This is a very strange release indeed. It contains tracks from Eat Static’s debut Abduction (2, 3, 4, 6 and 9) in the same mix as the album and some tracks which hadn’t –haven’t? – been seen anywhere else. Of these, opener Shiva Unleashed is my favourite, while the others are also ok, in the vein of Static at the time. I can’t help wondering why they haven’t been released anywhere else, since almost everything else from the era has seen the light of day in one compilation or another.

What is particularly annoying with the video is the attempt to create a ‘psychedelic’ atmosphere using computer imagery that looks extremely dated today and doesn’t work at all. It feels like 80s kids’ TV. You only get to see the boys at work during some all-too-brief live cuts. Disappointing.

All in all, I can’t see why anyone apart from collectors and/or completists would want this. The Abduction tunes sound much better on the album as there’s no VHS static noise (no pun intended). The rest is ok but nothing special and the visual factor hardly enhances the effect of the music. I only bought it myself thinking it was a live video.