TRIBAL RITES PART 1

TRACKLISTING

A1 Latin Breed - Maranatha
A2 Gaffa - Attitude Dancing (Land Of A 1000 Dunces)
A3 Little Reuben - (I Am ) Drum
A4 Peter Accident - Turning Black
B1 General Crook - What T ime It Is (Part II + Part I) (Bill Brewster Edit)
B2 Motion - Crazy Beat
B3 Deborah & The Puerto Ricans - Side A Side B Side

C1 Bobbi e Gentry - Thunder In The Afternoon
C2 Surprize - Stavolta
C3 Curt is Green - I Just Gotta Get Down (Part I)
D1 Reggae Clinic 65 - Caravan ( Dub Version)
D2 Urang Otan - Walking In The Jungle
D3 P!off? - Mei n Walkman Ist Kaputt



INFO
"Everything I do now started with record collecting. It's the foundation of my career; from writing a bout music, DJing in clubs, putting compilations together or spending many late- night hours, glass of red wine in hand, bidding on stupid records on eBay." &nda sh; Bill Brewster

Spanning 41 tracks, 'Tribal Rites' is a musical aut obiography of sorts from one of dance music's most dedicated historians, Bill Br ewster. Released this November on 3 CDs and double vinyl via Belgium's Eskimo Re cordings, the compilation takes us on a personal journey through Bill's 36 year long involvement in the music industry.

Whether running DMC's New Yor k offices or labels including Twisted UK and Forensic, being one of Fabric's ori ginal residents, writing (with Frank Broughton) probably the definitive overview of DJ culture, the seminal 'Last Night A DJ Saved My Life' and the equally esse ntial 'How To DJ (Properly)', running the DJhistory website or promoting their m uch loved Low Life parties, Bill's fingerprints can be found all over dance musi c's past few decades.

So whilst there are few people more qualified t o compile such a thing, 'Tribal Rites' isn't just a 'House & Disco Greatest Hits ', instead we have the soundtrack to a life spent at the coalface of record coll ecting, of early mornings at car boot sales and late nights logged onto Discogs.

Split into three sections, the compilation begins in the post-punk p eriod, and through tracks such as explores the influence of dub on bands of the time such as Orang Utan, General Strike and The Raincoats. The second section ta kes us into that mish-mash of sounds and styles best described as 'Balearic' whe re the likes of Bobby Gentry and Final Edition can happily co-exist and a countr y and western cover of Hall & Oates 'I Can't Go For That' seems like the most ob vious thing in the world.

The final section then concentrates exclusi vely on house music, though again showcasing just what a broad church House is, able to accommodate both the spiritual yearnings of Mother Tongue's 'Message of Love' and the precision tooled productions of Basic Channel's Maurizio.
At a moment in time when dance music is more prominent than ever and DJs are treated like pop stars, 'Tribal Rites' is a vital reminder that there's a lot mo re to DJing than just downloading the latest Beatport chart and waving your hand s in the air.