• Tonistics – Holding On
    • Tonistics – Dimona (Spiritual Capital Of The World)
    • 1. Holding On
    • 2. Dimona (Spiritual Capital Of The World)

    Killer Jacksons-style disco / funk 7" reissued on the excellent Athens Of The North label! 

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