When The 2000s Clashed: Machine Music For A New Millennium

‘When The 2000s Clashed: Machine Music For A New Millenium’ is the story of how, 25 years ago, a new form of electronic music – known as electroclash - reignited a tired clubland and gave the indie scene and mainstream pop a shot in the arm in the process.

Over this 3LP highlights set, carefully curated from the 5CD box of the same name (also released, 3 rd October) the collection showcases the back-to-basics electronic beats that heralded in a new generation of exciting and innovative new artists - Hot Chip, Peaches, LCD Soundystem, and Ladytron, to name a handful. It also shows how the sound and attitude of electroclash plugged into the decade’s cutting-edge indie bands, (Franz Ferdinand, Bloc Party), and became intrinsic to the way chart pop would sound in the first decade of the 2000s (Kylie, Goldfrapp). The collection also shows how the scene’s underground DIY ethos evolved and inspired the next generation of electronic buccaneers (Simian Mobile Disco, Justice Vs. Simian).

‘When The 2000s Clashed’ brings together a dazzling, diverse selection of artists, producers and remixers from right across the 2000s zeitgeist – from The Chemical Brothers and Daft Punk, from M.I.A. to Soulwax and many points in-between. For good measure, there’s also one side of LP3 given over to the original post punk and electronic sounds (including Kraftwerk, The Human League and Cabaret Voltaire) who’d played such a big influence on the electroclash sound.

‘When The 2000s Clashed’ was compiled and sequenced for Demon / Edsel by Jonny Slut, founder of London’s electroclash citadel Nag Nag Nag. Established in 2002, in a small Soho venue called Ghetto, ‘Nag’ quickly became THE hottest club, first in London and then in the whole world. 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, so did John Peel, Yoko Ono asked to perform and did, Throbbing Gristle’s Chris and Cosey DJ’d, so did Marc Almond, and Too Many DJ’s. Justin Timberlake was refused entry (too many bodyguards)… even Cilla Black was spotted getting down! Jonny shares these reminisces – and many more - in the collection’s sleevenotes.

Named after the 1979 Cabaret Voltaire classic, ‘Nag, Nag, Nag’ became the first place to hear the seemingly endless flow of thrilling new tunes coming from every direction during that decade of dance. Many of them are included on this collection.

Also available as a 5CD complete set in 7” Super Deluxe packaging.

Over 5 discs it spotlights the back-to-basics electronic beats that heralded in a new generation of exciting and innovative new artists, such as Hot Chip, Peaches, LCD Soundystem, and Ladytron. It also shows how the sound and attitude of electroclash plugged into the decade’s cutting-edge indie bands, (Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs, MGMT, Franz Ferdinand, Bloc Party), and became intrinsic to the way chart pop would sound in the first decade of the 2000s (Kylie, Goldfrapp, Mason Vs. Princess Superstar). The box also shows how the scene’s underground DIY ethos evolved and inspired the next generation of electronic outriders (Simian Mobile Disco, Kid Cudi, Justice Vs. Simian).

3LP
LP1: EMERGE
Side A
1. Emerge / Fischerspooner
2. Seventeen / Ladytron
3. Strict Machine/ Goldfrapp
4. Girls On Pills / The Droyds
5. Hooked On Radiation (Pet Shop Boys Orange Alert Mix) / Atomizer

Side B
1. Fuck The Pain Away / Peaches
2. Do I Look Like A Slut? (Original Version) / Avenue D
3. Galang / M.I.A.
4. Kernkraft 400 (DJ Gius Mix) (Radio Edit) / Zombie Nation
5. Poney Pt. 1. (Edit) / Vitalic
6. The Game Is Not Over / T. Raumschmiere feat. Miss Kittin

LP2: OVER AND OVER
Side C
1. Over And Over (Naum Gabo Remix) / Hot Chip (7.05)
2. Banquet (Phones Disco Remix) / Bloc Party (5.25)
3. E Talking (Nite Version) / Soulwax (6.08)
4. «Zdarlight» / Digitalism (5.44)

Side D
1. Daft Punk Is Playing At My House (Edit) / LCD Soundsystem
(3.23)
2. Hustler / Simian Mobile Disco (3.43)
3. We Share Our Mother's Health / The Knife (4.09)
4. Missy Queen's Gonna Die / Tok Tok vs. Soffy O (4.13)
5. What Was Her Name (Radio Edit) / Dave Clarke Featuring Chicks on Speed (4.44)
6. I Am The Fly / Adam Sky and Crossover (4.59)

LP3: WE ARE YOUR FRIENDS
Side E
1. We Are Your Friends / Justice Vs. Simian
2. Take Me Out (Daft Punk Remix) / Franz Ferdinand
3. Slow (Chemical Brothers Remix Edit) / Kylie Minogue
4. Let's Make Love And Listen To Death From Above / CSS
5. Solta O Frango / Bonde De Rolê
6. Club Action / Yo Majesty

Side F
1. Numbers / Kraftwerk
2. Warm Leatherette / The Normal
3. Empire State Human / The Human League
4. Tryouts For The Human Race / Sparks
5. Telephone Operator / Pete Shelley
6. Nag Nag Nag / Cabaret Voltaire

5CD
CD1: PLUG ME IN
FUNDAMENTALS
1. Plug Me In / Add N To (X)
2. Fuck The Pain Away / Peaches
3. Missy Queen's Gonna Die / Tok Tok vs. Soffy O
4. Supermodel Inc. / Larry Tee
5. Rippin Kittin (Tobi Neumann's Glove Tension Dub) / Golden Boy
with Miss Kittin
6. Poney Pt. 1. / Vitalic
7. Hand To Phone / ADULT.
8. Disco Rout / Legowelt
9. Hooked On Radiation (Pet Shop Boys Orange Alert Mix) / Atomizer
10.Kein Melodien…1,2,3,4 / Jeans Team, MJ Lan
11.Superbike (Single Version) / Fat Truckers
12.Einfach / Ascii. Disko
13.Do I Look Like A Slut? (Original Version) / Avenue D
14.Kernkraft 400 (DJ Gius Mix) (Radio Edit) / Zombie Nation
15.Superman / Savas Pascaladis

CD2: EMERGE
ESSENTIALS
1. Emerge / Fischerspooner
2. Seventeen / Ladytron
3. I Am The Fly / Adam Sky and Crossover
4. What Was Her Name? / Dave Clarke Featuring Chicks on Speed
5. Take A Walk (Dima Neo-Romantic Mix) / Bolz Bolz
6. We Share Our Mother's Health / The Knife
7. Miura / Metro Area
8. Manila (Ewan Pearson Mix) / Seelenluft
9. Magma / Ellen Allien
10. Fishnets / The Silures
11. Sandwiches (Radio Edit) / Detroit Grand Pubas
12. Nostalgia (There's No Money In The Underground) (Atomizer
Remix Edit) / Readers Wifes Featuring Justin Bond
13. The Game Is Not Over / T. Raumschmiere feat. Miss Kittin
14. Girls On Pills / The Droyds
15. Weiter (Edit 1) / Egoexpress

CD3: OVER AND OVER
DEVELOPMENTS
1. Over And Over (Naum Gabo Remix) / Hot Chip
2. Strict Machine / Goldfrapp
3. Slow (Chemical Brothers Remix Edit) / Kylie Minogue
4. Overpowered / Róisín Murphy
5. Daft Punk Is Playing At My House (Edit) / LCD Soundsystem
6. Perfect (Exceeder) (Edit) / Mason Vs. Princess Superstar
7. My Neck, My Back (Tobi Neumann Remix) / Khia
8. Take Me Out (Daft Punk Remix) / Franz Ferdinand
9. Galang / M.I.A.
10. Kids (Soulwax Remix) / MGMT
11. Chewing Gum (Mylo Mix) / Annie
12. Banquet (Phones Disco Remix) / Bloc Party
13. Zero / Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs
14. Day 'n' Nite (Crookers Remix) / Kid Cudi
15. Beeper / The Count And Sinden

CD4: WE ARE YOUR FRIENDS
EVOLUTIONS
1. We Are Your Friends / Justice Vs. Simian
2. «Zdarlight» / Digitalism
3. E Talking (Nite Version) / Soulwax
4. My Moon My Man (Boys Noize Classic Mix) / Feist
5. Licky (Hervé Radio Edit) / Larry Tee & Princess Superstar
6. Hustler / Simian Mobile Disco
7. Let's Make Love And Listen To Death From Above / CSS
8. Solta O Frango / Bonde Do Rolê
9. Club Action / Yo Majesty
10. Ladyflash / The Go! Team
11. Ice Cream / New Young Pony Club
12. Barnaby / My Toys Like Me
13. Go! (Trentemøller Remix) / Moby
14. Je Veux Te Toir (Club-Club Version) / Yelle
15. Jump Up / Battant
16. Yellow Brick / Noisia

CD5: NICE MOVER
ORIGINS
1. Nice Mover / Gina X Performance
2. Warm Leatherette / The Normal
3. Empire State Human / The Human League
4. Soldier Soldier / Spizzenergi
5. Numbers / Kraftwerk
6. Zauberstab / ZaZa
7. Telephone Operator / Pete Shelley
8. Ricky's Hand / Fad Gadget
9. A Man Could Get Lost ('Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing' Version) / Soft Cell
10. Flesh / A Split-Second
11. Tryouts For The Human Race / Sparks
12. Fred Vom Jupiter / Die Doraus Und Die Marinas
13. 8.15 to Nowhere / Vicious Pink
14. The Fashion Party / The Neon Judgement
15. Everything's Gone Green / New Order
16. I'm Your Money (12" Extended Version) / Heaven 17
17. Suicide Commando / No More
18. Take Me Baby / Jimi Tenor
19. The Damned Don't Cry / Visage
20. Nag Nag Nag / Cabaret Voltaire