Strut present Fac. Dance an essential new retrospective of Factory Records, the seminal Manchester club-turned-record label set up by Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus.
Compiled by Bill Brewster of djhistory.com, the album places the spotlight on some of the label's early dancefloor-based work across key 12" mixes and rarities, from the unmistakeable productions of Martin Hannett to more unheralded backroom work by New Order's Bernard Sumner and A Certain Ratio drummer Donald Johnson, under their BeMusic and DoJo monikers.
The album traces early experiments from Blurt's avant garde mutant funk to the fertile post Joy Division period as the label's unique, coruscating post-punk sound took shape through seminal bands like A Certain Ratio and Section 25. The album also expressly documents Factory's strong links and cross-pollination with New York's 1980s club culture, as New Order joined forces with producer Arthur Baker, fresh from his pioneering electro work with Afrika Bambaataa and acts like Quando Quango and Sweet Sensation's Marcel King enlisted NY remixer Mark Kamins for tough-edged club treatments. Factory bands including Quando Quango would also play live at some of the city's seminal nightspots, including the Paradise Garage.
The compilation also touches on some of the wider directions explored by Factory during its early years - Durutti Column's melancholic beauty, the latin jazz and jazz funk of Swamp Children, Kalima and Tony Henry's 52nd Street and a track from the label's only reggae single, the Dennis Bovell produced ŒSee Them A'Come' by X-O-Dus. This is the music that would provide the blueprint for the Manchester scene of the late Œ80s and Factory's heady later years the Happy Mondays, James, Northside and the rest.
FAC. DANCE is compiled and annotated by Bill Brewster of djhistory.com and features rare artist photos alongside original label artwork by Peter Saville. The album is produced in association with James Nice at LTM Records.
FAC. DANCE is available on: iTunes, Amazon, hmv.com, Strut shop and all other outlets.
Tracklisting ;
CD 1
1. SECTION 25 LOOKING FROM A HILLTOP (Megamix)
2. A CERTAIN RATIO WILD PARTY
3. QUANDO QUANGO LOVE TEMPO
4. 52nd STREET EXPRESS
5. SWAMP CHILDREN LITTLE VOICES
6. BITING TONGUES BOSS TOYOTA TROUBLE
7. THE DURUTTI COLUMN FOR BELGIAN FRIENDS
8. ROYAL FAMILY AND THE POOR ART ON 45
9. A CERTAIN RATIO KNIFE SLITS WATER (12² mix)
10. SECTION 25 DIRTY DISCO
11. BLURT PUPPETEER
12. X-O-DUS SEE THEM A¹COME
CD 2
01. SHARK VEGAS PRETENDERS OF LOVE
02. 52nd STREET COOL AS ICE (Restructured by John ³Jellybean² Benitez)
03. STREETLIFE ACT ON INSTINCT (Hot Swedish mix)
04. THE HOOD SALVATION! (Nitromix)
05. ABECEDARIANS SMILING MONARCHS
06. MINNY POPS TIME
07. QUANDO QUANGO ATOM ROCK (New York remix)
08. MARCEL KING REACH FOR LOVE (New York remix)
09. 52nd STREET LOOK INTO MY EYES
10. QUANDO QUANGO GENIUS
11. SWAMP CHILDREN YOU¹VE GOT ME BEAT
12. THE DURUTTI COLUMN MADELEINE
Vinyl
A1: SECTION 25 LOOKING FROM A HILLTOP (Megamix)
A2: A CERTAIN RATIO WILD PARTY
A3: ROYAL FAMILY AND THE POOR ART ON 45
B1: QUANDO QUANGO ATOM ROCK (New York remix)
B2: 52nd STREET COOL AS ICE (Restructured by John ³Jellybean² Benitez)
B3: BLURT PUPPETEER
C1: SWAMP CHILDREN YOU¹VE GOT ME BEAT
C2: X-O-DUS SEE THEM A¹COME
C3: THE DURUTTI COLUMN FOR BELGIAN FRIENDS
D1: SHARK VEGAS PRETENDERS OF LOVE
D2: MARCEL KING REACH FOR LOVE (New York remix)
D3: ABECEDARIANS SMILING MONARCHS
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