12" - Strut / Audioglobe
'Any new manifestation in culture rewrites the past, turns old criminals into new heroes and old heroes into people who should have never been born. New characters rummage the past to look for precursors, because having roots is legitimate and modern times are suspect, but in any period forgotten characters emerge from the past not as ancestors, but as familiar'. This is the opinion of Greil Marcus, and it's a concept that can be applied to this umpteenth post-punk, electro and leftfield disco collection, published by Strut, one of the brands of the !K7 Label Group. Even though it collects very diverse realities (in the unusual time frame going from 1974 to 1986), the choice is interesting and very enjoyable. We move from the Vivien Goldman of 'Launderette' (with Robert Wyatt at the drums and produced by Johnny Lydon) to the Shriekback of 'My Spine Is The Bassline', not to mention James White and The Blacks, the Yellow Magic Orchestra and the Material. Also worthy of mention are 'Los Ninos Del Parque' by Liaison Dangerouses and 'Sharevari' by A Number Of Names, two tracks often featured in the latest dj-sets of Miss Kittin and The Hacker.
Aurelio Cianciotta