Neon Nights - DMC

April 19, 2007

DMC, the great minds behind Back To Mine and Under the Influence, unleash the first in their storming new series. A bone-shaking ode to the best of the current dance-rock underground, ‘Neon Nights’ boasts infamous tracks by established mainstreamers alongside choice buzz cuts from up-and-coming and unsigned acts who are primed to make a suitably dramatic, Ketamine-drenched impact upon unsuspecting stereos everywhere.

Included in this immaculate, finger-on-the-pulse collection is sassy chanteuse Kate Nash’s infectious slab of brooding electro-pop, ‘Caroline’s a Victim’, The Gossip’s all-conquering disco anthem (and chart mainstay) ‘Standing in the Way of Control’, and Hadouken!’s psychotic, scene-assimilating amphetamine rush ‘Tuning In’.

Louche, U2-bating synth-punks Bono Must Die deliver an apt statement of intent with ‘We’re Better Than You’, and this confrontational line continues with the addition of Ali Love’s ‘K Hole (Sebastian Remix)’, a witty sonic dissection of a long night lost to horse tranquilizers, brought to you by a man fresh from his winning collaboration with The Chemical Brothers on their latest smash ‘Do It Again’.

‘Neon Nights’ celebrates everything fresh and vital about a burgeoning scene that boasts an excess of originality, talent, and – most important of all – tunes. Slinky-hipped and patently oozing sex appeal, razor-sharp offerings from the likes of Datarock, Tiger Force, Crystal Castles, Shitdisco, and New Young Pony Club expertly round off a compilation that hits all the right notes and has all the best moves.

TRACKLISTING

1. Lost Penguin ‘Pleasurewood Kills’
2. Kate Nash ‘Caroline’s A Victim’ (Tapedeck Remix)
3. Blah Blah Blasé ‘Infatuation’
4. The Bleeps ‘Dull Thud’
5. Shitdisco ‘Reactor Party’
6. BMD ‘We’re Better Than You’
7. Datarock ‘Fa Fa Fa’
8. Tigerforce ‘Send In The Evolution’
9. Crystal Castles ‘Alice Practice’
10. Hadouken! ‘Tuning In’ (NOT ‘That Boy That Girl, as printed on the CD)
11. Middleman ‘Mass Market Wigwams’
12. Gossip ‘Standing In The Way Of Control’
13. Shut Your Eyes And You’ll Burst Into Flames ‘Drop The Decade’
14. New Young Pony Club ‘Descend’
15. Tigerforce ‘Syntax Error’