Producers who mine the depths of underground dance music too often follow the letter, but not the spirit, of the genre. They might borrow the arrangements, EQ and editing styles that propelled dance floors at such legendary New York clubs as the Loft and Paradise Garage, or mimic the shimmer, clothes and hair of '80s disco and new wave, or sometimes just sample it all outright and call it their own. The results are nice enough—and draw much-deserved attention to dance music's post-disco, pre-house golden age—but they fail to evoke the emotions and atmosphere that kept a small but influential generation dancing long after mainstream America got over its... More >>>