Lisa Bentley

The influence that 80s gay nightlife had on electronic music, pop music in general and the evolution of clubbing for subsequent generations is pretty much incalculable. In spite of the shadow of AIDs and reactionary political and media forces both at home and in the USA, the period 1980 1990 bore witness to a dazzling explosion of dance music that artfully drew a line from the peak of late 70s disco to the emergence of house and it's 90s glory days. The art of the 12" single, the thrill of the remix, the rise of the superclub, the electronic spark of chart pop, the challenging of gender barriers… all had their origin in the gay clubs. It's not unreasonable to make the claim that by the end of the 80s, virtually ALL chart pop music sounded like it had it's origins on the dancefloors of Heaven nightclub! Over 5CDs Box Of Sin strives to tell the story of that decade across 54 tracks, and to tease apart the strands of 80s gay clubbing to show a period of unrivalled creativity and disco diversity.

Following the success of the first 'Box Of Sin' in 2023, Demon / Edsel and Disco Discharge are proud to announce the sequel 'More Sin: Box of Sin 2' will be released this February 2025. Over 4 LPs, 'More Sin' presents 29 choice selections from the music you might have heard on Queer dancefloors between 1980 and 1989; a decade of dance in all it's devilish delights. Meticulously researched from the published gay club charts at the time, this CD set encompasses full length versions of Diva, High Energy, Alternative, Pop, Europop and House classics. Not only were the '80s Queer clubs where you were most likely to hear the latest groundbreaking developments in dance music, there was a lot of diversity on offer. On any given night you might hear a legendary soul singer's new opus right next to some post punks from Manchester and the latest European pop chart topper. 'More Sin' aims to reflect this.