Come Together: Adventures On The Indie Dancefloor Come Together: Adventures On The Indie Dancefloor CD

Four CD box set celebrating the Madchester/baggy scene and the indie dance crossover. As the Berlin Wall came down and a new decade beckoned, indie and dance collided and bands like The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets and The Charlatans spearheaded a new music movement dubbed 'baggy' or 'Madchester'. While the focus was on Manchester, it was an explosion that stretched from the Glasgow area with The Soup Dragons and Primal Scream to Liverpool with The Farm, Leeds with the Bridewell Taxis and Flowered Up in London. The 'Madchester' sound incorporated elements of 60s psychedelia, 80s indie, 70s funk and contemporary house and hip hop; 808 State were an electronic dance act, The Stone Roses, a guitar band with a funky rhythm section, Inspiral Carpets used a Farfisa organ associated with 1960s garage punk and Happy Mondays played a truly unique blend of indie funk. The Hacienda night club in Manchester co-owned by New Order was a catalyst and cultural centre for this music explosion, having played US house music from 1987. Another influence was the increasing availability of MDMA in the city. Remixes were an important part of the indie dance crossover scene and 12" remixes here include Paul Oakenfold 's pioneering 'Think About The Future Mix' of Happy Mondays' 'W. F. L. ', Terry Farley's mixes of Primal Scream's 'Come Together' and The Soup Dragons' 'I'm Free' and Andy Weatherall's reconstruction of James' 'Come Home'. Also included are other indie bands who embraced dance music after discovering sampling and the new music technology including Aberdeen's The Shamen who'd started out as a psychedelic guitar band before evolving into a dance act and Stourbridge's self-styled grebos, Pop Will Eat Itself whose music metamorphosised from pop punk into a hybrid of rock, hip hop and dance.

1. Happy Mondays - W.F.L. 'Think About the Future' Mix (The Paul Oakenfold Mix) 2. Inspiral Carpets - Joe 3. 808 State - Pacific State - Origin (12" Version) 4. James - Come Home (Weatherall Remix A.K.A. Skunk Weed Skank Mix) 5. The Farm - Stepping Stone (12" Ghost Dance Mix) 6. Hypnotone - Dream Beam (Ben Chapman Remix) 7. New Fast Automatic Daffodils - Big (Baka) 8. Paris Angels - All on You (Perfume) (12" Version) 9. The Bridewell Taxis - Spirit (Lfo Decision Remix) 10. Electronic - Get the Message (Dna Groove Mix) 11. Future Sound of London - Papua New Guinea (12" Original Mix Aka Dali Mix) 12. The Beloved - the Sun Rising (Danny's Love Is... Remix) 13. The Times - Manchester (Single Version) 14. Candy Flip - Strawberry Fields Forever (Raspberry Ripple Remix) 15. The Stone Roses - Fools Gold 9.53 16. The Charlatans - Indian Rope 17. Moonflowers - Get Higher (Rather Large in the Bristol Area Mix) 18. Northside - Shall We Take a Trip (12" Version) 19. The Mock Turtles - Can You Dig It? 20. Spin - Scratches (In the Sand) 21. World of Twist - She's a Rainbow (12" Version) 22. Sinister Groove - Perfect Person 23. Spirea X - Re: Action 24. The Candy Skins - for What It's Worth 25. Honey Smugglers - You Are the Sun 26. Airhead - Counting Sheep 27. The Telescopes - Celeste 28. The Hollow Men - Thrilled 29. Spacemen 3 - Big City (Everybody I Know Can Be Found Here) (12" Version) 30. Primal Scream - Come Together (Terry Farley Extended 12" Mix) 31. Flowered Up - It's on 32. Saint Etienne - Kiss and Make Up (Midsummer Madness Mix) 33. Inspiral Carpets - Commercial Reign 34. The Shamen - Pro>Gen (Land of Oz Mix) 35. Intastella - Century (12" Version) 36. Happy Mondays - Step on (Twisting My Melon Mix) 37. The Primitives - You Are the Way (Re-Ravishing Mix) 38. The Wendys - the Sun's Going to Shine for Me Soon 39. Chapterhouse - Pearl (12" Version) 40. Raintree County - Mad Dog 41. King of the Slums - Bear Wiv Me (Flourescent Mix) 42. A Certain Ratio - Twenty Seven Forever (12" Version) 43. The Soup Dragons - I'm Free (Terry Farley Boys Own Remix) 44. Stereo MC's - Connected 45. Ruthless Rap Assassins - and It Wasn't a Dream (Dare to Be Aware Mix) 46. MC Tunes Versus 808 State - Tunes Splits the Atom (Original Rap) 47. That Petrol Emotion - Tingle (Hard Boppin' Mix) 48. Julian Cope - Love L.U.V. (Beautiful Love Remix) 49. Jesus Jones - Real Real Real (Rhythm 3 - Ben Chapman "Spaced" 12" Mix) 50. The Charlatans - Opportunity Three 51. The Dylans - Lemon Afternoon 52. Pop Will Eat Itself - X, y and Zee (Electric Sunshine Style) 53. Stan - My Delight (Extended Mix) 54. Cud - Magic (Extended Farsley Mix) 55. Blow-Up - World (Long Version) 56. The Popguns - Crazy 57. Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine - After the Watershed (Early Learning the Hard Way)