Disco Frankenstein
Definitive 1976 horror-disco release from Ice (Lafayette Afro Rock Band) reissued!

Disco Frankenstein

Lafayette Afro Rock Band

€ 29,95
  • LP
Label
Strut Records
Expected release
17 October 2025
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Description

Definitive horror-disco release from Ice (Lafayette Afro Rock Band) – Featuring tracks from their rare Japan-only 1976 release, with all-new Halloween artwork by Liam Large inspired by the original. Pressed on exclusive blood-stained vinyl – A limited Halloween 2025 edition made for collectors and horror-funk fanatics

From the crypts of Parisian funk obscurity comes the long-lost Halloween holygrail, Disco Frankenstein from Ice AKA Lafayette Afro Rock Band. A teasing album of horror-disco oddities originally released as a compilation—a misnomer cloaked in mystery, as the tracks themselves hail from the group’s playful experiments in the mid-to-late ’70s.

This album unearths a twisted treasure trove of grooves, originally scattered across obscure side-projects and international pressings, brought back to life by Strut on blood-soaked vinyl exclusively for Halloween 2025. Originally released as a 1976 Japan-only compilation featuring the Lafayette Afro Rock Band under a plethora of pseudonyms—Sweet Exorcist, Captain Dax, Hot Blood, Krispie and Co., and more, the release was masterminded by producer Pierre Jaubert and led by bandleader Frank Abel with the funk-virtuosity of the Lafayette Afro-Rock Band group, the minds behind the much sampled ‘Soul Makossa’ and ‘Malik’ albums.

Disco Frankenstein represents the band at their most creative—layering wah-wah guitars, thunderous Afrobeat rhythms, and creepy-crawly synths into a funky stew of horror-disco gold. Tracks like “Dr. Beezar (Soul Frankenstein),” “Disco Vampire,” “Zeke the Zombie,” and “Igor’s Reggae” blur the line between Halloween novelty and dancefloor fire, conjured with full seriousness by studio wizards who knew how to raise the funk.

Resurrected by Strut Records and remastered by The Carvery, this compilation finally gets the deluxe treatment it deserves: pressed on limited blood-stained mvinyl just in time for Halloween 2025.

Tracklist

  • 1.City Beast
  • 2.Disco Vampire
  • 3.Godzilla
  • 4.Creature From The Freak Lagoon
  • 5.Disco Frankenstein
  • 6.Dr Beezar Soul Frankenstein
  • 7.Zeke The Zombie
  • 8.Vampire Blob
  • 9.Igor's Reggae
  • 10.She Devil

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