Starting off with the Phantom Beats own Mercury, remixed by Stabilizer, this showcase of Plastic Raygun’s 2002 catalogue cranks out the fat beats the a capital P and H. This release is an essential item for any breaks fan, as it showcases some of the lesser known, but equally impressive breakbeat acts to come out of the UK in the last year.

Following Mercury, is the Scissorkicks Living for Kicks, a charming little electro inspired breakbeat track with a cute electro voice sample. This is mixed with the “club mix” of Mercury. This is appropriately more “dancefloor” orientated, with a nice vocal breakdown and almost cheesy synth riff, but the CD stops the cheese there, and lays the breaks on fast and heavy with Baobinga’s Nukka.

The pace undergoes a slight slowdown with another electro inspired tune, Vandals Mam Tor, followed by the old school flavour of the Future Funk Squad’s remix of the Phantom Beats The Drop, one of my favourite tunes on the album. The pace picks up again with Boabinga’s excellent kio, a squelchy, beat heavy tune that’s sure to rock the dancefloor at 3 in the morning. Another great tune, Stabilizer’s nitzer, remixed by General Midi, keeps the CD rocking, with an awesome breakdown that allows a breather before lifting the tempo and deepening the bass line. This is followed by Vandal’s the Seeker, a deeper, more reflective tune that rolls along nonetheless.

Deep Impact bring it back a notch with their tune Future in Paradise, a nicely rolling, almost two-stepping tune that mixes well into the final tune by Jean Jacques Smoothie’s Love & Evil, given a nastier remixing by Stabilizer. This tune is another that just simply rocks, getting the blood pumping, the feet tapping and head bobbing. It’s it fine end to a superb CD that’s great for putting on and cranking in the car, or dancing to at 2 in the morning.