Jane Fitz, David Fogarty

𝘽𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜-𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙣 𝙅𝙖𝙣𝙚 𝙁𝙞𝙩𝙯, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙚𝙡 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝘿𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙙 𝙁𝙤𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙮, 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙀𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙇𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙀𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙭’𝙨 𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙇𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙨 𝙀𝟭𝟲 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙙𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟬𝙨.

Mysterious Vastness documents a hidden and largely detached scene that only forms into something coherent with hindsight. From a time when record labels could press and hand-distribute 1000 copies locally, the late 80s acid house and outdoor rave scenes were moving from the fields to the clubs of London and DJs such as Colin Dale, Colin Faver and Darren Emerson were dominating the airwaves and parties with a distinct mix of other-worldly techno, trance and out-there house music. Among the seemingly bland post-war housing estates and factories, a scattered handful of producers were experimenting with early versions of music production software to create an exotic, end-of-the-century soundtrack to the suburban-meets-industrial landscape.

The compilation features a selection of finds from East London’s second hand record or charity shops over a period of 15 years. Many of which have featured in Jane’s sets over the years, most notably the “Beyond The A13" Podcast for Furthur Electronix. A mix she described at the time as the soundtrack to an area of London “totally bereft of natural beauty, but to me, somehow always full of mystery and wonder.”