Auteur Labels Robs Records- Auteur Labels: Robs Records
2010 release, a new volume in LTM's ongoing compilation series Auteur Labels, here profiling cult Manchester dance imprint Robs Records. Founded by Joy Division/New Order manager Rob Gretton, Robs Records was effectively the 'Factory Dance' label that Tony Wilson refused to back. Active for a decade before Rob's untimely death in 1999, Robs and sister label Pleasure released a raft of excellent underground dance music, much of it by Manchester artists such as Sub Sub, Mr. Scruff, Digital Justice and Strangebrew, as well as Factory veterans a Certain Ratio. Robs also licensed occasional choice imports, including Roy Davis Jr. and Beat Club, whose cult hit "Security" is here remixed by Bernard Sumner.
Tracklist:
- Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use) [Radio Edit]
- Security [Remix] - Beat Club (remix)
- 27 Forever [Jon Dasilva Mix] - A Certain Ratio (remix)
- Sirocco - Spacer IV
- Strangebrew - Sky Life
- Egyptian Jazz - Men from the Nile
- Buggin' Becky [Balihu Remix] - J Walk (remix)
- Chicken in a Box - Mr. Scruff
- Our Love Climbs Higher [Extended Mix] - Anambi (remix)
- Tarantella Ritual - Rack-It!
- Theme from It's All Gone Pear Shaped - Digital Justice
- Listen to the Sound - A Certain Ratio
- Inside of This - Sub Sub
2010 release, a new volume in LTM's ongoing compilation series Auteur Labels, here profiling cult Manchester dance imprint Robs Records. Founded by Joy Division/New Order manager Rob Gretton, Robs Records was effectively the 'Factory Dance' label that Tony Wilson refused to back. Active for a decade before Rob's untimely death in 1999, Robs and sister label Pleasure released a raft of excellent underground dance music, much of it by Manchester artists such as Sub Sub, Mr. Scruff, Digital Justice and Strangebrew, as well as Factory veterans a Certain Ratio. Robs also licensed occasional choice imports, including Roy Davis Jr. and Beat Club, whose cult hit "Security" is here remixed by Bernard Sumner.
Tracklist:
- Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use) [Radio Edit]
- Security [Remix] - Beat Club (remix)
- 27 Forever [Jon Dasilva Mix] - A Certain Ratio (remix)
- Sirocco - Spacer IV
- Strangebrew - Sky Life
- Egyptian Jazz - Men from the Nile
- Buggin' Becky [Balihu Remix] - J Walk (remix)
- Chicken in a Box - Mr. Scruff
- Our Love Climbs Higher [Extended Mix] - Anambi (remix)
- Tarantella Ritual - Rack-It!
- Theme from It's All Gone Pear Shaped - Digital Justice
- Listen to the Sound - A Certain Ratio
- Inside of This - Sub Sub