TRIBAL RITES PART 2

TRACKLISTING

A1 The General - Life In The Big City
A2 Dooley Silverspoon - Mr Deluxe (Part I + Part II) (Bill Brewster Edit )
A3 Ströer - Don't Stay For Breakfast
B1 Silverlining - Precision Spanner
B2 Love From San Francisco - Keep Rockin' (Thumping House Mix) < br>
C1 Nashville Rhythm Section - I Can't Go For That
C2 Sweet Po tato Pie - Hot Disco Night (Are You Ready?)
C3 Swag - Primitive Urges 4 - Side C
D1 Mother Tongue - Message Of Love
D2 Larry Heard - Night Images (Swayzak Early Mid Afternoon Mix)



INFO


"Everything I do now started with record collecting. It's the foundat ion of my career; from writing about 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." – Bill Brewster





Spanning 41 tracks, 'Tribal Rites' is a musical autobiography of sorts fro m one of dance music's most dedicated historians, Bill Brewster. Released this N ovember on 3 CDs and double vinyl via Belgium's Eskimo Recordings, the compilati on takes us on a personal journey through Bill's 36 year long involvement in the music industry.





Whether running DMC's New Y ork offices or labels including Twisted UK and Forensic, being one of Fabric's o riginal residents, writing (with Frank Broughton) probably the definitive overvi ew of DJ culture, the seminal 'Last Night A DJ Saved My Life' and the equally es sential 'How To DJ (Properly)', running the DJhistory website or promoting their much loved Low Life parties, Bill's fingerprints can be found all over dance mu sic's past few decades.





So whilst there are few people more qualified to 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 collecting, of early mornings at car boot sales and late nights logged onto Discogs.





Split into three sections, the compilation begins in the post-punk period, and through tracks su ch as explores the influence of dub on bands of the time such as Orang Utan, Gen eral Strike and The Raincoats. The second section takes us into that mish-mash o f sounds and styles best described as 'Balearic' where the likes of Bobby Gentry and Final Edition can happily co-exist and a country and western cover of Hall & Oates 'I Can't Go For That' seems like the most obvious thing in the world.




The final section then concentrates exclusivel y on house music, though again showcasing just what a broad church House is, abl e to accommodate both the spiritual yearnings of Mother Tongue's 'Message of Lov e' 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 more to DJing than just downloading the latest Beatport char t and waving your hands in the air.