In the late 1990s and early 2000s, London-based DJ/producer Trevor Jackson was the crown prince of all that was cool and dark in the underground. His Output Recordings label released Black Strobe, MU, LCD Soundsystem, and his own moody outfit Playground, adding a sheen of class and timelessness to electroclash's crass, duct-taped-together neon punk.This week, Trevor Jackson issues the second installment of his Metal Dance series on Strut; it's a two-disc set that took over a year to compile and features rarities from the EBM, industrial, and darkwave archives, including bits from Tuxedomoon, Skinny Puppy, Visage, and Front 242. But to really catch the vibe, you should definitely watch this video mix, put together by Jackson's friend Tom Parsons and embodying everything cool about the goth/industrial culture of decades past.If you're a fan of Gesaffelstein, Boys Noize, The Hacker, or Xeno & Oaklander, this is an excellent tutorial on where they got all this inspiration from… not to mention great haircut ideas. And if you don't trust us that Metal Dance is the ne plus ultra in cool, then you can take the terminally hard-to-please Resident Advisor's word for it—the blog bestowed the first Metal Dance with the honor of their "favorite compilation of 2012."Check out Metal Dance here and here.
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