Disco Not Disco (Various Artists)

DISCO NOT DISCO TRACK INFO

1. Vivien Goldman Launderette 3.47 Now a leading authority on punk and Afro-Caribbean music and culture as an author and journalist, Vivien Goldman recorded this trash-bossa rant at a tiresome boyfriend on a one-off EP for uber-cool label 99 in 1981. Allegedly recorded when PiLs John Lydon sneaked her into the studio during the recording sessions for his Flowers Of Romance album.

2. Delta 5 Mind Your Own Business 3.13 An all-female trio that formed for a laugh back in '79 before becoming a fixture on the Leeds post-punk scene, Delta 5 became active figures in the Rock Against Racism movement. This three-minute gem was covered by Chicks On Speed among others. Bassist Bethan Peters recorded with Fun Boy Three in later years.

3. Shriekback My Spine (Is The Bassline) 4.00 A raw art-funk groove classic from Shriekback?s debut album in 1983 on Y Records when they were a trio led by ex-XTC keyboardist Barry Andrews and featuring ex-Gang Of Four bassist Dave Allen. Created from a jam around basic drum machine rhythms, My Spine? features typically poetic, thought-provoking lyrics touching on war, corruption and separation.

4. Konk Your Life 7.24 A key fixture in New York's early '80s post-punk scene alongside ESG, Liquid Liquid and more, Konk's line-up included members of Jean Michel Basquiat's band Gray and Sonic Youth. Ahead of their time, they featured bonus tracks for DJs on their singles Your Life? became a Larry Levan anthem at the Paradise Garage and has since been much sampled.

5. Isotope Crunch Cake 3.55 Gary Boyle's largely unheralded UK jazz-rock outfit are known primarily as part of the Canterbury scene and for featuring Soft Machine bassist High Hopper on their early recordings. This one from their third album, Deep End in '76 draws on electric-era Miles Davis and John McLaughlin for a fine jazz / disco freestyle jam. A useful nugget for fans of Arthur Russell?s Dinosaur L recordings.

6. James White & The Blacks Contort Yourself (August Darnell remix) 6.17 New York no wave legend James Chance created his James White soul parody in 1979 as a nod to James Brown, designed as a post-modern experiment and throwing funk, free jazz and punk into the pot for a completely unique fusion. Featuring Chance's mesmerising sax and an ace smacking disco remix courtesy of August Darnell aka Kid Creole. A true Ze Records classic.

7. Quando Quango Love Tempo (remix) 7.49 Starting out in Rotterdam before settling in Manchester, Quando Quango featured a pre-Hacienda, pre-M People Mike Pickering alongside Hillegonda and Reinier Rietveld and was signed to Factory in 82. Love Tempo was massive Stateside (no. 4 Billboard Club Chart) with this 12 version mixed by New York legend, Mark Kamins.

8. Yellow Magic Orchestra Seoul Music 4.46 A mid-tempo chugger from Ryuichi Sakamoto's Japanese electronic pioneers from their 1981 Technodelic album, among their darker work as they forged a more industrial direction. The track coldly describes facts about old Korea, from the curfew imposed between midnight and 4am to the 37 mile-an-hour speed limit on Seoul?s streets.

9. Material Don't Lose Control (Dance version) 6.28 Classic Bill Laswell from 1982, remixed by John Luongo and featuring guitarist Nicky Skopelitis and vocalist Thi-Linh Le from The Golden Palominos. The One Down LP took Material's sound from angular experimentation to more straightforward disco and funk territory ? here, Laswell whips up a vocodered, percussive, bass-heavy monster.

10. Kazino Binary 3.56 An Italo-disco classic, originally featured as a B-side to a hit cover of Silver Pozzoli's Around My Dream. Formed by Pierre Henry Steyt of punk band DASH and Nick Finn (Altero, Kosmetik), this Belgian duo split in 1987 after just two singles and an album but have been back on the road together again during 2007.

11. Liaisons Dangereuses Los Ninos Del Parque (12 mix) 5.00 A big one for Derrick May, Carl Craig, DJ Hell and more, this groundbreaking, much sampled piece of stomping, unsettling electronics from '81 was the mysterious brainchild of D.A.F.'s Chrislo Haas and Beate Bartel from Mania D. Singer Krishna Goineau is behind the mournful vocals, singing in German, French, Spanish and broken English on the band?s only recorded album.

12. A Number Of Names Sharevari (Instrumental) 6.10 Credited as one of Detroit?s earliest techno records from back in ?81, this enduring classic was named after a famed de rigueur Motor City club night, which in turn took its lead from the Charevari clothing label. Producers Paul Leslie and Sterling Jones were given their artist name courtesy of the city?s radio guru, The Electrifyin? Mojo.

13. Six Sed Red Beat Em Right 6.18 A favourite at London fetish night Skin 2, Six Sed Red only released a handful of recordings during the mid-'80s. Having contributed her raw rap style to a brace of Soft Cell tracks, New York's Sindy Ecstacy joined forces with Rick Holliday from the band B-Movie for this industrial electro chugger, given a groove-heavy re-rub by Stephen Mallinder of Cabaret Voltaire.

14. Maximum Joy Silent Street / Silent Dub 7.54 Bristol's post-punk finest, formed in '79 after the break up of infamous band The Pop Group by singer Janine Rainforth and Tony Wrafter of Glaxo Babies. Mixing funk, punk, soulful jazz and wild improvisations, the band often shone best on their more chilled offerings Silent Street / Silent Dub is an amazing piece of ethereal dub.