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-[[Image:Strut_is_back.gif|right|thumb|''[[Disco Not Disco|Disco Not Disco]], [[Post Punk]], [[Electro]] and [[Leftfield]] [[Disco]] [[Classic]]s]]{{Template}}+{{Template}}
-[[Disco Not Disco]] is a series of [[avant-garde music|avant-garde]] [[disco]] compilations published by [[Strut Records]] in the early [[2000s]]. They feature late 1970s and early 1980s atypical [[dance music]] such as the [[Arthur Russell]] tracks "[[Kiss Me Again]]", "[[Tree House/School Bell]]" and "[[Tell You (Today)]]".+
-==Volume 1==+
-; Track listing+
-1. [[Walking on Thin Ice]] - [[Yoko Ono]]+'''Gina X Performance''' was a [[Germany|German]] [[dance-rock]]/[[electropop]] ensemble from [[Cologne]], consisting of vocal artist and lyricist Gina Kikoine and writer/producer [[Zeus B. Held]], [[Ralph Morgenstern]] (backing vocals), Hinrich Sickenberger (backing vocals, drums) and Lazlo Czigany (drums).
-2. [[Cavern]] - [[Liquid Liquid]]+
-3. [[Tell You Today]] - [[Loose Joints]]+
-4. [[Spasticus Autisticus]] - Ian Dury+
-5. [[Over and Over]] - [[Material]]+
-6. [[Wheel Me Out]] - [[Was (Not Was)]]+
-7. [[Kiss Me Again]] - Dinosaur+
-8. I Walk - [[Don Cherry]]+
-9. [[Voices Inside My Head]] - [[Common Sense]]+
-10. [[School Bell/Tree House]] - Indian Ocean+
-11. [[Macho City]] - [[Steve Miller Band]] +
-==Volume 2==+Held had previously been a member of the group [[Birth Control (band)|Birth Control]], and split to record solo in 1978, beginning work with Kikoine that year. Gina X Performance released several albums in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and were frequently played in North American and European [[dance club]]s at the height of their popularity. Their most well-known songs are the singles "No G.D.M." and "Nice Mover".
-; Track listing+
-1. [[White Horse]] - Guldberg, John+==Discography==
-2. [[Problemes d'Amour]] - Bigazzi, Giampiero+*''Nice Mover'' ([[Crystal Records]]/[[EMI]], 1979)
-3. [[Bostich]] - Blank, Boris+*''X-traordinaire'' (EMI, 1980)
-4. [[Aspectacle]] [[Holger Czukay]] Edit - Czukay, Holger+*''Voyeur'' (EMI, 1981)
-5. [[Ciquri]] - Beinhorn, Michael+*''Yinglish'' ([[Statik Records]], 1984; credited to Gina X)
-6. [[Get Down]] - Williams, Noel+
-7. [[Timewarp]] - [[Eddy Grant]]+
-8. [[Let's Go Swimming]] - Russell, Arthur+
-9. [[Funky Sting]], Pt. 1 - Waite, Barry & Ltd.+
-10. [[Fourteen Days]] - Bauer, Uschi+
-11. [[This Is Radio Clash]] - Clash [1] +
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-==Volume 3==+
-The subtitle of this third volume is "Post Punk, Electro, & Leftfield Disco Classics 1974 to 1986" and the CD features the tracks "[[Mind Your Own Business(song)|Mind Your Own Business]]" by [[Delta 5]], "Crunch Cake" by [[Isotope]], "Your Life (party mix)" by [[Konk]], "Launderette" by [[Vivien Goldman]], "My Spine Is The Bassline (12" edit)" by [[Shriekback]], "[[Contort Yourself]] ([[August Darnell]] rmx)" by [[James White & The Blacks]], "Love Tempo (rmx)" by [[Quando Quango]], "[[Sharevari]] (inst)" by A Number Of Names, "Silent Street/Silent Dub)" by [[Maximum Joy]], "Shake It Right" by Six Sed Red, and "[[Los Ninos Del Parque]] (12" mix)" by [[Liaisons Dangereuses (band)|Liaisons Dangereuses]]. With full booklet featuring sleeve notes by [[Bill Brewster]], author of ''[[Last Night a DJ Saved My Life (book)|Last Night A DJ Saved My Life]]''.+
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-; Track listing+
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-1. [[Vivien Goldman]] - [[Launderette]]+
-<br>2. [[Delta 5]] - [[Mind Your Own Business(song)|Mind Your Own Business]]+
-<br>3. [[Shriekback]] - My spine is the bassline+
-<br>4. [[Konk]] - Your life+
-<br>5. [[Isotope]] - Crunch cake+
-<br>6. [[James White and The Blacks]] - [[Contort Yourself]] (August Darnell remix)+
-<br>7. [[Quando Quango]] - Love Tempo (remix)+
-<br>8. [[Gina X Performance]] - [[Kaddish]]+
-<br>9. [[Material]] - [[Don't Lose Control]] (dance version)+
-<br>10. [[Kazino]] - Binary+
-<br>11. [[Liaisons Dangereuses]] - [[Los Ninos del Parque]] (12 inch mix)+
-<br>12. [[A Number of Names]] - Sharevari (instrumental)+
-<br>13. [[Six Sed Red]] - Beat'em right+
-<br>14. [[Maximum Joy]] - Silent Street/Silent Dub END+
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-== See also ==+
-*[[Post-disco]]+
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Gina X Performance was a German dance-rock/electropop ensemble from Cologne, consisting of vocal artist and lyricist Gina Kikoine and writer/producer Zeus B. Held, Ralph Morgenstern (backing vocals), Hinrich Sickenberger (backing vocals, drums) and Lazlo Czigany (drums).

Held had previously been a member of the group Birth Control, and split to record solo in 1978, beginning work with Kikoine that year. Gina X Performance released several albums in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and were frequently played in North American and European dance clubs at the height of their popularity. Their most well-known songs are the singles "No G.D.M." and "Nice Mover".

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