From Bleep: "Unhappy with the sound quality on the original CD's, for these digital reissues Luke went through his own personal DAT archive and remastered all the tracks."

Kudos to Mr. Vibert for wanting to do this, however anti-kudos for the result. I'm not familiar with the original issues of all of these works, but I don't think they could have been *that* bad.

What we get here is a series of remasters that are so bass-happy that almost every track clips and distorts, often very noticeably. Some parts of 6.07 from Visible Crater Funk become so distorted and muddled, that I found myself wanting to go back to the "inferior" version on Plug EPs 1, 2 & 3 just so I could have some sonic clarity back. Likewise, every single bassdrum on "Aerhaart ; Ahead" from Phat Lab. Nightmare distorts so much that I feared my speakers (a) were broken, or (b) would be soon broken.

Another gripe is that inter-track segues have been lost. Especially on Drum 'n' Bass for Papa and Throbbing Pouch, segues and between-track timings appear to have been ignored or left cut-up and awkward, I wonder if Luke Vibert even wants us to listen to entire albums anymore, or just pick-and-choose particular tracks.

Overall, the rather poor quality of these remasters makes me want to find a copy of the out-of-print Phat Lab. Nightmare rather than listen this version. The loudness war is killing music.