House Funatik

a few tracks for thursday night at .hifi

DMR Magazine, August 1992 issue, with adverts from DJ International, Murk, 111 East Records, Chic, and The Prodigy, plus club and industry shots featuring Vanessa Daou, Keoki, Vinyl Mania, Marci Weber (MCT Management), Anthony Sanfilippo

Robert Owens

In December 2025 I spent a few weeks in Mexico City and I came across a box of vintage promo photos from the 1960s & 70s at a record store. That’s one of the best parts about digging, you never know what you’re going to find.
These were a few of my favorites…

• ANDREA TRUE was an American disco singer and adult film actress, best known for the 1976 disco classic “More, More, More” with her recording project The Andrea True Connection.

• SERGIO MENDES was a Brazilian musician whose career took off with worldwide hits by Brasil ’66. Across 35 albums, he became known for blending bossa nova with funk, jazz and pop.

• SARA MONTIEL began her acting career in the 1940s. After moving from Spain to Mexico in 1950, she starred in over a dozen films in Mexico before eventually crossing over into Hollywood. She turned down a contract with Columbia Pictures because she didn’t want to be reduced to the stereotypical “Latina bombshell” roles Hollywood often assigns to Spanish-speaking actresses!⚡️

• ELVIRA QUINTANA was a Spanish/Mexican actress and singer who became one of the most popular performers in Mexican cinema during the 1960s. Admired for her beauty and talent, her career was cut short when she died in Mexico City at just 32 years old.