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VARIOUS - SHAKE THE FOUNDATIONS [CD]

VARIOUS - SHAKE THE FOUNDATIONS [CD]

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3CD SET EXPLORING THE ALTERNATIVE DANCEFLOOR EXPLOSION WHICH FOLLOWED PUNK ROCK. COMPILED WITH BILL BREWSTER, DJ AND AUTHOR OF ‘LAST NIGHT A DJ SAVED MY LIFE’. FROM OFF-KILTER FUNK AND ELECTRONIC MINIMALISM TO PRIMAL PUNK HOWLS. A CERTAIN RATIO, 23 SKIDOO, THE STRANGLERS, JAH WOBBLE, THE FUN BOY THREE, THE POP GROUP, IAN DURY, NIGHTMARES IN WAX AND MANY MORE. INCLUDES INTRODUCTORY ESSAY AND SLEEVENOTES BY BILL BREWSTER. BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE TEAM BEHIND THE CRITICALLY ACLAIMED ‘TO THE OUTSIDE OF EVERYTHING’, ‘OPTIMISM-REJECT’, AND ‘CLOSE TO THE NOISE FLOOR’ BOX SETS. In the wake of punk’s seismic and well recounted impact on the UK music scene, countless hitherto unavailable influences suddenly became available and de rigueur for the nation’s would-be pop stars. Enabled by a new kind of record shop that began to appear across the country in Rough Trade’s image, and encouraged by an absolute disregard for ‘the rules’, interested young people were quickly exposed to a broad spectrum of music from beyond the realm of three chord rock ‘n roll. Nowhere was the outcome more notable than on the dancefloors of the day. ‘Shake The Foundations’ captures that after dark revolution, showcasing an era when disco, dub, electronica, funk and - whisper it - pop sensibilities - began to flood into the alternative, post-punk landscape. Running parallel with Ze Records and the no-wave movement in the US, clubs such as Marc Almond’s Digital Disco and legendary nights at The Garage in Nottingham, The State in Liverpool, the Blue Note in Derby and across London at nights like the Batcave became fast moving, democratic melting pots. Across 3CDs, Bill Brewster selects highlights from his own extensive DJing career, each disc individually curated. As he himself puts it, “The important thing was not to impress James Brown, emulate the Fatback Band or wear Kraftwerk’s game-face. The point was to have a go. ‘Shake The Foundations’ is not a comprehensive look at post-punk, so much as a shakily hand-drawn map of a particular area. It’s what happened when the post-punk fallout collided with the dancefloor, and forty years later we’re still feeling its effects”.
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3CD SET EXPLORING THE ALTERNATIVE DANCEFLOOR EXPLOSION WHICH FOLLOWED PUNK ROCK. COMPILED WITH BILL BREWSTER, DJ AND AUTHOR OF ‘LAST NIGHT A DJ SAVED MY LIFE’. FROM OFF-KILTER FUNK AND ELECTRONIC MINIMALISM TO PRIMAL PUNK HOWLS. A CERTAIN RATIO, 23 SKIDOO, THE STRANGLERS, JAH WOBBLE, THE FUN BOY THREE, THE POP GROUP, IAN DURY, NIGHTMARES IN WAX AND MANY MORE. INCLUDES INTRODUCTORY ESSAY AND SLEEVENOTES BY BILL BREWSTER. BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE TEAM BEHIND THE CRITICALLY ACLAIMED ‘TO THE OUTSIDE OF EVERYTHING’, ‘OPTIMISM-REJECT’, AND ‘CLOSE TO THE NOISE FLOOR’ BOX SETS. In the wake of punk’s seismic and well recounted impact on the UK music scene, countless hitherto unavailable influences suddenly became available and de rigueur for the nation’s would-be pop stars. Enabled by a new kind of record shop that began to appear across the country in Rough Trade’s image, and encouraged by an absolute disregard for ‘the rules’, interested young people were quickly exposed to a broad spectrum of music from beyond the realm of three chord rock ‘n roll. Nowhere was the outcome more notable than on the dancefloors of the day. ‘Shake The Foundations’ captures that after dark revolution, showcasing an era when disco, dub, electronica, funk and - whisper it - pop sensibilities - began to flood into the alternative, post-punk landscape. Running parallel with Ze Records and the no-wave movement in the US, clubs such as Marc Almond’s Digital Disco and legendary nights at The Garage in Nottingham, The State in Liverpool, the Blue Note in Derby and across London at nights like the Batcave became fast moving, democratic melting pots. Across 3CDs, Bill Brewster selects highlights from his own extensive DJing career, each disc individually curated. As he himself puts it, “The important thing was not to impress James Brown, emulate the Fatback Band or wear Kraftwerk’s game-face. The point was to have a go. ‘Shake The Foundations’ is not a comprehensive look at post-punk, so much as a shakily hand-drawn map of a particular area. It’s what happened when the post-punk fallout collided with the dancefloor, and forty years later we’re still feeling its effects”.
Track Listing

Guess Who? – A Certain Ratio - A Certain Ratio

Coup - 23 Skidoo - 23 Skidoo

100 Evil Smokestacking Baby – Haircut 100 - Haircut 100

This Fear Of Gods – Simple Minds - Simple Minds

Love 30 - The Stranglers - The Stranglers

Born Every Minute – The Passage - The Passage

Sarava - Blue Rondo A La Turk - Blue Rondo Ă  la Turk

Serbian Village – Medium Medium - Medium Medium

Push Out The Boat – The Higsons - The Higsons

Post War Glamour Girls – John Cooper Clarke - John Cooper Clarke

Skin Deep – The Passions - The Passions

Invaders Of The Heart (Mix One) –jah Wobble - Jah Wobble

Can You Move – Modern Romance - Modern Romance

Slang Teacher – Wide Boy Awake - Wide Boy Awake

Hypnotised - C Cat Trance - C Cat Trance

Stretch - Maximum Joy - Maximum Joy

Lions - Tones On Tail - Tones On Tail

Trust Is A Must – Ian Dury - Ian Dury

What Dance Is This? – Perfect Zebras - Perfect Zebras

Faith & Hope & Charity – The Fun Boy Three - Fun Boy Three

Dream Games - Shock - Shock

Rusha – Jesse Rae - Jesse Rae

Don’t - Thomas Leer - Thomas Leer

Big Man Restless – Kissing The Pink - Kissing the Pink

Blue For You - Paul Haig - Paul Haig

Frequency 7 - Visage - Visage

Bang Em Right - Six Sed Red - Six Sed Red

Tingle - Quando Quango - Quando Quango

Cccan’t You See – Vicious Pink - Vicious Pink

Move On – Fashiøn - Fashion

Set Fighter - Wide Boy Awake - Wide Boy Awake

When Are We? (Now We Are) – Surface Mutants - Surface Mutants

Why Are We In Love – Furniture - Furniture

Rob A Bank – The Pop Group - The Pop Group

Get It Right – Animal Magic - Animal Magic

Black Leather – Nightmares In Wax - Nightmares in Wax

Obedience - Normil Hawaiians - Normil Hawaiians

Asbestos Lead Asbestos – The 012 - The 012

Keep Beat – Vee Vv - Vee VV

Living Wild – Mataya Clifford - Mataya Clifford

So Many Ways – Electric Chairs - Electric Chairs

Dreams Are Better – London Underground - The London Underground

Arty-Fact – Group Therapy - Group Therapy

We Are All Animals – The Diagram Brothers - The Diagram Brothers

Quit The Body – The Chicken Granny - The Chicken Granny

Bed Bound Saga – Machine Gunn Hogg And Co - Machine Gun Hogg & Co.

Hoggs Might Fly - Playgroup - Playgroup

Shake (The Foundations) – Glaxo Babies - Glaxo Babies

Disco Purge – Family Fodder - Family Fodder

Details
  • Genre: Rock, Punk & New Wave
  • Product Type: Audio CD
  • Barcode: 5013929110700
  • Release Date: October 03, 2025
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