3CDs and 60 tracks – if that sounds like a bog standard hard house compilation, then hold on for a minute – as this one has a really good selection of old and new. Classics like Artemesia’s ‘Bits & Pieces’ will always fill a dancefloor, but Hard2Beat have done well by including more trance-based stuff like Mario Piu’s ‘The Vision’, Jurgen Vrie’s ‘The Theme’ and Mauro Picotto’s seminal track ‘Lizard’. CD3’s where it’s at for the harder stuff, as Cortina’s ‘Music Is Moving’, BK’s ‘Music 4 The People’ and Hyperlogic’s U2-covering ‘Only Me’ rub shoulder blades. Anyone looking for a good overview of hard house music would be well advised to start here.
5 Out Of 5
Reviewed By: Ben Hogwood