Tony Boninsegna - Notes from Underground 1986 - 1994 vol. 1 (2x12") [Cold Blow]

The history of dance music is littered with hidden heroes and underground activists whose immense contributions have been overlooked, ignored and poorly documented. Tony Boninsegna, a producer who created and released countless classic cuts and forgotten gems during the acid house and rave era, is one such example. Fusing elements of everything that was popular in underground clubs at the time to create his own dancefloor-friendly sound worlds, Boninsegna amassed a huge catalogue between 1986 and '94, while obscuring his involvement through a variety of outlandish aliases and opaque pseudonyms.

Cold Blow has teamed up with Musique Pour La Danse to deliver a much-needed restored and remastered anthology of his finest productions and co-productions – many of which are rare or hard to find – for the very first time.

Volume one features two previously unreleased recordings that mark his earliest explorations of the emerging house sound (both as The Rhythm Squad, with Richard Compton), alongside seminal releases such as Zeco's 'The Witch Trials' (a killer 1989 production that marked his first vinyl outing), celebrated workouts recorded with regular collaborator Mykey Tee (the bleep-inspired Lab Technicians 'We Gave U Life', the epic Big Showdown 'They're Here' and AEK's mind-bending bleep and breaks number 'Lick It'), and genuinely overlooked gems (the proto-tribal house of Pierrepoint's 'Tonnerre' and Estudiantes' surging rush of 'Let The Music Into Your Mind').

Boninsegna's story first came to light four years ago when he was featured in Join The Future: Bleep Techno and the Birth of British Bass Music, Anniss's acclaimed alternative history of UK dance music in the rave era.