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....   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. "Arthur Russell holds a unique place in the history of dance music. As an artist he had the admiration of everyone from Philip Glass to Todd Terry. As well as his solo work he also formed the seminal groups Dinosaur L and Loose Joints in the 1980s. With tracks such as 'Go Bang' and 'Is It All Over My Face?', Russell redefined Dance music in the 1980s as both an intelligent and subversive form. At the centre of the New York Dance scene in the 1980s, Russell was co-founder of Sleeping Bag Reco...   [ read more ]

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Exotica fans might be outraged by such an assertion, but really to most listeners one Arthur Lyman album is about the same as another. And if you only get one Arthur Lyman album, you might as well get one with the hits (all three of them, two of which didn't reach the Top 40) and one that has a bit of a chronological span, right? The Very Best of Arthur Lyman fills that bill, including of course his sole big hit, "Yellow Bird," as well as "Love for Sale" and "Taboo," which both made ar...   [ read more ]

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