My ZTT Playlist, by DJ Food
1. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasuredome
"The entire first side of the LP version. Faultless tour de force from Frankie and Horn's t(h)eam, the best intro to any album ever, sadly the rest of the record couldn't live up to this monumental piece however hard it tried."
2. Grace Jones - Slave To The Rhythm
"Incredible biographical concept/remix album based around one song, everything you'd want from a classic ZTT record plus Trouble Funk thrown in on percussion."
3. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes (Annihilation/Video Destructo) "Expectation was high and this track and it's subsequent mixes more than delivered with a video to match. The looping, doomy piano and spoken word warnings redefined what a 12" could be and the 'scratched' news footage in the video took it a step further."
4. Art of Noise - Close Up/Closed Up (Hop) "'Beatbox' and 'Close (to the edit)' twisted into previously uncharted territory, their finest moments..."
5. Propaganda - Dr Mabuse (Das Testaments Des Mabuse - The Third Side)
"Epic 12" version of the debut single that conjurers up all kinds of cinematic imagery as it stomps to it's tragic finale."
6. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax (Original 16 minute Sex Mix)
"So out there and dislocated from the version we all know and love, a peek into Frankie before Horn. A bridge between the original demo, the Blockheads version and the mutant NY disco of the early 80's."
7. 808 State - The Extended Pleasure of Dance EP
"An incredible 3 track 12" with 808 State at the height of their powers, dodgy edits and random arrangements just make it all the more exciting."
8. Art of Noise - Beatbox (Diversion 1)
"The best sounding drum machine in the world with everything thrown into the mix on top, tennis matches, car screeches, bubblng water and a snatch of Toto's 'Rosanna' to boot."
9. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax (7" version)
"A 10 out of 10 perfect pop song, when I first heard it I played it repeatedly as it was one of the most exciting records I'd ever heard."
10. Propaganda - Duel (Bitter Sweet)
"Again, perfect pop, and THAT piano solo..."
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