Fantazia presents The House Collection Volume 1

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As EDM has matured and settled in to what it is today the early stuff really shows just how freestyle and loose everything was back then.

Highlights for me are track 8 ‘Bumper’ a moody trance track that got a lot of car time, track 13 ‘Legends Of The Dark Part2’ the best remix of ‘Renegade Master’ ever! The Phoenix’ just because it has this big room filling sound, then opens up into a beach party all of its own, it’s like dark chocolate with a strawberry fondant centre. Founded in 1982 by Factory Records, The Haçienda in Manchester became an extension of the "Northern Soul" genre and was one of the early, key English dance music clubs. Jeremy Healy and Allister Whitehead aren't as popular now as they were in the 90's but this cd is Dance Music Gold.Track 1-5 is given as "Degrees of Passion (Bootleg Mix)" with a footnote crediting it as "Do You Want It Right Now (Biti-pella Mix)" by Degrees of Motion plus "Passio" [sic] by Gat Decor; it's almost (but not quite) identical to the commercially available "Do You Want It Right Now Mix" of Passion. Well at least AH can restrain himself sticking with uplifting vocal (soul + choir in places) piano house pretty much throughout, it makes reviewing so much easier! Daphne and Judy Cheeks still have it though, text book 90’s sound and really that’s what Electronica Restoration is all about! The slipcase has FHC3CDL / FHC3 CDL printed on the spine/back but the jewel case spines are printed as FHC3CD as per the standard release.

Many underground venues and DJ nights also took place across the UK, such as the private parties hosted by an early Miss Moneypenny's contingent in Birmingham and many London venues.

Until 1986 the club was financially troubled; the crowds only started to grow when the resident DJs (Pickering, Park and Da Silva) started to play house. The house scene in cities such as Birmingham, Manchester and London were also provided with many underground Pirate Radio stations and DJs alike which helped bolster an already contagious, but otherwise ignored by the mainstream, music genre. Non-personalized content and ads are influenced by things like the content you’re currently viewing and your location (ad serving is based on general location). A mate first owned this and as four of us cruised to the arches glasgow in his 205gti back in the day, these house tunes would get us raring to go.