Review: Well, with his "Land Of The Monkey Snake" compilation and it's first, excellent sampler you can certainly say that Lee Coombs and his Thrust Recordings are in wonderful shape and here he goes again with yet another amazing sampler! Following from Coombs' remix of Steve Bug's "Creeps" and his collaborator Grant Plant, Sampler 2 features yet another all-star line up. First up is a rare collaboration between Elite Force and Jem Stone in the form of "Outta Sight". An almost perfect definition of the term "tech-funk", this snake of a tune wriggles and twists before rearing up and biting with deadly effect. Last, but by no means least, is Coombs himself, this time featuring Katherine Ellis with the fantastic "Control". Remixed by the ever-quality-assured Meat Katie, this is a vocal break/house cut with serious balls, and one which has been slaying crowds at the hands of its makers. If only all compilations and their samplers were like this! DJ Support: The Plump DJs, Meat Katie, Friendly, Chris Carter, Laurent Garnier, Soul Of Man, Nils Noa, Ralph Lawson, Crystal Method, Tayo, Slacker, Rogue Element, Santos, Madox, Elite Force, Jay Cunning, Atomic Hooligan, Soto, Uberzone, Rennie Pilgrim, Satoshi Tomiie, Hector Romero, Vigi, Steve Lawler, Will Brunner, Chris Carter. "Great tracks, the Meat Katie mix works best for us thanks!" - The Plump DJs, "Elite Force track sounds already really good on my computer; looking forward to hear it on a big system" - Lauren Garnier, "Loving the Coombs tune!" - Soul Of Man, " I really like this, will play it at space on Sunday." - Ralph Lawson, "Both of these have a kind of 90s kind of feel. Both will be enormous." - Chris Carter.
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