For many Creation is the label that defined the shoegazing sound. From the Mary Chain through to Ride and Slowdive via My Bloody Valentine and The House of Love, Creation released the records that are always top of any shoegazing lists. There can’t be any article or list on the genre that doesn’t mention Souvlaki, Nowhere and Loveless.

It’s a musical genre that was worshipped by the UK music press for a short period in 1991 only to be followed by an onslaught of derision when bands like Nirvana and Suede started having big chart hits. I’ve lost count of the number of journalists that claim to have invented the name as a form of ridicule, but later went on to champion awful tuneless Britpop bands like Sleeper.

The Shoegaze sound may have returned underground in 1992 to make way for Grunge and Britpop, but it’s influence and sound was copied and polished up for many of the stadium acts of the 90s to fill the airwaves with anthemic, more accessible versions of the genre.

With the arrival of the internet, the shoegaze genre was once again resurrected with many bands and record labels no longer reliant on the corporate friendly music press and radio. Alongside labels such as Sonic Cathedral, artists like Ulrich Schnauss, The Radio Dept, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Sigur Ros, Maps, Deerhunter, School of Seven Bells and M83 were all emerging and citing the original shoegaze records as influences and so the scene grew again.

Reunion tours of My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive and Ride also gathered a huge amount of attention and in many cases bands played to larger crowds that they did in 1991, this also gave audiences a chance to re-evaluate those wonderful records.

After last years Beautiful Noise film, now for the first time a box set is to be released that captures most of those bands together with many rarities you may never have heard before, including Creation bands like Medicine, Moonshake and a pre-Creation The Boo Radleys.

‘Still In A Dream’ is released on January 29th 2016. The full tracklisting is below:

Disc 1

1. The Jesus & Mary Chain – Rollercoaster

2. The Cocteau Twins – Cherry-Coloured Funk

3. The House Of Love – Christine

4. A.R. Kane – Baby Milk Snatcher (12” Version)

5. Ultra Vivid Scene – Mercy Seat (12” Version)

6. Spacemen 3 – Hypnotized

7. Loop – Arc-lite (sonar)

8. 14 Iced Bears – Surfacer

9. Galaxie 500 – Tugboat

10. The Prayers – Puppet Clouds

11. Kitchens Of Distinction – The 3rd Time We Opened The Capsule

12. A.C. Marias – One Of Our Girls Has Gone Missing

13. The Telescopes – Precious Little

14. Pale Saints – Sight Of You

15. Jane From Occupied Europe – Ocean Run Dry

16. Sonic Boom – Angel

Disc 2

1. Ride – Drive Blind

2. Lush – De-luxe

3. See See Rider – Slip So Slow

4. Nightblooms – Crystal Eyes

5. The Darkside – Waiting For The Angels

6. Velocity Girl – I Don’t Care If You Go

7. Cranes – Inescapable

8. Chapterhouse – Falling Down

9. Whipping Boy – Switchblade Smile

10. The Boo Radleys – Kaleidoscope

11. Swervedriver – Rave Down

12. Slowdive – Slowdive

13. The Charlottes – Liar

14. Dr. Phibes & The House Of Wax Equations – Sugarblast

15. Bleach – Decadence

16. Catherine Wheel – She’s My Friend (wilde Club Version)

17. Blow-up – Somersault Sunrise

18. Bark Psychosis – All Different Things

Disc 3

1. Curve – Ten Little Girls

2. The Dylans – Godlike

3. Th’ Faith Healers – Gorgeous Blue Flower In My Garden

4. The Lilys – February Fourteenth

5. The Honey Smugglers – Good Afternoon

6. Spirea X – Chlorine Dream

7. Moonshake – Gravity

8. Spitfire – Translucent

9. Moose – Suzanne

10. Spiritualized – Run

11. Revolver – Heaven Sent An Angel

12. Lowlife – June Wilson

13. The Ecstasy Of Saint Theresa – Square Wave

14. Black Tambourine – By Tomorrow

15. Whipped Cream – Explosion

16. Smashing Orange – My Deranged Heart

17. The Hinnies – Gong

18. Bang Bang Machine – Geek Love (original 12” Version)

Disc 4

1. The Sunflowers – Closer

2. Drop – Mirrored

3. The Belltower – In Hollow

4. Sweet Jesus – Phonefreak Honey

5. Adorable – Sunshine Smile

6. Sun Dial – I Don’t Mind

7. Swallow – Sugar Your Mind

8. Drop Nineteens – Winona

9. Flaming Lips – Talkin’ ’bout The Smiling Deathporn Immortality Blues (everyone Wants To Live Forever)

10. Medicine – Aruca

11. Coaltar Of The Deepers – Charming Sister Kiss Me Dead!!

12. The Honey Buzzards – Starhappy

13. Loveliescrushing – Babysbreath

14. Majesty Crush – No. 1 Fan

15. The Swirlies – Park The Car By The Side Of The Road

16. Submarine – Chemical Tester

17. Bailter – Space Shine

18. Spectrum – True Love Will Find You In The End

19. Blind Mr. Jones – Spooky Vibes

Disc 5

1. An April March – Memory

2. Flying Saucer Attack – Soaring High

3. Drugstore – Alive

4. Secret Shine – Loveblind

5. Mercury Rev – Bronx Cheer

6. The Curtain Society – Chelsea

7. Seefeel – Plainsong

8. Spindrift – Surround Sound

9. Rollerskate Skinny – Miss Leader

10. Bardo Pond – Die Easy

11. Alison’s Halo – Dozen

12. Swirl – The Last Unicorn

13. Bowery Electric – Next To Nothing

14. Bethany Curve – Me Voy

15. Astrobrite – Orange Creamsickle

16. Luna – 23 Minutes In Brussels

Pre-order the ‘Still In A Dream’ shoegaze box set here.

Below is a selection of Creation artists featured:

Moonshake – Gravity



Medicine – Aruca



The Boo Radleys – Kaleidoscope



Adorable – Sunshine Smile



Swervedriver – Rave Down



Slowdive – Slowdive



Ride – Drive Blind



The House of Love – Christine



The Telescopes – Precious Little



The Jesus & Mary Chain – Rollercoaster



Whilst many may dismiss the Mary Chain and The House of Love as being no part of shoegaze, the scene was hugely influenced by both of those bands hence their inclusion here.

Pre-order the ‘Still In A Dream’ shoegaze box set here.