ARABESQUE - CITY CATS
- Format: (LP) Vinyl record 12"
- Executor: ARABESQUE
- Title: CITY CATS
- Catalog number: MIR100721
- A country: Europe
- Label: Мирумир
- Year of issue: 1979
- Complictation: DELUXE EDITION
- Type of publication: EDITION 2015
- Condition (record/cover): SS
- Style: Disco
- Rarity: star_rate
Arabesque - West German female pop group, worked in the genre of disco with elements of hi-NRG. Music almost all the songs of the group written by Jean Frankfurter. The main vocalist of Sandra after the group disbanded, he continued a successful solo career (in the 1990-ies was also involved in the Enigma project). The group Arabesque was volatile and in the beginning of existence was changed several times. Arabesque was popular in Japan once in 1978 at MIDEM fair in Cannes, they drew the attention of the Japanese record company "Jhinko Music". In Europe, including his native Germany, before the release of the single "Marigot Bay" in 1980, the group could not boast of a "mad" success. After that, they gained some fame, but to "Japanese" level and have not risen: of the nine albums released in Japan, in Germany, there was only four. The original trio consisted of Michaela Rose, Karen Ann Tepperis , later continuing his career in the group "Shakira", Mary Ann Nagel. This lineup recorded only one single, "Hello, Mr. Monkey" (1978), and Mary Ann was replaced by Jasmin Elizabeth Vetter, who previously played sports and was part of the women's German national team in gymnastics. In this composition the band recorded their first album "Friday night", and then Karen replaces Heike Rimbeau. Writing the second half of the album "City cats" (1979), Heike goes, and in its place there is the now infamous Sandra Ann Lauer, the composition (Sandra, Jasmin and Michaela group and will last until the end of his career. Deluxe edition of "Mirumir" as usual, will differ a great sound (all albums in this series have been reinterpreted from analog sources), a stunning design on metallic cardboard sleeve and booklet with lyrics and rare photos.
