This is a very good mix CD. I say that with some hesitancy, because I've not actually heard it yet. But just looking at the tracklisting - Apparat, Plastikman, Nathan Fake, Fennesz, AFX - it must be really good. I will try to get around to it, someday.

More welcome Wackies re-issues. For those who haven't subscribed....Wackies: legendary but defunct New York reggae label slowly and lovingly being re-issued by Berlin's Basic Channel. Just get this for the supreme interpretation of Wayne Jarrett's 'Toungue Shall Tell'. A tune so drenched in heartbreak and judgment that it renders me numb every time.

Breathtaking collage of broken beats and broken language. Antye Greie's transaction between verbal and sonic observations. Notes taken under different environments, moods, lights. A subscriber to the outernational ethic: Think global, act global. Retinal stimulus courtesy of Sue Costabile: laptop-cooked mix of calligraphy, drawings, photo's, video, subtitles. This throwaway commentary cannot and does not reflect the subject matter.

Still trying to work out how the fuck I've managed to overlook all his previous output. A chance airing over the sound system at Highgate's excellent Sound 323 shop was my first introduction to 'Vehicle'. A rigid process involving looping self-made samples of mixing board emitted signals means that the sonic palette focusses on decay and delay. Clever technique aside, its the cyclic nature of the music that engages; random bleeps, clips of feedback and sheared dub.

His previous works as Pita have erred towards the more industrial, noisier end of abstractism. But on 'Fremdkoeper' (translates as 'foreign body') there's a classicist undercurrent running throughout. Unsurprising as this was composed for the theatre.

The opening depth charge of 'Mutsil' submerges the listener through pixel dispersment and weighted metal. 'Scream' hurts with a introductory burst of noise before baroque data forms an engaging narrative. '1407' detours with some exploratory drone / reverberation. Texturally adventurous, melodically rich, this is an enjoyable, accessible piece of experimental sound.