Review by nikodemONOct 30, 2006(edited over 3 years ago)
"Beatdown" is one of the best tracks Enduser ever made. Pure madness and energy but this vinyl is so poorly mastered that it makes a question is it worth of buying for reasons other than collecting(i.e. dj-ing).
This is one of Enduser earliest works and I still think it's his best. He makes some of the best ragga jungle/breakcore tunes around and has also taken steps to breath some life into the stale drum & bass scene, but this record reflects a sound that is wholly unique. This is like an epic ragga-idm crossover, a master work. A lot of his more recent tunes seem to be structured more as songs, whereas this is more a case of a very talented producer taking cutup breaks and beautiful synth sounds and just weaving a tapestry of sounds with them. In fact, the tracklisting shows three tracks here but it is actually more like one long sonic experience.
And I am by no means trying to downplay Line 47's contribution here; the Machine Girl side is just as good and more of the same.