The latest mix album to spew from the larger soaked floor of Brighton's ( Big Beat) Boutique sees Skint head honcho, Damian Harris (aka the Midfield General ), take the controls.
Having been spinning records since he was a wee lad in his waterside hometown of Whitstable, Kent, Harris' musical tastes are deeply eclectic.
True to form, he picks his way through soul, hip hop, house, brooding break beats and techno - uniting the divergent sounds through his keen ear for what's likely to whip the dance floor into the Boutique's trademark frenzy.
"This is the third album in the series," says Harris, "and it was my turn to try and cram four years of DJing at the club into 74 minutes. That was difficult, but I've tried to mirror what we play at the club, starting slow, getting a bit chuggy and then getting a bit having it."
Old tracks, such as Gwen McRae's 90% of me is You , nestle alongside new, his own previously unreleased General of The Midfield , grinding breaks, Mulder's 'Don't Give A Damn' , role into blunted house, Idjut Boys and Quakerman's 'Schlam Me' , and resilient techno, Kevin Saunderson's ' Inside Out '. Naturally it's all done in the best possible taste.
by Ben Osborne