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R. Lister | Palo Alto, CA United States | 07/30/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"first - two key reasons for owning this:
-georgeous slipcase design. very yellow.
-Surgeon's remix of Booster kicks butt.not really business as usual, though - this is a compilation of old and rare PAS work, some not previously available on CD. This wasn't the PAS I was expecting after blistering contributions to Luke Slater's own 'Fear and Loathing' DJ Mix: i.e. The Parting is unexpectedly ambient and atmospheric and the variety on this cd came as a bit of a shock. To be fair, it does still deliver a dose of 4-square thudding techno beats to induce starey-eyed hypnosis. For the unitiated, the typical PAS track is a pretty one-dimensional thing, with harmonic changes and percussion tracks altering almost subliminally over several minutes. Somehow, with the minimum of effort, this becomes absolutely compelling and strangely affecting - Luke does this trick better than anyone else I know, so with the rarities, the chug-beats, the mellow moments and the yellow slipcase (mmm), it's a bit of a treat."