Take your mind back to the acid house summers of 1988 and 1989 with Paul Oakenfold, Nancy Noise and Colin Hudd as they dig out some real rave classics…

New State Music has announced the release of an era-defining retrospective celebrating the summers of 1988 & 1989 and the birth of the cultural movement known as ‘acid house’.

Summer Of Love is a 3CD mix album of the biggest acid house, rave and Balearic classics curated and mixed by three of the genres’ most high profile and historically documented DJs, Paul Oakenfold, Nancy Noise and Colin Hudd.

The collection features game-changing records famously associated with the DJs seminal respective club brands Spectrum, The Land of Oz and Future including key tracks by house originators Frankie Knuckles, Marshall Jefferson, Phuture, Fingers Inc and the No.1 single from Steve ‘Silk’ Hurley, ‘Jack Your Body’.

The album also features UK top 10s from 808 State ‘Pacific State’, Men Without Hats ‘Safety Dance’ & top 20s from it’s Immaterial, The Art of Noise, Bizzare Inc, Orbital, The Jungle Brothers, Stretch & Stacker Humanoid. Plus the credible underground club hits that made up the scene and scene favourites by bands The Cure, The Residents, Thrashing Doves and Yello.

During the summer of 1988 and 1989, a new cultural movement (known culturally as Second Summer of Love) was borne out of a desire to dance to the uplifting house sound of Chicago as enjoyed on the buzzing Balearic club scene of Ibiza, where a new type of all-night party lifestyle had been met with enthusiasm by UK clubbers. Upon their return to the UK, a new style of raving emanated from the underground club scenes of London and Manchester known as acid house, creating a mania referred to as the Summer of Love. The fervent demand to dance to electronic music spread like wildfire across the fields and disused warehouses of the UK, Europe and beyond, metamorphasising into the global rave scene enjoyed today.

Paul Oakenfold needs little introduction, he’s the man widely recognised as the protagonist of what we now know as acid house and the rave scene, and an internationally acclaimed DJ, producer, remixer and film soundtrack composer.

Paul kicks it all off on CD1 bringing the sound of Spectrum, the infamous acid house party at Heaven, mixing up classics from the likes of Frankie Knuckles, Marshall Jefferson, 808 State and Steve ‘Silk’ Hurley alongside more esoteric tracks form Sueno Latino, The Residents and even 80s ‘wild child’ Mandy Smith.

Colin Hudd is the legendary London Soul, Funk and Boogie DJ who was one of the first DJs in the UK to start playing US ‘House’ music and influenced a raft of DJs thereafter.

CD2 presents the sound of The Land Of Oz, also held at the nightclub Heaven in London, featuring an equally ecstatic blend of acid house & rave classics that takes in anthems from Quartz, Rhythim Is Rhythim, Bizarre Inc, Orbital, Joe Smooth and CeCe Rogers, together with a healthy side of ‘hip house’ from the Jungle Brothers, Fast Eddie and Jungle Crew.

Nancy Noise was probably the first female DJ to really make a name for herself and break down the doors of the formerly boys only club of DJing with her own distinct sound.

Nancy recreates her authentic Ibiza style DJ set on CD3 with the sound of Future, best described as a cool & breezy Balearic mix that captures the essence of Ibiza, bottles it and brings it back to the UK 88 / 89 style… The mix includes sublime moments from The Cure, Art Of Noise, Shakatak, Men Without Hats, Yello and more eclectic cuts from It’s Immaterial, Thrashing Doves and Stretch.

New State Music has set out to capture the essence of those heady days that sent shockwaves through UK society and still resonates in 2018, by releasing ‘Summer Of Love’ an album celebrating the 30th Anniversary of acid house, on Friday 27th July 2018.

TRACKLIST

DISC ONE - PAUL OAKENFOLD

01 A Split-Second – Flesh
02 Marshall Jefferson - Move Your Body (The House Music Anthem)
03 Ralphi Rosario feat. Xavier Gold - You Used To Hold Me
04 Joey Beltram - Energy Flash
05 Mory Kanté - Yeke Yeke (Afro Acid Mix)
06 Kraze - The Party (Club Mix) no 29
07 Steve “Silk” Hurley - Jack Your Body (Club Your Body) no 1
08 Mr Fingers – Can You Feel It
09 Reese & Santonio - The Sound (Extended Mix)
10 Frankie Knuckles ft. Jamie Principle – Your Love no 29
11 Sandee - Notice Me (Notice the House Mix)
12 Phuture - Acid Tracks
13 Sueno Latino with Manuel Goettsching Performing E2E4 – Sueno Latino (Paradise Version)
14 808 State – Pacific State no 10
15 Photon Inc. feat. Paula Brion - Generate Power (Wild Pitch Mix)
16 Adonis - No Way Back
17 Fallout - The Morning After (Sunrise Mix)
18 Mandy Smith – I Just Can’t Wait (The Cool and Breezy Jazz Version)
19 The Residents - Kaw-Liga (Prairie Mix)
20 Finitribe - De Testimony (Collapsing Edit)

DISC TWO - COLIN HUNT

01 Quartz – Meltdown
02 Frankie Knuckles Presents Satoshi Tomiie ý– Tears (Classic Vocal)
03 Turntable Orchestra - You're Gonna Miss Me no 32
04 Maurice - This is Acid
05 Jungle Brothers - I’ll House You (Club Mix) no 19
06 LNR ý– Work It To The Bone
07 One O One - Rock To The Beat
08 CJ Bolland – Wonderland
09 Rhythim Is Rhythim - Strings Of Life
10 Fast Eddie - Yo Yo Get Funky
11 Tony Scott - That’s How I’m Living
12 The Nightwriters - Let the Music Use You (Radio Mix)
13 Dionne - Come Get My Lovin'
14 Humanoid - Stakker Humanoid no 17
15 Jungle Crew feat. Jungle Jorge ý– Elektric Dance (Hitman's House Mix)
16 Bizarre Inc - Such A Feeling no 13
17 Clubland feat. Quartz ý– Let's Get Busy (Pump It Up)
18 Renegade Soundwave – Thunder
19 Orbital - Chime no 17
20 Westbam – Hold Me Back (Ultimate Mix)
21 Joe Smooth - Promised Land no 36
22 CeCe Rogers – Someday (Club Mix)

DISC THREE - NANCY NOISE

01 Stretch - Why Did You Do It no 16
02 Hongkong Syndikat - Too Much (Cola-Banana-Mix)
03 StoneBridge - Jazzy John's Freestyle Dub
04 Shakatak – R. Manic & Sister Cool (Manic Cuts)
05 Trashing Doves – Jesus On The Payroll (Street Groove)
06 Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance (Extended Version) no 6
07 Code 61 - Drop The Deal
08 Art of Noise feat. Max Headroom – Paranoimia (Extended Version) no 12
09 Dizzi Heights - Would I Find Love (Extended Version)        
10 T-Coy - De Mas Mas
11 The Cure - Hot Hot Hot!!! (Extended Mix) no 45
12 Oh Well - Oh Well no 28
13 Yello - Bositch
14 Hamilton Bohannon – Let’s Start The Dance
15 Gene & Jim Are Into Shakes - Shake!
16 Raul Orellana - Guitarra (UK Mix)
17 It's Immaterial - Driving Away From Home (Wicked Weather For Walking) no 18
18 Richie Havens - Going Back To My Roots
19 William Pitt - City Lights
20 Solid Gold Easy Amex feat. Red Box - Enjoy (Paul Oakenfold Future Mix)

RELEASE DATE: 27th July