It's been five years since their last compilation and while the twelves have not been flowing as fast and furiously as they used to, Parisian label Ed Banger celebrate ten years in the business with this compilation. One-time Daft Punk manager Busy P, who started the label, weighs in with the track Still Busy, which suggests he's still got plenty of fire in the belly and is only getting started. Gathering all the usual suspects from the label's illustrious roster, each of them provides a new track for this compilation. Predictably they bring the beats that would get most listeners jacked up. Justice reworks Brainvision into Brainvision MMXIII, dropping the tune's rock inspiration and replacing it with a melodic electro disco vibe. House-meisters Cassius craft a light and breezy groove over some gloriously fat beats on Sunchild. Perhaps the real highlight here, though, is Oizio's thumpingly insistent Secam, which works up a sweat over an angular funk groove. Meanwhile, Feadz and DSL weigh in with muscular grooves that work up a quirky electro-hop bounce. Boston Run get jiggy with the acidic 303 wiggle of Grinded, which blasts with beats that are sure to make minced meat out of anyone on the dancefloor. SebastiAn deploys an electronic orchestra on the melodramatic Moi, which comes to us as a demo; sounding unfinished, it fails to satisfy. This compilation evidences that the artists signed to Ed Banger continue to evolve beyond the influential electro bangers that made them famous in the first place. It will be interesting to see what the crew will give us in the next ten years.
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