Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Let's get brutal - Nitro Deluxe
2. Can u feel it - Mr Fingers
3. Dub love - Master C&J
4. No way back (vocal) - Adonis
5. Morning after - Fallout
6. The Sound - Reese & Santonio
7. Off to battle - Model 500
8. Computer madness - Steve Poindexter
9. Nude photo - Rhythim is Rhythim
10. It's my life - Da Posse
11. Acid tracks - Phuture
12. Theme - Unique 3
13. Let yourself go (303 Mix) - 808 State
14. Voodoo ray + - A Guy Called Gerald
15. Bang bang you're mine (Rock Me Gently Orig Radio) - Bang The Party
16. My Medusa - K Alexi Shelby
17. The Acid Life - Farley Jackmaster Funk
18. Can't Stop (Acid)Rain Forest Mix)
19. In a vision - Virgo Four
20. Ital's Anthem (Trebledown/Bassup Mix) - Ital Rockers
21. Soul thunder - Juno

Disc 2:

1. The Theme (Original Chill Mix) - Unique 3 - Unique 3
2. Let Yourself Go (303 Mix) - 808 State - 808 State
3. Voodoo Ray - A Guy Called Gerald - A Guy Called Gerald
4. Koro Koro - No Smoke - No Smoke
5. Bang Bang You're Mine (Rock Me Gently Original Radio) - Bang The Party - Bang The Party
6. My Medusa - K Alexi Shelby - K Alexi Shelby
7. The Acid Life - Farley Jackmaster Funk - Farley Jackmaster Funk
8. Can't Stop ((Acid) Rain Forest Mix) - Plez - Plez
9. In A Vision - Virgo Four - Virgo Four
10. Ital's Anthem (Trebledown, Bassup Mix) - Ital Rockers - Ital Rockers
11. Soul Thunder - Juno - Juno

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #56603 in Music
• Released on: 2001-01-01
• Number of discs: 2
• Original language: English

From Amazon.com
Give the Warp folks some credit for modesty: where most labels would see an anniversary box as an opportunity to advertise their uniqueness, this Sheffield, England-based company has devoted two CDs of their six-CD anniversary set to the people who first inspired them. Disc 1 makes clear that they don't forget the Motor City. This is the American disc, heavy on the Detroit sounds of Juan Atkins, Derrick May, and Kevin Saunderson, with some tracks from the New York and Chicago scenes thrown in as well. Disc 2 is, by and large, the British response to this American ferment, starting with the "The Theme," by the Unique 3 (the first group Warp tried, and failed, to sign) and moving on to the more renowned 808 State and A Guy Called Gerald. This is a strong, historically informative set that moves from the lush, romantic sounds of the early Detroit school to the protobrutality of the first acid-house track (Phuture's "Acid Tracks") to the tribal sounds of the Brits. If there's one caveat, it's that there's nothing here that distinguishes this as a purely Warp set of influences. Influences is a standard selection of the tracks that rocked the English music scene circa 1989, and they've clearly had an effect on anyone who's made music with computers since. But there's nothing that hints at the strange twists and turns that have made the name "Warp" so apt for the label's output. --Jeff Salamon