80-s New Wave - Dance Night At The Temple Vol. ... -

The "Vol." series began as bootleg recordings. A DJ with a cassette deck taped to the booth would capture a night’s energy. Soon, these tapes traded hands in high school parking lots and college dorms. By the time the 90s rolled around, compilers assembled these "best of" volumes, creating a standardized bible of the genre.

The influence of Dance Night At The Temple has rippled through the last forty years of media. If you have seen Drive (2011), you heard the Temple's ghost in the synthwave revival. If you have played Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (specifically Wave 103), you were navigating a digital recreation of that temple floor. 80-s New Wave - Dance Night At The Temple Vol. ...

There is a specific, sacred space in the collective memory of the 1980s underground. It wasn't a stadium, nor a dive bar. It was The Temple —a cavernous, deconsecrated church, a converted warehouse, or a loft with bad plumbing and perfect acoustics. The air smelled of clove cigarettes, hairspray, and analog synth ozone. The "Vol

You might ask: Why seek out a specific "Vol." when I can just ask Spotify for an 80s New Wave playlist? By the time the 90s rolled around, compilers

: The collection emphasizes the lush synthesizer layers and experimental production that were often condensed for radio play but flourished in these longer formats. Key Artists and Essential Tracks