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15 April 2009

New York Noise - Dance Music from The New York Underground 1978-1982


Label: Soul Jazz Records
Cat #: SJR CD77
Format: CDDA
Year: 2006


Tracklisting
1. Liquid Liquid - Optimo
2. Konk - Baby Dee
3. The Dance - Do Dada
4. Material - Reduction
5. Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Wawa
6. DNA - 5:30
7. Rammelzee Vs K.rob - Beat Bop
8. The Contortions - Contort Yourself
9. Glenn Branca - Lesson No.1
10. The Bloods - Button Up
11. Dinosaur L - Clean On Your Bean 1
12. Theoretical Girls - You Got Me
13. Bush Tetras - Can't Be Funky
14. Mars - Helen Fordsdale
15. ESG - You Make No Sense
16. Defunkt - Defunkt

Soul jazz records "New york noise" features the cream of new york’s punk-funk bands from the early 80s. bands such as esg, liquid liquid, bush tetras, arthur russell’s "dinosaur l" etc – all bands that have had a huge influence on the current wave of new york groups such as the rapture, metro area, the liars, the strokes etc. "New york noise" sums up the point where dance music and punk rock first met. It features new york no wave artists such as dna, glenn branca, bush tetras etc alongside new york dance music’s experimental pioneers such as arthur russell (Dinosaur l), Bill laswell (material), konk and joe bowie’s funk/jazz classic group defunkt. Two more classic esg tracks, jean michael basquiat’s classic production of the proto-electro-hip-hop classic "Beat BOP" as well as super rare new york artists such as the dance, and the bloods.