It is one of my life’s great ironies that during my time spent at university in Manchester, I was too busy being involved in the indie and goth music scenes to appreciate and value what was going on in the other reaches of Madchester. Whilst I spent much time weeping into my bottles of Newcastle Brown at The Banshee or bouncing off the walls at The Boardwalk, others were nearby at FAC 51 The Haçienda, dancing the night away - an oversight which has caused TheYank to yell at me about on more than one occasion.
It’s even more ironic that upon the cusp of leaving Manchester, a flatmate of mine began listening to 808 State’s Newbuild LP, and through that I entered the world of house, techno, trance etc. For almost 10 years thereafter it became my staple diet of music.
Mike Dunn was one of many DJs who became involved in the Chicago house scene in the mid-eighties, before it evolved into techno at The Warehouse nightclub (a sound and style that was later to migrate to Detroit.) So Let It Be House was released in 1988, and it bears the marks of that time: minimal crisp drum beats, acid squiggles and soulful vocals (and as such leads a path to what became known as deep house). It’s just made to make you move.
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