34:24 - Yamasuki - Kono Samourai
37:12 - Amii Stewart - Rocky Woman (12" version)
41:58 - Who's Who - Palace Palace (12" version)
47:40 - The Great Disco Bouzouki Band - Greek Girls
51:57 - Vicky Edimo - Let Me Love You Tonight
55:09 - Gibson Brothers - Come To America (insutrmental disco version)
58:58 - Black Blood - A.I.E. A Mwana
01:01:51 - La Compagnie Créole - La Nuit Des Requins
01:07:10 - Ottawan - Qui Va Garder Mon Crocodile Cet Eté ?
01:10:33 - Rocky & Vandella - Dès Que T'as Dit Disco T'as Tout Dit
01:14:41 - François Patrice - Le Contrat
01:18:16 - Daniel Vangarde - Une Comète Va Rencontrer La Terre
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