Let's go back now, to the period after Disco was purged from the airwaves but before House Music was born. Musicologists have dubbed this urban musical outpost "Boogie Music", dominated by the Funk and Soul artists of the era including Foxy, Slyck and WAR.

For many frustrated fans, Boogie Music has been relegated to something that one knowledgeable observer called "music for people who still wanted to party but weren't sure if it was safe outside." But no more. DJ Spinna (website, myspace, facebook, wikipedia, discogs, lastfm) - whose roots in Hip-Hop, House and Soul have made him one of our generation's foremost musical archeologists - has put together a fantastic double CD of underground Boogie called The Boogie Back. I interviewed Spinna in November 2009 to talk about it.

What's your affinity for this genre of music and why did you want to put this collection together?

I love this era of dance music because it takes me back to my early teen years in New York. Roller skating anthems were born during this time, I was really starting to learn my craft as a DJ, and it was a fresh, new sound coming out of the Disco era that ended in the late '70s.

How would you describe the sound for someone - maybe a younger cat who wasn't alive then and knows only Disco and House?

Boogie is exactly the period after Disco and right before House Music. It has elements of Funk, Soul and R&B much like House but it's not always a four on the floor beat. It's feel good music you can dance to.

How many of these tracks did you remix for the project?

I only remixed one song: "I'm Your Superman" by Jan Leslie Holmes.