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'The Crackdown Project' Volumes 1 & 2 featuring Stephen Mallinder, Märtini Brös and Lusty Zanzibar

http://billieraymartin.bandcamp.com/album/the-crackdown-project-vol-1-2-sold-out-to-disco-darkness-restored-remastered


iTunes Digital download: https://itunes.apple.com/album/crackdown-project-vol.-1-2/id610054063

artwork was done by form design uk. paul and paula at form were already closely involved in the classic electribe 101 artwork and we remained friends ever since.

'The Crackdown Project' features Billie's re-workings of the Cabaret Voltaire Industrial/Dance music classics 'The Crackdown' and 'Just Fascination', along with an immense collection of innovative remixes personally commissioned by Billie featuring some of the brightest stars of the deep electronica underground.

Also featuring a vocal turn by Cabaret Voltaire founding member Stephen Mallinder -- as well as a stunning remix from Hey Rube! (Mallinder's new project with fellow dance music legend Steve Cobby) -- The Crackdown Project is an expansive musical homage to the founding fathers of electronic dance music. Not only does Billie pay tribute to electronic music's halcyon days, but she single-handedly pulls these classic tracks into the future.

When Billie told Stephen Mallinder she had just finished the job of selling out Cabaret Voltaire to disco, he burst out laughing. The legendary head of famed electronic band Cabaret Voltaire saw no reason to stop her. Instead, he agreed to deliver his first vocal performance in years on Billie's cover of the Cabs' song 'The Crackdown'. Produced by top Berlin tech-house act Maertini Broes, this production brings Billie Ray Martin back to her famed house music roots. And with the UK's finest Nu-Disco producer Lusty Zanzibar on production for 'Just Fascination' the result is a no-holds-barred epic groove fest with a Balearic touch.

Remixes were delivered not only by Billie's 'Your Loving Arms' co-writer David Harrow (under his Oicho moniker), but also by super-blog Audio Porn Central's top remix team: Celebrity Murder Party, Copycat, Divide and Create, Dunproofin, Flying White Dots, Phil RetroSpector and Year Zero have all delivered something that goes beyond mere remixing but they have created stunning artistic reworks of these classic songs.

Originally a digital release on Billie's Disco Activisto label, The Crackdown Project hit the pop mainstream achieving 'Song of the Day' status at Popjustice and delivered 20,000 downloads in just a matter of days.

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Stephen Mallinder: "Billie and I had been planning to work together for a number of years and now we finally did it."

BRM: "I could never do justice to the original songs but can have a damn good time trying."

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Disc 1: Sold Out to Disco
1. The Crackdown (Original Version feat. Stephen Mallinder and Maertini Broes)
2. The Crackdown (Original Version Dub)
3. Just Fascination (Original Version feat. Lusty Zanzibar)
4. Just Fascination (A Copycat Remix)
5. Just Fascination (Copycat Dub)
6. Just Fascination (Celebrity Murder Party Remix)
7. Just Fascination (Celebrity Murder Party Dub)
8. Just Fascination (Divide & Kreate Remix)
9. Just Fascination (Divide & Kreate Dub)
10. Just Fascination (Flying White Dots Remix)
11. Just Fascination (Flying White Dots Dub)

Disc 2: Darkness Restored
1. The Crackdown (Oicho Remix)
2. The Crackdown (Phil RetroSpector Mix)
3. The Crackdown (Phil RetroSpector Dub)
4. The Crackdown (Hey, Rube! Remix)
5. Just Fascination (Dunproofin Remix)
6. The Crackdown (Year Zero Remix)
7. The Crackdown (Dunproofin Remix)
8. The Crackdown (Dunproofin's Dub)
9. The Crackdown (Celebrity Murder Party Remix)
10. The Crackdown (Celebrity Murder Party Dub)
11. Just Fascination (3kStatic Remix)