Compiled by Sarah Champion & Alison Martin aka S.C.A.M.
Label: Scam
Cat no: BIP501CD
Formats: Big box cassette + CD
Release date: Spring 1989
After the summer of love comes Freak Beats in Spring 1989 with shades of house, new beat, noise and world dance. Freak Beats is a selection of experimental sounds from the bedrooms and studios of Manchester, Liverpool, Blackpool and Warrington - a tacky souvenir of life at the and of a decade. We wouldn't be here without John Peel, On The Wire. Meltdown, Stu Allen, Adrian Sherwood, Culturcide ...
Tracklist
Mighty Force 'Cosmic Ambassador Hi-Fi'
Where's the Beach 'Tripping the Love Fantastic'
What Noise 'Vein (Remix)'
Third Wave 'Arabian Sugar'
Black State Choir 'Akuku'
Suns of Arqa 'Godvinda's House'
Elliiptical Trampolines 'Deliciously Deranged'
Toss The Feathers 'Skidoo'
808 State 'State Ritual'
Time Kode '2525'
The T-shirt - celebrating acid house and the end of the '80s
Other Projects
Sarah Champion was also involved in the other Manchester compilations - Mancherster North of England and Hit the North as well as writing the book And God Created Manchester.
