CockTail d’Amore: Boris & Discodromo’s party-cum-label

Whether you’re into mustaches, beards or chest hair, CockTail d’Amore is the queer party that’s got it all. Oh, right, and some decent dance music too! Since launching last year, the Berlin-based night has attracted more bears than a clay pot of HUИNY.

CockTail d’Amore typically happens on the third Saturday of each month and is hosted by Boris — who’s also a resident DJ at the legendary Berghain — and imported Italian act Discodromo. And Expatriarch can reveal that later this year, the hirsute crew will launch their own eponymous record label. Continue reading for a brief Q&A with Discodromo’s Giovanni and to download the CockTail d’Amore remix of the 1970s Italian disco classic “Rumore”…

Expatriarch: What music releases can we expect from you guys next? Any other projects coming up?

Discodromo: The CockTail d’Amore rework for Los Massieras came out recently on Bananamania, and next up is a Discodromo remix for Dance Disorder, out later this month on BPitch Control. Also on the way are two Discodromo 12″s for Internasjonal: “Numero Uno” (including an Ichisan & Nakova remix) and “Build a House” featuring Hard Ton (including a Tensnake remix), as well as a few tracks coming out on Solardisco, Slow Motion and Discaire Records (the new label from San Francisco’s Honey Soundsystem guys).

Boris did a solo track for the upcoming Ost-Gut Ton compilation Fünf, and together we’re all going to launch our own CockTail d’Amore label.

Download mp3: Los Massieras “Rumores” (CockTail d’Amore rework)

Can you name one track that always gets a good reaction from the dancefloor, no matter where or when you play it?

Cos/Mes “Gozmez Land” (TBD remix) on ESP Institute:

Can you identify what’s special about Berlin’s gay/queer scene?

There’s so much freedom in this city that all the different kinds of fags, lesbians and trannies are pretty much happily mixed. Take our party for example: there are twinks, bears, freaks and even (a few) fashion people all having fun together, without creating ghettos within the ghetto like it would happen in other cities…

Cocktail d’Amore is off for the month of September, but will be back in action for October — join the Facebook group for announcements on date and location. Meanwhile, Boris plays at Berghain on the 25th of September, and Discodromo play this Sunday the 12th at Le Petit Pö and on the 9th of October at Star of Bethnal Green, London.

Finally, as some background info, here’s the theme song to the Italian television show Cocktail d’Amore sung by Stefania Rotolo (which is most definitely not representative of the kind of music that Boris and Discodromo play):