Azuli's Choice: A Collection of Classics series has become more valuable to the history of club music than most old-school dancers and DJs realize. For youngsters who are just beginning to understand the value of disco and house beyond the derided mainstream (and often watered-down) hits, these sets -- pieced together by venerable jocks -- are small treasures, glimpses into eras that deserve the same level of analysis accorded to anything rock-related. Since the average dance-music fan is more likely to be found in a club ...
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Azuli's Choice: A Collection of Classics series has become more valuable to the history of club music than most old-school dancers and DJs realize. For youngsters who are just beginning to understand the value of disco and house beyond the derided mainstream (and often watered-down) hits, these sets -- pieced together by venerable jocks -- are small treasures, glimpses into eras that deserve the same level of analysis accorded to anything rock-related. Since the average dance-music fan is more likely to be found in a club or recovering from a night out than documenting his or her experience (as opposed to rock writing, more the domain of timid shut-ins, Lester Bangs wannabes, and frustrated list-makers), lists like "The Top 100 Disco Songs of All-Time" aren't nearly as common as "The Top 100 Rock Singles of All-Time." Just the same, getting a healthy introduction into dance music is terribly difficult for outsiders, given the number of near-sighted compilations that juggle the same songs over and over. That's where the reliable Choice series comes in. Tony Humphries, a DJ synonymous with Newark, NJ's Club Zanzibar, fills his volume with as much personality and expertise as the other series contributors. Given two discs to work with, he serves up a wide variety of cuts that covers the mid-'70s through the early '90s, encompassing the gritty disco-funk of Mass Production's "Welcome to Our World," the slick jazz-funk of the Blackbyrds' "City Life," the sophisticated machine-assisted soul of Deodato's "Are You for Real," the hardcore hip-house of Todd Terry's "Hard Core-Hip House," and the mid-'90s garage-house of LY's "Back 2 Zanzibar." Like the François Kevorkian edition of the series, Humphries' take features the tracks in unmixed form. The sequencing doesn't make for optimal flow, but none of the transitions are particularly rough; still, out of all the other Choice comps, this one might function better as a source of tracks for your own mixes. The generous liner notes, as expected from the Azuli label, offer a wonderful historical perspective. ~ Andy Kellman, Rovi
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