With his two-disc collection of alternative dance music (which he claims could be called "Trevor's Teenage Years") coming soon, the man behind Output Recordings, Playgroup, and too many excellent record sleeve designs to count sits down to tell us a little bit more about the aforementioned teenaged years. His discussion of exposure to London club life as a fourteen-year-old make us nostalgic for one of the golden eras of nightlife. The music on Metal Dance just makes the the feeling hit that much harder...

Trevor Jackson, known for his work as Playgroup and the incredibly influential Output Recordings, has the kind of crates that even hard core collectors envy. So when he came to us with the idea of collecting some of his favorite rarities from the under-explored world of 80s industrial & post-punk dance floor material, we couldn't say no. Having already gotten into the groove with our Fac Dance collection of material from the legendary Factory label, we knew this would be something special. The two-disc collection covers recognized masters such as Cabaret Voltaire & Nitzer Ebb as well as names that we know are going to be new to quite a few listeners. If the term EBM (Electronic Body Music, coined by Kraftwerk's Ralf Hütter) means anything to you, you're in for a treat. If not, there's a world waiting to be discovered...

Tracklist *Updated*:

CD 1

1. The Bubblemen – The Bubblemen Are Coming
2. 400 Blows – Pressure (Club Pressure)
3. Cabaret Voltaire – Seconds Too Late
4. Neon – Voices
5. Pete Shelley – Witness The Change (Dub version)
6. Shock - Dream Games
7. Executive Slacks – The Bus (EP version)
8. Analysis - Surface Tension
9. Nitzer Ebb – Control I’m Here (Clouston’s Controlled Edit)
10. DAF – Brothers (Mix Gabi)
11. Portion Control – The Great Divide (Dub)
12. Stanton Miranda – Wheels Over Indian Trails (Dub)
13. Jah Wobble – Invaders Of The Heart (Exotic Decadent Disco mix)
14. SPK – Metal Dance
15. Fini Tribe – De Testimony (Collapsing Edit)


CD 2

1. Alien Sex Fiend – Under The Thunder (Ignore The Dub)
2. Hard Corps – Je Suis Passee (Dub)
3. Naked Lunch – Slipping Again
4. Secession – Touch (Part 4)
5. Severed Heads – Dead Eyes Opened
6. The Cage feat. Nona Hendryx – Do What Ya Wanna Do (Dub version)
7. Yello – You Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess (UK promo mix)
8. Ledernacken – Amok!
9. Nash The Slash - Womble
10. John Carpenter & Alan Howarth – The Duke Arrives – The Barricade / The President At The Train (Extended version)
11. Diseño Corbusier – Golpe De Amistad
12. Schlaflose Nachte - Move
13. 23 Skidoo - Coup (In The Palace)

VINYL
1. Cabaret Voltaire – Seconds Too Late
2. Neon – Voices
3. Diseño Corbusier – Golpe De Amistad
4. Analysis - Surface Tension
5. Hard Corps – Je Suis Passee (Dub)
6. DAF – Brothers (Mix Gabi)
7. Jah Wobble – Invaders Of The Heart (Exotic Decadent Disco mix)
8. Yello – You Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess (UK promo mix)
9. Naked Lunch – Slipping Again
10. SPK – Metal Dance

"Our Latin Thing" is one of those classic films (like "Wild Style," "The Harder They Come," etc.) that captures a place and time that can only be returned to in memory, and in original documents like these. Centered around an incendiary gig at one of promoter Ralph Mercado’s fantastically popular Thursday night jams at the Cheetah in New York in August 1971, the film documents the raw Nu Yorican Latin sound at its zenith. Starring certified legends including Willie Colon, Ray Barretto and “El Cantante” Hector Lavoe and directed by Oscar-winner Leon Gast (‘When We Were Kings’), the footage is spliced with atmospheric street scenes on rubbish-filled stoops and crumbling bodegas in Spanish Harlem.


To celebrate the film’s first official release on DVD by Strut / Fania, Shook and Strut present an exclusive London screening at La Bodeguita, a vibrant restaurant and venue in Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre, on Wednesday 30th November at 8.00pm. Come have some drinks, eat some rice & beans, and celebrate an essential cultural document.


OUR LATIN THING (NUESTRA COSA)
+ DJ Duncan Brooker (Strut)

Wednesday 30th November 2011
Doors: 7.00pm / Film: 8.00pm

La Bodeguita • Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre • London SE1 6TE

Tickets: £5 door / £4 in advance at www.ticketweb.co.uk
Info: Jez Smadja at Shook: info@shook.fm / Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=186683444749323

Truly a towering figure of calypso and Caribbean culture in general, Trinidad's Mighty Sparrow is well in need of an in-depth anthology. In January, we'll be releasing a two-disc collection spanning one of his most creative periods, the early 60's through the mid-70's. Sparrowmania! presents a picture of an incredible and prolific entertainer, offering on-point social commentary ("Kennedy And Krushchev," "Ah Diggin' Horrors," "The Slave"), bawdy songs full of double entendre and vice ("Big Bamboo," "Congo Man," "What's The Point Of Getting Sober") and genre-expanding hybrids ("Try A Little Tenderness," "Calypso Boogaloo"). Liner notes courtesy of David Katz provide context and history, and the music speaks for itself.



Track List:
CD 1
1. Bongo
2. Zinah
3. Fool Fool Fool
3. Calypso Boogaloo
4. Congo Man
5. The Slave
6. Kennedy And Krushchev
7. Ten To One Is Murder
8. She’s Been Gone Too Long
9. Mi Son Cha (Sparrow & His Troubadours)
10. Sweet Loving
11. Shango Man
12. Oriental Touch
13. Ah Diggin’ Horrors
14. Try A Little Tenderness (with Byron Lee)
CD 2
1 Bois Bande
2. Sparrow Dead
3. Renegades
4. Picong Duel (Sparrow and Melody)
5. Jook For Jook
6. Lion & Donkey (Re-Match)
7. Marajhin
8. Big Bamboo
9. Sparrow Come Back Home
10. Rose
11. No Money, No Love (Live At The Hilton, Barbados)
12. Letter From Miami
13. Dancehall Brawl
14. What’s The Use Of Getting Sober

It's been some time, more than eight years, since we got the Strut crew together in London for an evening of fine music and revelry. The time has come once again, and we're going to do it up in proper style! We'll be taking to the decks on the deck of the Tamesis Dock, moored at Albert Embankment, with a crew of label friends and family, and some special guests. This will our grand re-entrance into the London nightlife, so look for more events on the horizon. Come raise a glass and give summer a final hurrah to the finest sounds in disco, soul, afro-funk, and everything in between!


STRUT RECORDS BOAT PARTY
The Tamesis Boat Dock, Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TP
(between Lambeth Bridge and Vauxhall Bridge)
Sunday 25th September 2011
DJs Duncan Brooker, Toni Rossano, Christine Indigo, & special guest Bill Brewster
4.00pm to 12.00am
Tickets: £5 all night – on the door. Book online at www.ticketweb.co.uk

Here at Strut, we're pretty huge fans of Factory Records, which should come as no surprise. Factory staples such as Quando Quango's "Love Tempo" have been compiled on our 'Disco Not Disco' series, and music from Factory's vast catalog has long been heavily featured in our DJ sets and general listening. For 'Fac. Dance' we decided to focus on some of the label's early output, narrowing in on some key dance floor cuts that comprise some of our favorite 12 inches and late night classics. We were lucky enough to have involvement from some of the label's key participants, including iconic designer and cover artist Peter Saville. Our friend Bill Brewster of DJHistory.com assembled the compilation and contributes the liner notes. Check the track list below, & look for the album at the end of October.


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 (12” mix)
10. SECTION 25 – DIRTY DISCO
11. BLURT – PUPPETEER
12. X-O-DUS – SEE THEM A’COME


CD 2
01. SHARK VEGAS – PRETENDERS OF LOVE
02. 52nd STREET – COOL AS ICE (Restructured by John “Jellybean” 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 – YOU’VE 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 “Jellybean” Benitez)
B3: BLURT – PUPPETEER
C1: SWAMP CHILDREN – YOU’VE GOT ME BEAT
C2: X-O-DUS – SEE THEM A’COME
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

Digital only
Minny Pops – Time
Kalima – Black Water
Royal Family & The Poor – Motherland

One thing about working with Dennis Coffey: the man likes to keep things Detroit-centric as much as possible. Which is great. The sheer amount of talent coming out of the D is incredible, and his latest album was heavily enriched by contributions from some of the city's finest performers, including Mayer Hawthorne, Mick Collins of The Dirtbombs, Rachel Nagy of The Detroit Cobras and more. So it came as no surprise that when we started the discussions about putting together a remix compilation, the plan was to pull from Detroit's extremely rich electronic community.

We're partnering up with Fat Beats to give away the whole collection soon, which includes contributions from Dabrye, 14KT, Recloose, Nick Speed & more, but to kick things off we wanted to share with you this excellent remix from Ghostly's Shigeto. The Michigan beat maker puts a distinctive bounce underneath "All Your Goodies Are Gone," somewhere in between garage house and the signature Motor City hip-hop sound characterized by innovators like Jay Dilla. The remix collection, titled Outer Galaxies: Dennis Coffey Reinterpreted will be out soon. Dennis Coffey's Dennis Coffey album and Shigeto's Full Circle are out now.

All Your Goodies Are Gone feat. Mayer Hawthorne (Shigeto remix) by Strut