Warehouse Anthems Box Set 3CD
Warehouse Anthems is a 3CD retrospective compilation of the classic ‘rave era’ from 1989-1994, when warehouse and outdoor events fuelled an alternative dance culture for a new generation of party goers. The album features a host of UK Top 10 selling artists including The Prodigy, SL2, Altern8, Kicks Like A Mule, Baby D and Opus III – along with equally influential acts from the period such as LFO, The Future Sound of London, Awesome 3, Ragga Twins, Jonny L, Nightmares On Wax, Humanoid, 2 Bad Mice – and many more.
Old skool, breakbeat, hardcore and rave were the by-words of a sprawling scene that stretched to all corners of the UK – from Bournemouth to Inverness – through festivals, clubs, fanzines and pirate radio stations. The political fall-out ultimately led to the notorious ‘Repetitive Beats’ Criminal Justice & Public Order Act of 1994, outlawing any gathering of more than 20 people, which served only in distancing the in-power Conservative government and accelerating one of the most striking and powerful youth movements of a generation.
Warehouse Anthems serves not only as a powerful reminder of a musical and cultural legacy, but one that defines and evolves, within contemporary electronic music.
The album includes a foreward by Mark Archer, one half of the enormously successful and influential rave-duo, Altern 8.
Track List
Disc 1
- Sweet Harmony (Original Mix) – Liquid
- On A Ragga Tip – SL2
- Everybody In The Place – The Prodigy (Fairground Remix)
- The Bouncer (Housequake Mix) – Kicks Like a Mule
- Don't Go (Kicks Like A Mule Mix) – Awesome 3
- Evapor 8 (Inciner 8 Mix) – Altern 8
- Closer To All Your Dreams (Hibrid Mix) – Rhythm Quest
- Papua New Guinea (Original 12" Mix) – The Future Sound of London
- Made In 2 Minutes (Rave Mix) – Bug Kann & The Plastic Jam
- Acid Thunder (Fast Eddie Mix) – Fast Eddie
- Dextrous – Nightmares On Wax
- High (Original Mix) – Hyper Go Go
- Stakker Humanoid (Original 12" Mix) – Humanoid
- Mr Kirks Nightmare – 4 Hero
- Bring Forth The Guillotine – Silver Bullet
Disc 2
- Spliffhead – Ragga Twins
- We Are I.E. (Original Extended Edit) – Lennie De Ice
- Bombscare (2 Bad Mice Remix) – 2 Bad Mice
- LFO (Leeds Warehouse Mix) – LFO
- Take It Easy (Remix) – Cedric Winkleburger and The Yellow Blueberries
- Hurt You So (S&M Mix) – Jonny L
- Feel Real Good – Manix
- I Feel The Heat – Urban Hype
- Injected With A Poison (Adams Power Mix) – Praga Khan
- Trip II The Moon (Part 1) – Acen
- Volume 1 – Danny Breaks
- Music Takes You (2 Bad Mice Remix) – Blame
- Panic – Force Mass Motion
- Renegade Snares (Foul Play Remix) – Omni Trio
Disc 3
- The Sound Of Eden (Original Mix) – Shades Of Rhythm
- Let Me Be Your Fantasy – Baby D
- It's Just A Feeling – Terrorize
- Break Of Dawn (Original Mix) – Rhythm On The Loose
- It's A Fine Day – Opus III
- Just Let Go (Dub) – Petra & Co
- Give Me Energy (Energy Revised Club Mix) – Pink Noise
- Take You There – D'Lusion
- Let's Rock – E
- Pure (Energy) – G.T.O
- Quadrophonia – Quadrophonia
- Hold It Down – 2 Bad Mice
- Rushin The House – Xenophobia
- Lock Up – Zero B
- He Never Lost His Hardcore – N.R.G