Compiler/Editor: Sarah Champion
Label: Coaltion/WEA
Cat no: 0630-181922
Formats: Double CD with book
Release date: 1997
Disco Biscuits: The CD Sleevenotes
This is the soundtrack to Disco Biscuits, the bestselling anthology of chemical fiction published by Sceptre in 1997. It was released on Coalition in conjunction with London literature-DJ club promoters Arthrob. Both CD and book celebrated the 10th anniversary of acid house. The compilation collected a decade's classic tracks. These tunes defined the era while the book put words to the music.
Tracklisting
808 State - Pacific State
Electribe 101 - Talking With Myself
Underworld - Rez
Hardfloor - Acperience1
Leftfield - Not Forgotten
Empirion - Narcotic Influence
Rhythim Is Rhythim - Strings of Life
Capricorn - 20Hz
Orbital - Halcyon
Green Velvet - Preacher Man
Future Sound of London - Papua New Guinea
LTJ Bukem - Horizons
Sueno Latino - Sueno Latino
Two Lone Swordsmen - Kicking in and Out (Andrew Weatherall)
The Farm - Groovy Train
The Shamen - Move Any Mountain
Goldie - Inner City Life (Original Version)
The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds
The Beloved - Sunrising
Celebrating the tenth anniversary of Acdi House, Disco Biscuits is an anthology of new stories capturing othe hedonistic spirit of the last decade - from illegal raves to corporate club culture. It includes nineteen anarchic, out-there tales of drugs, sex, dancefloors, dealers, police and DJs. More....
Joshua Glazer, All Music Guide:
"This double-CD retrospective was released in conjunction with a fiction collection sharing the same name, both meant to honor the tenth anniversary of Britain's acid house movement. And you really must give compiler Sarah Champion credit for securing a lion's share of the era's defining tracks, mostly by artists who continue to be relevant a decade later.
Opening with the seminal 808 State selection "Pacific State", disc one stays committed to the dancefloor with the acid assault of Hardfloor "Acperience1" and the template tech-house of Detroit's Derrick May and Chicago's Green Velvet . There's also the divine arpeggio synth line on Underworld "Rez" that is so good it'll cause a lump in your throat every time.
Disc two focuses on the blissful after-effects of the weekend's hedonism with earthy electronic etherealism by F.S.O.L. and Sueno Latino. It also gives time to the pop-acid crossover of Shamen and The Farm , an inevitable byproduct of a musical movement that grew so rapidly. Then follows the post-acid developments of LTJ Bukem and Goldie, whose "Inner City Life" stands as a classic along side anything from rock's late-'60s heyday. These are the classics that stand the test of time..."
Disco Biscuits: The CD Sleevenotes