Passion is Not Fashion

First Field Day and now a 'Classics' CD. Bugged Out must be money-makin'



Classics is 3 CDs deep and full of techno, electro and nu-ravey bits. There's a bit of a booklet in there too, with flyer artwork and a useful little chronological run down of the tunes and what's special about them. The commentary is a little sensationalist, but there's obviously passion in there somewhere.

For me its quite an ear-opener to hear all the electroclash book-ended by 1990s techno and later minimal/nu-rave. Being a relative youngster its a part of house music that passed me by. Fischerspooner and the like seemed pretty ridiculous to me at the time but they obviously have their place in this club's history (and Emerge is a stupidly good track).

2003's Wasp by Kiki and Silversurfer caught me off guard today. It's a slow burner but builds to a nice synthy stab. The remainder of the tracklist features Claude von Stroke, Digitalism, Tiga, Wink, Freeform Five, Nathan Fake, Chemical Brothers and a ton more... Check out the Bugged Out! website for more innit...

Kiki & The Silversurfer - Wasp [mp3] (Bugged Out! Classics)