Time for another schooling via CD comp number 6 from Muzic Box Classics! Heads should know the deal, but here's a primer for those who don't know: Ron Hardy is a hugely influential DJ, up there with Levan and Mancuso, who helped usher in the era of House music at the Muzic Box in Chicago (where he was resident from '82-'86) and the current re-edit craze. His sets are the stuff of legend as he would mix everything from disco, soul, new wave, EBM, and proto-house music together in a way that would make everybody lose it on the floor - often times playing his own edits off a Reel-To-Reel player! Here you get a diverse set of dancefloor killers from the Box from The Clash, Jackmaster Funk, B-52's, Universal Robot Band, James Mason, and much more. Recommended.

• music label: Muzic Box Classics 2013

reviewed by snackmaster 12/2013