Blaxone (A.K.-S.W.I.F.T & Franca Morgano) - Good Times (1996)

What this video is

Blaxone was a one-off project pairing German vocalist Franca Morgano and Chicago-born rapper A.K.-S.W.I.F.T. (Burnell Keith Herring), both formerly the frontline performers of Frankfurt eurodance act Magic Affair. Following their departures from Magic Affair by 1995–1996, the duo reunited independently to record a eurodance cover of Chic's disco landmark 'Good Times,' released on Cologne Dance Label in 1996. The…

Why it matters

Represents the eurodance genre's mid-cycle cover-song strategy, whereby Nile Rodgers/Bernard Edwards-era disco compositions were recontextualised as high-energy dance-floor vehicles. As a Chic cover, the track connects 1996 eurodance production to the foundational basslines of late-1970s…