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Roll Of Honour

Category: Dance

Massive Central
Culture, Massive Attack, Music, Record collecting, Reviews, Vinyl

Massive Central

Diamond in the back, sunroof top, diggin’ the scene, with a gangsta lean Continue reading Massive Central

Winsome, Lose Some
Björk, Culture, Dance, Music, Record collecting, Vinyl

Winsome, Lose Some

Mrs 1537 is right yet again. Continue reading Winsome, Lose Some

Yes Daughter, She Can Boogie
Alex Reece, Dance, Drum and bass, Music, Record collecting, Vinyl

Yes Daughter, She Can Boogie

Bass drum and? and bass drum? drum bass and? Ah, I get it … Continue reading Yes Daughter, She Can Boogie

Can Giuli Do The Stroll?
!!!, Culture, Dance, Music, Record collecting

Can Giuli Do The Stroll?

In which our young hero scratches that angry political dancing itch Continue reading Can Giuli Do The Stroll?

Les Synthé Analogique
Culture, Dance, Jean Michel Jarre, Music, Record collecting, Vinyl

Les Synthé Analogique

Eschewing my usual ‘leave it 20 years’ policy, I review an LP released last Friday. Continue reading Les Synthé Analogique

Check Out My Orbs, Baby
Culture, Dance, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Orb, Orbital, Record collecting, Vinyl

Check Out My Orbs, Baby

Tilda Swinton, conflict, tea – this post, quite literally, has something for everyone. Continue reading Check Out My Orbs, Baby

Hazy Horizontal Happiness
Beloved, Culture, Dance, Music, Record collecting, Vinyl

Hazy Horizontal Happiness

In which our young hero kisses and tells. Continue reading Hazy Horizontal Happiness

The G12″ Summit
Culture, Dance, Disco, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Self-indulgent nonsense, Vinyl

The G12″ Summit

The usual tenuously linked nonsense. Continue reading The G12″ Summit

Good News, Boppers
Culture, Dance, Leftfield, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Renegade Soundwave, Vinyl

Good News, Boppers

A further learned treatise combining The Warriors, Leftfield and a soundwave gone rogue. Truly you are blessed. Continue reading Good News, Boppers

Soufflé So Good, So What
Baggy, Culture, Dance, Farm, Indie, Music, Record collecting, Vinyl

Soufflé So Good, So What

In which our hero embarks on a chick-related dancefloor quest. Failing. Continue reading Soufflé So Good, So What

1993 And All That
Culture, Dance, Music, Nation Records, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Vinyl

1993 And All That

We were having a bit of a problem with fascists back in ’93.  The British National Party (BNP), your run-of-the-mill … Continue reading 1993 And All That

I Like That, Turn It Up
Culture, Dance, Happy Mondays, Indie, Music, Record collecting, Vinyl

I Like That, Turn It Up

We’ve been courteous I like that, turn it up I like that, turn it up Solid head.  You’re leaning heavily against … Continue reading I Like That, Turn It Up

Specific State – Icy Kiss Mix
808 State, Culture, Dance, Music, Record collecting, Vinyl

Specific State – Icy Kiss Mix

Hmm, alto sax, bird song, waves on the cover art … hmm, we’re in hurtling through the suburbs of Clichéville in a … Continue reading Specific State – Icy Kiss Mix

Anyone Seen My Sample?
Avalanches, Culture, Dance, Music, Record collecting, Vinyl

Anyone Seen My Sample?

True story here: A family friend in Leeds needed to take a urine sample to her doctor at short notice, the most … Continue reading Anyone Seen My Sample?

Pequod The Night
Culture, Dance, Hardcore, Moby, Music, Record collecting, Vinyl

Pequod The Night

Or: Stuck Inside of Moby With The Memphis Blues Again. Okay Wembley Stadium, Whew! Great to see a full house … Continue reading Pequod The Night

Do You Like To Boogie Woogie?
Comics, Dance, Madonna, Music, Pop, Record collecting, Vinyl

Do You Like To Boogie Woogie?

Do you like to boogie woogie? sang Madonna on Music, the pedant in me wanted to say, ‘Yes, I am … Continue reading Do You Like To Boogie Woogie?

Very Modern Music
Culture, Dance, Lil Louis, Music, Record collecting, Vinyl

Very Modern Music

Let me tell you a story.  It’s not an easy one to tell, but enough years have gone by now … Continue reading Very Modern Music

All Aboard, All Aboard, A-Woah-Ho
Culture, Dance, KLF, Music, Record collecting, Vinyl

All Aboard, All Aboard, A-Woah-Ho

Kick out the jams, motherfuckers!! Five 12″ singles that combine the talents of the MC5, Jim Morrison, Hendrix, Tammy Wynette … Continue reading All Aboard, All Aboard, A-Woah-Ho

Nazi Tits Suicide Anus
Culture, Dance, Music, Prodigy, Record collecting, Vinyl

Nazi Tits Suicide Anus

‘But my dear Miss Woodhouse, can I not prevail upon you to stay for a further turn around the parkland?’, asked … Continue reading Nazi Tits Suicide Anus

My Teacher Taught Me A Song, Would You Like To Hear It?
Ambient, Culture, Dance, Dave Angel, Music, Record collecting, Vinyl

My Teacher Taught Me A Song, Would You Like To Hear It?

Hi my name is HAL 9000. I was invented in 1992.  My teacher taught me a song, would you like … Continue reading My Teacher Taught Me A Song, Would You Like To Hear It?

Improperly Vertiginous Mutation
Ambient, Dance, Music, Record collecting, Vinyl

Improperly Vertiginous Mutation

First we have a bit of tootling post-coital sax, then a beat starts, umm, down below, pulsing but totally insistent … Continue reading Improperly Vertiginous Mutation

Jumpin’ & Pumpin’
Ambient, Andrew Weatherall, Dance, Future Sound Of London, Music, Record collecting

Jumpin’ & Pumpin’

Here’s a great track, something I’ve been playing a lot over the last few days The Future Sound of London … Continue reading Jumpin’ & Pumpin’

Psychosomatic, Addict, Insane
Dance, Prodigy, Rock, Vinyl

Psychosomatic, Addict, Insane

Here’s a trio of party bangers to tee up the start of the year.  I liked the Prodigy when they were … Continue reading Psychosomatic, Addict, Insane

The Bangy-Bangy Spectrum
Dance, Heavy Metal, Metallica, Moby, Record collecting, Soundtrack, Vinyl

The Bangy-Bangy Spectrum

Unless they were carefully constructed purpose-built suites of music, think Paris, Texas or Blade Runner, soundtracks can be a bit of … Continue reading The Bangy-Bangy Spectrum

Heroes
Drum and bass, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Roni Size & Reprazent

Heroes

Roni Size & Reprazent Heroes marked a bit of a mini-watershed for me.  I lucked into this one in August … Continue reading Heroes

It’s So Good, It’s So Good
Dance, Disco, Donna Summer, Vinyl

It’s So Good, It’s So Good

I’m a happy man, I became an uncle for the first time yesterday evening and met my niece, Iris, today.  … Continue reading It’s So Good, It’s So Good

Londinium Calling
Archive, Dance, Prog, Record collecting

Londinium Calling

Interested in a blend of Massive Attack and Pink Floyd with brilliant artwork? Back in July 1996 I got hold of … Continue reading Londinium Calling

Meaningless German Robo-Drivel
Dance, Electronic, Kraftwerk, Record collecting

Meaningless German Robo-Drivel

One TV clip I’ve seen a million times (although it must have been solely on documentaries etc. since I was … Continue reading Meaningless German Robo-Drivel

Iron-Pyrite
Dance, Indie, Record collecting, Stone Roses, Vinyl

Iron-Pyrite

In the summer of 1989 a few of my metal chums decided that The Stone Roses would be the sound … Continue reading Iron-Pyrite

Ennio Morricone Meets Massive Attack
Dance, Massive Attack, Pressure Drop, Vinyl

Ennio Morricone Meets Massive Attack

I’ve been beaten.  Actually not just beaten I’ve been annihilated, decimated and destroyed. After blogging about Leftfield/Lydon Open Up yesterday I … Continue reading Ennio Morricone Meets Massive Attack

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