Maybe I am just jaded, but I don’t know if it’s a case of Finger Lickin’ making some really poor music lately, or simply crap music selection by Utah Saints, but here is another ‘breaks’ mix that simply does little to impress me.

It starts off excellently, with the vocals of A-Skillz and Real Element’s Simple Thing acapella dropped over the ever so funky Simply Playing, also by A-Skillz. It keeps the funky vibe happening into the A-Skillz remix of Da Break. Then it kind of slides downwards from there.

The Twocker/Beat Vandals remix of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang by the usually superb Slyde I found to be lacking in goodness, and then we’re given a whole slew of average breakbeaty electro nonsense. Usually you’ll find one or two tracks on a mix CD showcasing a label that aren’t to the usual standard, and with a label such as Finger Lickin’ the standard was set pretty high. But these tracks are by some of the best in the business – Plump DJs, Drummatic Twins, and Brothers Bud. I almost cried because I was so disappointed! But the worst of the lot has to belong to Unison’s Electrogirl. The name alone should be warning enough to hit the skip button.

There’s a slight save at the end of the CD – the Evil 9 remix of Alex Dolby’s Hazy Way mixes into the dnb duo of Shimon and Nixon’s decidedly non-DnB track Around the Edge, which is nicely segued into Shimon’s VIP remix of the same track, which is decidedly DnB. The faster DnB beats of Matrix & Futurebound’s Coast to Coast teased with the High Contrast remix of Something Good by Utah Saints are a welcome relief on the ear, and although it’s not the best DnB you’ll hear on CD, it feels like it after the average material you’ve been subjected to beforehand.