Demon Music/Edsel have announced details of a forthcoming compilation, When The 2000s Clashed – Machine Music For A New Millennium, an 81-track retrospective of the electroclash era.
The 5xCD compilation, accompanied by a 3x vinyl edition, features sleeve notes by Jonny Slut, founder of infamous electroclash club Nag Nag Nag, as well as archive shots of club regulars by Ophelia Wynne.
The electroclash movement, the name of which was reportedly coined by International Deejay Gigolos impresario DJ Hell, was popularised in the US by DJ Larry Tee, who put on the first Electroclash Festival in his native New York in 2001.
This was echoed by underground nights in the cooler parts of Berlin, Munich, Paris, London (mostly centred around the East End’s hipster environs of Hoxton, Shoreditch & Old Street) and the Williamsburg district of New York. Named after a 1979 single by Cabaret Voltaire, Nag Nag Nag was established by Jonny Slut in a small Soho venue called Ghetto, in 2002.
As a press release for the compilation puts it, ‘A glorious mess and hedonists’ hotspot, a night at Nag Nag Nag (if you could get in!) saw the capital’s club kids, students and creatives rub up alongside names from the fashion and music worlds – Björk, Pet Shop Boys, Kate Moss, Boy George, Alexander McQueen and Pam Hogg were among the regulars. Madonna visited (as did John Peel); Yoko Ono asked to perform (and did!); Throbbing Gristle’s Chris and Cosey DJ’d; so did Marc Almond and 2ManyDJs; Justin Timberlake was refused entry (too many bodyguards)… Even Cilla Black was spotted getting down to Khia’s filthy ‘My Neck, My Back’.
These stories, and more, are elaborated on in the compilation’s sleevenotes, penned by Jonny Slut – who even rode the electroclash wave himself with one of the scene’s most popular tracks.
“I had done a track (as Atomizer) with my old mate Jimmy Cauty (KLF) called Hooked on Radiation and had managed via another old pal, Adamski, to get it to the attention of DJ Hell,” he recalls. “At the time Gigolos was the label de jour. Anyway, apparently he thought it was ’the bomb’ and so I was incredibly excited when he signed it to his label. This would’ve been around the same time as starting the club, so it seemed like things suddenly exploded very quickly.”
Elsewhere, as Princess Superstar, who has two tracks on the compilation – Perfect (Exceeder), with Mason, and Licky (Hervé Radio Edit), with Larry Tee – puts it, “Nag Nag Nag was one of my favourite places to play, hands down. It was so raw and so authentic – more punk than Trash which was another club of the era – and I definitely loved Nag better! I remember it just being packed with the coolest crowd, everyone was just sweaty, off their faces, and ready to dance. When I DJ’d there I could really just experiment with so many genres and just be raw which was really the essence of that electro era.
“I nearly died when I saw Boy George there one night when I was playing, a hero of mine from when I was a little girl in the ‘80s, and he was just so cool and dancing like just a regular person. That was the vibe there. But probably my favourite memory was when Lindsay Lohan came and she had three bodyguards with her, and the door told her she could only come in without the bodyguards. Lohan refused, and she was turned away. Like, how amazing is that? There was no celebrity ass kissing, none of that pretentious shit. That was the essence of Nag.”
When The 2000s Clashed – Machine Music For A New Millennium is set to be released on 31 October, and can be pre-ordered here. An official launch party will take place at Colours, Hoxton Square, in London, on 3 October, ticket details for which will be revealed soon. [Photo by Ophelia Wynne]
CD Tracklisting
CD1: PLUG ME IN
Fundamentals
- Plug Me In / Add N To (X)
- F*ck The Pain Away / Peaches
- Missy Queen’s Gonna Die / Tok Tok vs. Soffy O
- Supermodel Inc. / Larry Tee
- Rippin Kittin (Tobi Neumann’s Glove Tension Dub) / Golden Boy with Miss Kittin
- Poney Pt. 1. / Vitalic
- Hand To Phone / ADULT.
- Disco Rout / Legowelt
- Hooked On Radiation (Pet Shop Boys Orange Alert Mix) / Atomizer
- Kein Melodien…1,2,3,4 / Jeans Team, MJ Lan
- Superbike (Single Version) / Fat Truckers
- Einfach / Ascii. Disko
- Do I Look Like A Slut? (Original Version) / Avenue D
- Kernkraft 400 (DJ Gius Mix) (Radio Edit) / Zombie Nation
- Superman / Savas Pascaladis
CD2: EMERGE
Essentials
- Emerge / Fischerspooner
- Seventeen / Ladytron
- I Am The Fly / Adam Sky and Crossover
- What Was Her Name? / Dave Clarke Featuring Chicks on Speed
- Take A Walk (Dima Neo-Romantic Mix) / Bolz Bolz
- We Share Our Mother’s Health / The Knife
- Miura / Metro Area
- Manila (Ewan Pearson Mix) / Seelenluft
- Magma / Ellen Allien
- Fishnets / The Silures
- Sandwiches (Radio Edit) / Detroit Grand Pubas
- Nostalgia (There’s No Money In The Underground) (Atomizer Remix Edit) / Readers Wifes Featuring Justin Bond
- The Game Is Not Over / T. Raumschmiere feat. Miss Kittin
- Girls On Pills / The Droyds
- Weiter (Edit 1) / Egoexpress
CD3: OVER AND OVER
Developments
- Over And Over (Naum Gabo Remix) / Hot Chip
- Strict Machine / Goldfrapp
- Slow (Chemical Brothers Remix Edit) / Kylie Minogue
- Overpowered / Róisín Murphy
- Daft Punk Is Playing At My House (Edit) / LCD Soundsystem
- Perfect (Exceeder) (Edit) / Mason vs. Princess Superstar
- My Neck, My Back (Tobi Neumann Remix) / Khia
- Take Me Out (Daft Punk Remix) / Franz Ferdinand
- Galang / M.I.A.
- Kids (Soulwax Remix) / MGMT
- Chewing Gum (Mylo Mix) / Annie
- Banquet (Phones Disco Remix) / Bloc Party
- Zero / Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs
- Day ‘n’ Nite (Crookers Remix) / Kid Cudi
- Beeper / The Count And Sinden
CD4: WE ARE YOUR FRIENDS
Evolutions
- We Are Your Friends / Justice vs. Simian
- «Zdarlight» / Digitalism
- E Talking (Nite Version) / Soulwax
- My Moon My Man (Boys Noize Classic Mix) / Feist
- Licky (Hervé Radio Edit) / Larry Tee & Princess Superstar
- Hustler / Simian Mobile Disco
- Let’s Make Love And Listen To Death From Above / CSS
- Solta O Frango / Bonde Do Rolê
- Club Action / Yo Majesty
- Ladyflash / The Go! Team
- Ice Cream / New Young Pony Club
- Barnaby / My Toys Like Me
- Go! (Trentemøller Remix) / Moby
- Je Veux Te Toir (Club-Club Version) / Yelle
- Jump Up / Battant
- Yellow Brick / Noisia
CD5: NICE MOVER
Origins
- Nice Mover / Gina X Performance
- Warm Leatherette / The Normal
- Empire State Human / The Human League
- Soldier Soldier / Spizzenergi
- Numbers / Kraftwerk
- Zauberstab / ZaZa
- Telephone Operator / Pete Shelley
- Ricky’s Hand / Fad Gadget
- A Man Could Get Lost (‘Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing’ Version) / Soft Cell
- Flesh / A Split Second
- Tryouts For The Human Race / Sparks
- Fred Vom Jupiter / Die Doraus Und Die Marinas
- 8.15 to Nowhere / Vicious Pink
- The Fashion Party / The Neon Judgement
- Everything’s Gone Green / New Order
- I’m Your Money (12″ Extended Version) / Heaven 17
- Suicide Commando / No More
- Take Me Baby / Jimi Tenor
- The Damned Don’t Cry / Visage
- Nag Nag Nag / Cabaret Voltaire
LP Tracklisting
LP1: EMERGE
Side A
- Emerge / Fischerspooner (4.48)
- Seventeen / Ladytron (4.38)
- Strict Machine/ Goldfrapp (3.45)
- Girls On Pills / The Droyds (3.53)
- Hooked On Radiation (Pet Shop Boys Orange Alert Mix) / Atomizer (5.44)
Side B
- F*ck The Pain Away / Peaches (4.11)
- Do I Look Like A Slut? (Original Version) / Avenue D (4.51)
- Galang / M.I.A. (3.34)
- Kernkraft 400 (DJ Gius Mix) (Radio Edit) / Zombie Nation (3.28)
- Poney Pt. 1. / Vitalic (5.28)
- The Game Is Not Over / T. Raumschmiere feat. Miss Kittin (3.42)
LP2: OVER AND OVER
Side C
- Over And Over (Naum Gabo Remix) / Hot Chip (7.05)
- Banquet (Phones Disco Remix) / Bloc Party (5.25)
- E Talking (Nite Version) / Soulwax (6.08)
- «Zdarlight» / Digitalism (5.44)
Side D
- Daft Punk Is Playing At My House (Edit) / LCD Soundsystem (3.23)
- Hustler / Simian Mobile Disco (3.43)
- We Share Our Mother’s Health / The Knife (4.09)
- Missy Queen’s Gonna Die / Tok Tok vs. Soffy O (4.13)
- What Was Her Name / Dave Clarke Featuring Chicks on Speed (4.44)
- I Am The Fly / Adam Sky and Crossover (4.59)
LP3: WE ARE YOUR FRIENDS
Side E
- We Are Your Friends / Justice vs. Simian (4.23)
- Take Me Out (Daft Punk Remix) / Franz Ferdinand (4.33)
- Slow (Chemical Brothers Remix Edit) / Kylie Minogue (3.56)
- Let’s Make Love And Listen To Death From Above / CSS (3.31)
- Solta O Frango / Bonde De Rolê (2.21)
- Club Action / Yo Majesty (4.07)
Side F
- Numbers / Kraftwerk (3.20)
- Warm Leatherette / The Normal (3.24)
- Empire State Human / The Human League (3.12)
- Tryouts For The Human Race / Sparks (3.20)
- Telephone Operator / Pete Shelley (3.19)
- Nag Nag Nag / Cabaret Voltaire (4.38)
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