Trevor Jackson Presents Metal Dance

VINYL FORMAT. Strut present Metal Dance, a new compilation from one of the UK's most respected DJ / producers, the man behind Playgroup and original founder of the legendary label Output Recordings, Trevor Jackson. Drawing on the specials that have peppered Jackson's DJ sets for over a decade, Metal Dance hones in on the more underground and danceable side of industrial, post-punk and EBM (Electronic Body Music), a phrase coined by Ralf Hütter of Kraftwerk but honed by later bands like DAF and Front 242 as socialist realist aesthetics were dragged onto the dancefloor during the mid-'80s. Herein lie sounds that have heavily influenced today's crop of artists and labels -- from DFA and MGMT to Factory Floor and Hot Chip. Jackson cherry-picks classics and rarities from this era, including a new edit of Nitzer Ebb favorite "Control I'm Here" (sampled on Quartz' rave classic "Meltdown"), the cold dance of Analysis' "Surface Tension," Neon's dark "Voices," re-interpreting a Master C&J riff from the early days of Chicago house, and hard-hitting dubs from Pete Shelley, Alien Sex Fiend and more.