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.
3 A Certain Ratio 27 Forever (Jon Dasilva Fix Mix)
4 Spacer IV Sirocco
5 Strangebrew Sky Life
6 Roy Davis JNR & Jay Juniel Egyptian Jazz
7 J-Walk Buggin' Becky (Balihu Remix)
8 Mr Scruff Chicken in a Box
9 Anambi Our Love Climbs Higher (Extended Mix)
10 Rack-It! Tarantella Ritual
11 Digital Justice Theme from It's All Gone Pear Shaped
12 A Certain Ratio Listen to the Sound
13 Sub Sub Inside of This
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.