North - The Sound Of The Dance Underground

An article printed on the inside sleeve (all text in caps): It was summer 1986 and clubs in London are rocking to the sounds of east coast hip hop and Washington Go Go. Meanwhile, dancefloors ´North of Watford´ (especially in Nottingham, Sheffield and Manchester) are crammed with people jacking to a new sound from Chicago called "house", and for two years a north/south divide of a different kind was established. Summer 1988 reads very differently with whole nation rapidly becoming one jacking ...