Nuphonic Records; NUX151
2xLP/CD [17 Jul 2000]
ANDREW WEATHERALL: NINE O'CLOCK DROP

Gina X Performance - Nice Mover
Dominatrix - Dominatrix Sleeps Tonite
23 Skidoo - Coup
Shriekback - My Spine (Is The Bassline)
Quando Quango - Genius
A Certain Ratio - Water Line
23 Skidoo - Vegas El Bandido
400 Blows - Black and White Mix Up
Torch song - P2E remix
The Normal - Warm Leatherette
Chris and Cosey - October (Love Song) '86 Version
Colourbox - Looks Like We're Shy One Horse
Aswad - Warrior Charge

On 17.07.00 nuphonic release Nine O'clock Drop, an album compiled by Andrew Weatherall which features some of his favourite tracks from ealry to mid eighties. The album is a diverse selection of post-punk industrial funk, that influenced Andrew's productions, which in trun contributed to the sound of a while generation of producers.

Artists on the album range from Aswad, with their hard to find dub classic 'Warrior Charge', and Colourbox's Lee Perry inspired 'Looks Like We're Shy On Horse' to the industrial percussion of A Certain Ratio's 'Water Line' and the sleazy 'Nice Mover' Gina X.

23 Skiddo appear twice on the album, firstly with 'Coup', which recently received a fresh airing as part of The Chemical Brothers 'Block Rockin Beats', and the funky pe4rcussive 'Vegas El Bandido' from their mini LP on Fetish Records. Also included is 'Warm Leatherette' by The Normal, which was alter covered by Grace Jones, and was Daniel Miller's first Mute release and Genius' by Quando Quango, which was Mick Pickering's first band. Well before either T-Coy or...M People. Another track by a producer who has since gone on to bigger things is the excellent 'P2e remix', or Prepare to Energise, which was one of the first releases by William Orbit.

The Nine O'clock Drop still reverberates, perhaps now more than ever.

-www.nuphonic.co.uk