Disco Frankenstein

Description

From the crypts of Parisian funk obscurity comes the long-lost Halloween holy
grail, 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
vinyl just in time for Halloween 2025.