Economi$ed -- Various Artists -- Drum & Bass Collection -- Economy Records, A Sub Label of Manifold Records. [Last Sigh Magazine]

1. Gone Postal -- Crocodile Perfume
2. Mothboy -- Machine is a Fuckwit
3. Blankmove -- Dreamscar
4. Ocosi -- Carrier
5. Cylon -- Seeker [aka Justin Broadrick]
6. Cylon vs Quoit -- Plug8 remix [aka Justin Broadrick vs MJ Harris]
7. Totemplow vs Quoit -- broken off
8. PCM -- Hypnosleep
9. Otraslab -- Never This Lo
10. NOS -- Subworld
11. Su8m3rg3d -- To [original]

Economi$ed is an excellent release with a number of seasoned pro's in the field of drum and bass/synthscape artists. With names like Mick Harris and Neal Harvey [PCM], Cylon [Justin Broadrick], Paul Molyneux [Ocosi], Simon aka Mothboy [ex-Ocosi member], David Reeves [Fax Label vet] of Otraslab, NOS, Gone Postal, Blankmove, Quoit, Totemplow and Su8m3rg3d, you can't go wrong with this CD. All tracks on Economi$ed are pure genius and quite diverse. There are bouncy drums, phat beats and grooves, deep bass, clinking hi-hat, whirring synths, upbeat percussion, dark evil timbre, lots of fx and no vocals of course. What's more, these tracks are previously 'unreleased', making this CD a true collectors item. In addition to the heavy beats and scathing tempos, there are deep hypnotic aural walls of background atmospheres and crushing breakbeats. This release is a steal at $9 with free shipping in the US. An impressive first release on Economy Records which comes highly recommended for all percussion, drum & bass phreaks.