The revered Fabric compilation series is pushing 40 and who better to select mind-boggling, genre-bending grooves to mark the occasion than Ewan Pearson. This remix maestro has tweaked a veritable wish-list of artists such as Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys, The Chemical Brothers and Franz Ferdinand. Production knowledge translates well to DJing in this case. As soon as you load your player there’s a feeling of foreboding: the dingiest of dance floors beckons and it won’t take no for an answer.

An intergalactic motorbike revs slowly to break up the silence and kick-starts proceedings. Jahcoozi’s Ali McBills raises the bar for creatively naming remixes with the Robert Johnson 6am X-Ray Italo Rework. Try shouting that request to a DJ when you’re munted! Repetitive organ chords, lazy beats and comatose vox complete the soundscape – “My daddy’s rich but I don’t admit it”. Easing into the Space Invader warfare of Marcashken’s Nimrod, complex layers are introduced one at a teasing time until Push In The Bush by Gui. Tar sidles up next to you signalling drop o’clock. The mastery of Pearson’s mixing makes it virtually impossible to distinguish one track from the next.

Konrad Black’s stamp on Honeymoon’s Over by Snax features clever vocal phrases – “I’m not playin’ around no more”. The vocalist channels Jack Splash from Plantlife (who features on Girls Say from Groove Armada’s Soundboy Rock ) and lyrics can be quickly memorised and lip-synced to that special about-to-be-someone across the heaving dancefloor. Bass rumbles through your spleen making way for a policeman’s whistle (the ironically titled Tranquillite by Jens Zimmermann ) before incessant percussion echoes a railway-crossing alert ( Bellhead by Liquid Liquid ). At about this point you may be stumbling towards the St John’s Ambulance site.

Seamlessly fused tunes steadily gain momentum taking no prisoners in their wake. Catchy lyrics – “I love you but I don’t trust you” – spread out over two tracks. Finger clickin’ good. A little too much of Samim’s Paspd ft. Big Bully stalls the second half of this release and by the time Looking For God by Laven & MSO comes in, we almost are. This departure from the early cracking pace comes to a head as we search for the Lord for over 5 1/2 minutes. Many would be reaching for their ciggies by now to impose variety. Finally, Can You Relate from Samuel L Sessions ft. Paris The Black Fu enters the mix and an explosion of intensity ensues. Twisted tweaks offset demonic incantations making this selection worthy of a spin at the hardest core of daytime recoveries – Ibiza’s ‘Circo Loco’ Mondays at DC10 comes to mind.

The slow build-up to Panopeeps by Kaos is heavy on the dirty funk. Irregular heartbeat bleeps and one-finger keyboard playing that seems to be inspired by a learn-to-play manual creep around submerging, lower-end melodies. The wistful vocals of Trentemoller’s Moan are nothing on the ambience created by a closing mash-up – Beanfield’s Tides C’s Movement #1 and Aril Brikha’s Berghain. Percussive whiplash takes us out; a half-empty venue would hang in there to pulsate to these rhythms.

Fabric 35 finishes abruptly, as if you’ve stumbled out of a club into the CBD at peak-hour. Thought you were over mix CDs? Think again. Press repeat, crank it up and play it loud – you know you wanna lose your mind! Slowly does it though or you’ll pop a vein.