Digital Mix
Überzone drops a continuous mix that champions the kind of mathematically precise, boogie-down breakbeats you fell in love with before you hit your mid-twenties and started listening to Mark Farina. Never really a DJ in the traditional sense of the word (Davey Dave once again provides the vinyl cut-ups), Überzone opted to sequence and record his session purely in the digital realm, a tactic many mix disc purists have frowned upon. Inspired by his live performances, the CD not only features a mint of material from forward-thinking breaks architects like Koma & Bones and Tipper and ILS, but includes four new Überzone tracks, a special mix of "The Freaks" and the classic Dark Side of the Moon remix of "Moondusted."Thematically, the disc can be broken down into three movements, kicking off with a medley of spacey, synthetic tremors before a 95 BPM turntablist breakdown segues into more progressive rollers from Dylan Rhymes and Elite Force. Capping off his mix with ILS’ anthemic "6 Space (Next Level)" is the album’s only double-edged decision. Though it remains arguably the biggest breaks tune of the year, it seems a bit out of place on this primarily low-profile track listing.Rich Thomas--From URB Magazine