bob stanley and pete wiggs present FELL FROM THE SUN (Vinyl 2LP)

“Fell From The Sun” gathers the best of the 98bpm records that soundtracked the summer of 1990. It has been compiled by Bob Stanley, whose own group Saint Etienne makes an appearance alongside acknowledged classics (Primal Scream’s ‘Higher Than The Sun’) and forgotten beauties (Soul Family Sensation’s ‘I Don’t Even Know If I Should Call You Baby’).

This was a modernist sound, grabbing bits of the past, the feel of the immediate now, and creating something entirely new. There was a notable 90s-does-60s vibe, a neo-psychedelia that didn’t involve guitars. For a moment, or at least for a summer, it felt like the perfect future had already arrived. “Fell From The Sun” encapsulates that moment.

SIDE ONE

1.      HIGHER THAN THE SUN (HIGHER THAN THE ORB)  

        (Extended Mix) - Primal Scream

2.      IT COULD NOT HAPPEN (Essential Trance Hall Mix) - Critical Rhythm feat Jango

Thriller & Vandal

3.      CASCADES (Hypnotone Mix) - Sheer Taft

4.      AFRIKA (Love And Laughter Remix) - History feat Q-Tee

 SIDE TWO

1.      FLOATATION (Original Version) - The Grid

2.      SPEEDWELL - Saint Etienne

3.      FALLEN (Album Version) - One Dove

 SIDE THREE

1.      TEMPLE HEAD (Pacific Mix - Airwaves) –

        Transglobal Underground

2.      JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE (Electro Instrumental Mix) - Massonix

3.      U MAKE ME FEEL (Running Water aka Workhouse Mix) - Elsi Curry

4.      I DON’T EVEN KNOW IF I SHOULD CALL YOU BABY (Marshall Jefferson Symphony

Mix) – Soul Family Sensation

 SIDE FOUR

1.      SNAPPINESS (7” Edit) - BBG

2.      NEVER GET OUT THE BOAT (The Flying Mix) - The Aloof

3.      SPIRITUAL HIGH (The Moodfood Megamix) – Moodswings

(Mid July release)