This being only their second compilation in five years, Laws of Motion couldn't exactly be accused of milking the market dry.
But then music rather than marketing has always been the silent mission statement of this enigmatic West London label, which seems to only put out the most exquisite house and broken beat grooves.
This second collection of nuggets from the label is quite a change from the first in that there is an emphasis on four to the floor cuts rather than the syncopated 'broken' fare the imprint has been lauded for in the past.
The compilation begins smoothly with Jon Cutler's mix of label star Modaji's 'Into Something', pasting the sweet grooves and silky jazz guitar of that tune into a slick floor-filler.
Green Fridge's 'And Love Dub' continues the meaningful meander: just as a spot of instrumental monotony sets in, Modaji returns with a previously unreleased track called 'See the Changes' - a characteristically warm and mellifluous record with slick, misty vocals swirling around nicely within it's gentle atmosphere.
The sexual heat gets turned up with BB Boogie, who drop their impossibly infectious 'Universal Sound'. They then remix the hell out of Agent K's excellent 'Feed The Cat and follow up with another hot bomb in the shape of the excellent, dirty, speed-garage coated 'Tell Him'.
We get back to simmering mode with Back 2 Earth's 'Warp One' and Ian O'brien's mix of Hipnotic's ambitious cover of John Coltrane's 'Naima', before Modaji once again pulls out all the stops on his soul-disco classic 'One And The Same', an uplifting, anthemic tune if ever there was one.
Neon Phusion allows King Britt to put the finishing touches to this beautiful ride with his saucy shuffle of their 'Electric Lady' tune.
Pleasure in motion.
