1978年、ミュージシャンのサウンド・パレットに新た加わったシンセサイザー。ギター中心だったポップ・ミュージックの流れから解放され、新たな潮流を生み出した一大ムーヴメントを掘り下げる全80曲入り大ヴォリューム・コンピレーションの登場です。手掛けるは、高い評価を得ている『CLOSE TO THE NOISE FLOOR』シリーズを制作したチームによるもので、MUTE RECORDS、ROUGH TRADE、4AD、SURVIVAL RECORDS、CHERRY RED などなど、最重要レーベルからの名曲の数々をセレクト。クラブヒットを狙ったダンサブルな楽曲から科学とテクノロジーに魅了された初期テクノのワークアウト、知られざる実験的アプローチのエクスペリメンタル・ミュージックまで、幅広く収録しています。
■DISC ONE
WINDPOWER – Thomas Dolby SCIENCE FICTION – Alan Burnham WARM LEATHERETTE – The Normal STAY WITH ME TONIGHT – Alex Fergusson TARANTULA – Colourbox FANTASY – 100% Manmade Fibre BANDWAGON TANGO – Testcard F ELECTRICAL LANGUAGE – Be-Bop Deluxe THE WORLD – Dalek I HONOUR AMONG THIEVES
– Chain Of Command
RED FRAME/WHITE LIGHT – Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark RED CASTLES – The Legendary Pink Dots LIFES ILLUSION – Ice The Falling Rain THE HUMAN FACTOR – Music For Pleasure SHE’S AN IMAGE – Poeme Electronique I’M THINKING OF YOU NOW – Box Of Toys THE PLANET DOESN’T MIND – New Musik HOPE DEEP INSIDE – Schleimer K THE DISTANCE FROM KÖLN
– Native Europe
TECHNICAL MIRACLE – Voice Of Authority
■DISC TWO
CIRCUS OF DEATH – The Human League XOYO – The Passage CROWDS – A Popular History Of Signs OCTOBER (LOVE SONG) – Chris And Cosey FEEL SO YOUNG – Laugh Clown Laugh CROATIA – Basking Sharks MR NOBODY – Thomas Leer RICKY’S HAND – Fad Gadget HYPNOTIC RHYTHM
– Local Boy Makes Good
DROWNING IN BERLIN – The Mobiles EVEN NOW – Edward Ka-Spel LYING NEXT TO YOU – Passion Polka RABIES – Naked Lunch DO IT – The Limit WORK SONG – Robert Calvert BABY WON’T PHONE – Quadrascope IT HAPPENED THEN – Electronic Ensemble IN THE MORNING – Jeanette NIGHTLIFE – Those Attractive Magnets MY COO CA CHOO – Beasts In Cages
■DISC THREE
YOUR LOVE IS LIKE A SLUG
– The Bodhi-Beat Poets
VEIL LIKE CALM – Eyeless In Gaza DESTITUTION – Camera Obscura GOOD TIMES – Drinking Electricity HAPPY FAMILIES – Zoo Boutique FEELS LIKE WINTER AGAIN – Fiat Lux FALLING DOWNSTAIRS – Colin Potter OUR LITTLE GIRL – David Harrow IT NEVER RAINS IN OUTER SPACE
– Futurhythm
ZENNOR – Goat VIDEOMATIC – Final Program TADDY UP – Pink Industry YOU DON’T LOOK THE SAME – Play CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION
– The Fast Set
TRACE OF RED – Two LYING HERE – Shox DAYTIME ASSASSINS – The Builders BEATING HEART (12″ VERSION)
– Section 25
ABSENT FRIENDS – Joe Crow JAMAICA DAY – Faction
■DISC FOUR
GENERATOR (LASERBEAM) – Tim Blake TOUCH – Lori And The Chameleons THE SECRET AFFAIR – Jupiter Red I’M YOUR MAN – Blue Zoo EVEN ROSES HAVE THORNS
– Jesus Couldn’t Drum
PAINT IT BLACK – Techno Pop CHASE THE DRAGON – Kevin Harrison OTHER PASSENGERS – Thirteen At Midnight YOUR VOICE – Freeze Frame STAY WITH YOU – Time In Motion LIVE WIRES KILL – The Toy Shop SURFACE TENSION – Analysis TIME – Paul Haig CONTEMPLATION – Solid Space COMMITTED TO VINYL – Martin O’Cuthbert LOOK DON’T TOUCH – Science THE WISHING TREE (MEGATREE MIX) – Charlie’s Brother WORKING MODEL – The Quarks THERE’S SOMEONE FOLLOWING ME
