Hard, dark, intelligent techno of the highest order with magnificent stream-of-consciousness spoken-word lyrics. Never predictable, always mutating, evolving from technological loneliness into the pure frenetic energy of the world. "Born Slippy" (from "Trainspotting") is just the tip of the iceberg.

Infectious, clever house riffed through with funk beats and jazzy trills. Guaranteed head-bobbing. As close to a live club session with DJ Sneak as you can get on your own stereo. His own track, "Special K," is just made to get happy to!

Brilliant. Contrived as almost a concept album with singles spliced inbetween -- "Push Upstairs," "Push Downstairs" and the unbelievably, gloriously bitter and furiously intense "Moaner" relating a story about a dark long-distance relationship. "Jumbo" is simply one of the most beautiful and wonderful techno tracks ever recorded. "Kittens" is a raucously frenetic beat with meandering fuzz synth backing, crazy and endearing like the little balls o'fur themselves. The only misstep is "Something Like a Mama," which deserves skipping en route to "Moaner."

One of the greatest debut releases ever by an electronic group. "Dark & Long" is Barry White for the techno set. "Cowgirl" is just a transcendent euphoric masterpiece of hard techno, and "Dirty Epic" is a dark and lascivious lonely ballad that meditates on the coldness of human relations in a technological age.

The only thing better than this is the DVD, which combines fantastic concert footage with amazing visuals by Tomato. The mix of "Cowgirl" on both CD and DVD is simply ingenious, with haphazard tracks slowly layered into thumping coherence.