Great to report the return of NRK’s ‘Back In The Box’, a series that has captured the imaginations of Louie Vega and Dave Clarke in previous outings. Global Communication take the opportunity to look back to techno’s first golden age, Tom Middleton and Mark Pritchard scouring their record collections for early 1990s’ gems. These can be found in abundance on both CDs, with the first especially a thrill of System 7 & Derrick May (‘Altitude’), Shake’s ‘Sonar 123’ and F.U.S.E.’s ‘Technotropic’. The second disc gets heavier with the breaks but balances out nicely by offering blissful ambience towards the end from Barbarella, as well as including Aphex Twin’s ‘Tha’ and 808 State’s ‘Sunrise’. It seems like Pritchard and Middleton had a lot of fun making this, and the mixing generates a lot of momentum. Respect for the old school, through the eyes of two DJs whose record collections know no limits!
5 Out Of 5
Reviewed By: Ben Hogwood
