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Is it disco? Is it something else? Disco Not Disco, the forthcoming Strut collection, ought to come with a disclaimer. Oh, wait, here we are: Post Punk, Electro & Leftfield Disco Classics 1974-1986. So it is disco, then?

Sort of. Disco Not Disco collects fourteen rarely-heard but totally slammin', bottom-heavy bodymovers with strong appeal for fans of, say, the collected works of James Murphy. It's disco-like in its steady rhythms and pulsing bass, but it's not exactly the Hues Corporation.

Compiled by Last Night a DJ Saved My Life author Bill Brewster, the disc runs the gamut from New York's underground club scene to Detroit's then-burgeoning techno pioneers, and even hops the pond for a handful of tracks that lit up the British Isles. The collection, a follow-up of sorts to Strut's 2000 Disco Not Disco comp, emerges January 14 on the recently rejuvenated imprint.

Disco Not Disco:

01 Vivien Goldman: "Launderette"
02 Delta 5: "Mind Your Own Business"
03 Shriekback: "My Spine Is the Bassline"
04 Konk: "Your Life"
05 Isotope: "Crunch Cake"
06 James White & the Blacks: "Contort Yourself (August Darnell Remix)"
07 Quando Quango: "Love Tempo (remix)"
08 Gina X Performance: "Kaddish"
09 Material: "Don't Lose Control (Dance Version)"
10 Kazino: "Binary"
11 Liaisons Dangereuses: "Los Ninos Del Parque (12" Mix)"
12 A Number of Names: "Sharevari (Instrumental)"
13 Six Sed Red: "Beat 'Em Right"
14 Maximum Joy: "Silent Street / Silent Dub"