Nine O'Clock Drop [Import]

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In the compilation-eat-compilation world of dance music, everyone claims his or her collection is something special, but 99 percent of those are nothing but the ghost of a memory by the time the next copy of Mixmag hits the doorstep. Leave it to DJ-producer-indiedancegod Andrew Weatherall to deliver Nine O'Clock Drop, a disc that both grabs and keeps you. Weatherall proves himself a prospector nonpareil when it comes to mining the late '70s and early '80s roots-of-electronic-music vein that Rhino's Machine Soul tried to tap with markedly less success. The unmixed 13 tracks, serving as a bit of a soundtrack to Weatherall's pharmacological warrior days (check the title), represent a broad range of styles, from experimental-industrial (23 Skidoo) to reggae (Aswad and, less obviously, Colourbox) to new wave (Chris and Cosey, the Normal) to the completely indescribable (Mad Professor's dub shakedown of "400 Blows"). Whoever says they're already familiar with every single cut here is simply a big fat liar, and that's what's so thrilling about it. Nine O'Clock Drop is nothing less than history taught by a history maker. --Bob Michaels

Product Description
Dance compilation from the Underworld DJ. 13 tracks including 'My Spine Is The Bassline'-Shreikback, 'Nice Mover'-gina X Performance, 'Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight'-Dominatrix and much more. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.

Tracks:

Nice Mover
Dominatrix Sleeps Tonite
Coup
My Spine (Is The Bassline)
Genius
Water Line
Vegas El Bandito
Black And White Mix Up
Pze Remix
Warm Leatherette
October (Love Song)'86 Version
Looks Like We're Shy One Horse
Warrior Charge

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In the compilation-eat-compilation world of dance music, everyone claims his or her collection is something special, but 99 percent of those are nothing but the ghost of a memory by the time the next copy of Mixmag hits the doorstep. Leave it to DJ-producer-indiedancegod Andrew Weatherall to deliver Nine O'Clock Drop, a disc that both grabs and keeps you. Weatherall proves himself a prospector nonpareil when it comes to mining the late '70s and early '80s roots-of-electronic-music vein that Rhino's Machine Soul tried to tap with markedly less success. The unmixed 13 tracks, serving as a bit of a soundtrack to Weatherall's pharmacological warrior days (check the title), represent a broad range of styles, from experimental-industrial (23 Skidoo) to reggae (Aswad and, less obviously, Colourbox) to new wave (Chris and Cosey, the Normal) to the completely indescribable (Mad Professor's dub shakedown of "400 Blows"). Whoever says they're already familiar with every single cut here is simply a big fat liar, and that's what's so thrilling about it. Nine O'Clock Drop is nothing less than history taught by a history maker. --Bob Michaels

Album Description

Dance compilation from the Underworld DJ. 13 tracks including 'My Spine Is The Bassline'-Shreikback, 'Nice Mover'-gina X Performance, 'Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight'-Dominatrix and much more. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.

Album Details

Funky/electronic. An Album Compiled by Andrew Weatherall which features Some of his Favorite Tracks from the Early to Mid Eighties.

Customer Reviews:

very nice trip back.................2005-02-07

I bought it strictly for the Dominitrix song to relive my sophomore year in highschool and found the rest of the collection to be quite entertaining. A very nice group of songs sure to keep you company! October Love song was a nice treat I had forgotten about. I am thrilled to add it to my collection!

Nice collection..........2001-12-06

...of beat-oriented cult classics from the 80's. Gina X is the rare gem here, as it is so far unavailable on cd anywhere else. Torch Song's "P2E remix" would have been a great selling point for this cd, had it not been (sigh...) poorly mastered from vinyl - not much surface noise but boomy, distorted bass and overall muffled sound. Still, the fact alone that there are no plans for any Torch Song reissues on the horizon makes this a worthwhile purchase for the desperate collector.

creating a new genre.......2001-10-18

"Nine O'Clock Drop" is a genre-defining compilation, bringing together a bunch of seemingly disparate bands. The key to Andrew Weatherall's concept is the fusion of traditional rock and punk elements and attitudes with the more complex rhythmic structures of funk and reggae. The late 70s and early 80s are now increasingly recognised as a time of great cultural ferment, with the mixing of black and white styles of music creating a new synthesis. All the tracks on this album exemplify this change, and the music sounds incredibly vibrant. The 80s production values - heaps of electronics - paradoxically make this sound amazingly contemporary, the first truly global music. I have seen this album compared to "Disco (Not Disco)", which chronicles the NY scene of the same period. "Disco" is also a good comp, but in some ways feels like the precursor to "Nine", which features mostly European acts using the Stateside experiments to push the envelope that little bit further. If anything, "Nine" features bands that use a harder, more electronic sound.
This is just a great album, with one surprise following another. Nuphonic are also releasing one great album after another. Their "David Mancuso presents The Loft" series chronicles the very best of underground disco from the 70s to the 90s, and is highly recommended as a great complement to "Nine". AND "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life", exposing tracks from the 60s to 90s that influenced the evolution of the dj and dance music. Get them all!

creating a new genre.......2001-10-18

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