Warriors Dance Vinilo y CD

Review: London's Warriors Dance imprint lead the way when it came to acid house during the late 80s. It was where various key MCs, DJs and producers released and made their indelible mark on the scene. This incredible album International Smoke Signal landed in 1990 and sounded like nothing else around (then, or now, to be honest). It smartly incorporates many different elements of dance music from soul to reggae, hip hop to rare groove, with the most famous of the lot being opening tune 'Koro Koro.' Elsewhere there is super deep smoothness of 'Oh Yes(Freedom)' and tribal acid groove of 'International Smoke Signal' itself featuring Manu Dibango.

Review: Tony 'Addis', the man behind the Warriors Dance label and No Smoke project (amongst many other things) is undeniably one of British dance music's unsung heroes. That much is proved by this re-mastered reissue of 1990 LP "International Smoke Signal", an album so ahead of the game at the time of its release that it still sounds like the future. Most will know acid house anthem "Koro Koro" (here in altered, slightly more downtempo form), but it's the quality of the lesser-known cuts - the sub-heavy, UK steppas-influenced Afro-house of "East of Eden", the bleep-meets-Dream II Science deep house bliss of "OAU In Music", acid-fired "Anti Galactic Devotion" and "Pacific State" style E-rush of "Oh Yes (Freedom)" - that makes it such an impressive and essential set.