Soul Jazz Records Presents New York Noise sku-3303034591

Soul Jazz Records Presents New York Noise: Dance Music from the New York Underground 1978-82, SKU sku-3303034591, is listed under Jazz Music: Vinyl Records. This 20th-anniversary, one-off limited edition was pressed on heavyweight yellow vinyl for Record Store Day 2023 and includes a download code. The compilation brings together New York post-punk, punk funk, synth wave and no wave.

It includes tracks by Arthur Russell's Dinosaur L, James White and the Contortions, Theoretical Girls, Mars, Konk, Material, Bush Tetras and Lizzy Mercier Descloux, along with rarer tracks by Alan Vega of Suicide, Chain Gang and impLOG. It documents the period when New York dance music and punk rock met, including work by Glenn Branca and Bill Laswell.

The source also prints the date range as 1978-8 2 and, in a cited review, as 1978-1982. AllMusic discussed the value and risks of compilations preserving past music; The Guardian described the collection as a look at post-punk and no wave; and Pitchfork praised its selection.

The track list is A1 Liquid Liquid, 'Optimo' (2.43); A2 The Contortions, 'Contort Yourself' (4.23); A3 Konk, 'Elephant' (4.19); A4 impLOG, 'Holland Tunnel Dive' (7.42); B1 Chain Gang, 'Son Of Sam' (3.13); B2 Bush Tetras, 'You Can't Be Funky' (2.43); B3 Material, 'Reduction' (5.25); B4 Mars, 'Helen Forsdale' (2.30); B5 Lizzy Mercier Descloux, 'Wawa' (2.22); C1 Theoretical Girls, 'You Got Me' (3.54); C2 Konk, 'Baby Dee' (6.02); C3 Mars, '3-E' (2.50); C4 Bush Tetras, 'Too Many Creeps' (4.02); D1 Arto / Neto, 'Pini, Pini' (2.26); D2 Alan Vega, 'Bye Bye Bayou' (8.34); and D3 impLOG, 'Breakfast' (3.27).

The source lists the byline as unknown.