The World of Arthur Russell

The first collected work of Arthur Russell, one of the most iconic artists in the history of dance music. As an artist, he had the admiration of everyone from Philip Glass to Todd Terry. In addition to his solo work, he formed the seminal groups Dinosaur L and Loose Joints, and with tracks such as "Go Bang" and "Is It All Over My Face?," redefined dance music as both intelligent and subversive. At the center of the New York dance scene in the '80s, Russell confounded Sleeping Bag Records with Will Socolov. They released Russell's own material, as well as seminal music from Mantronix, Larry Levan, Patrick Adams, EPMD, Joyce Sims, and Todd Terry, among others. As a regular visitor at David Mancuso's Loft, and Nicky Siano's Gallery nightclubs, and even Studio 54, Russell immersed himself in the NYC dance scene, while he continued to create avant-garde experimental music.

Larry Levan, Walter Gibbons, and Francois Kervorkian were pivotal remixers of Russell's work and are featured on many of the tracks here. Arthur Russell died in 1992 and left behind an enormous body of work. This release features the classic tracks "Go Bang," "Is It All Over My Face," and "Wax the Van," along with impossible-to-find tracks such as "In the Light of the Miracle" and the private-pressing-only "Pop Your Funk."