Various Artists - Burn It Up Various Artists

During the latter half of the 1980's, the burgeoning electro, house and techno scenes burst into the mainstream across Europe, turning countless bedroom beat makers into pop stars overnight and revolutionising the musical landscape. Building on synth-pop's sound palette and industrial dance music's energy, and fuelled by enthusiastic independent labels, cash-only entrepreneurs and media hype around warehouse raves, the once underground sound of four to the floor rhythms, squelchy TB-303 lines and light-fingered samples quickly became the commercial mainstream. 'Burn It Up' captures a snapshot of that time and place, via fifty hand-picked floor- fillers. From #1 singles, household names and mainstays of suburban nightclubs to lesser- known curios and hip leftfield remixes, this is a story of renegade spirit, adventurous artists and a record buying public eager to embrace music unimaginable only a short while ago.