‘Well, you know’, said Mike, rubbing his head, thinking mainly about smoking another joint, ‘all the Superclubs were making compilation albums – so, of course my brother thought that we should do one too. Obviously, Claire & I disagreed with him about that – it is not cool for us to do things just for the money, selling-out, cashing in on a trend. That would be an injustice to the party, which cannot possibly be summed up by a compilation of the same tracks that are on every other bloody compilation – the only difference being our logo stamped on it, not theirs. Manumission was much more an experience. It was practically a movement. To film it would be the only way to possibly do it justice.’ The conversation drifted to the making of the movie and cold calling the DJs and directors…
My favourite clip from Manumission the movie.