"ART4" was the follow-up compilation to the historic "The Philosophy Of Sound And Machine" compilation release the year earlier."ART4" featured three key artists under various guises:-Tracks 1, 5 & 10 - Balil aka Ed Handley from Black Dog Productions & Plaid.
Track 2 - Atypic aka Andrew Turner from Black Dog Productions & Plaid.
Tracks 3, 4, 6-9 - Future/Past & As One aka Kirk Degiorgio.

What was interesting about this compilation was some of the mixes it featured, with some of them exclusive to this compilation."ART4" featured the classic quality with more focus on the uptempo soulful electronic music rather than on the mix of styles of it`s predecessor "The Philosophy Of Sound And Machine"."ART4" remains a classic compilation which set new standards at the time for quality and production for soulful electronic music.

I notice that this album has been going for good money on ebay which is not suprising when you consider the quality of the music. It has that classic early warp-era sound of warm detroit inspired melodic techno with perhaps a little more kick that you would hear on albums like 'Bytes' around this time. Featuring Kirk Degiorgio and Black Dog it is a kind of supergroup album of 90s Electronica. Essential listening even today.