Drive (The Age Of Automation) vinyl

One of the more driving cuts from Robert Hood's epic Motor: Nighttime World 3 from last year, "Drive (The Age Of Automation)" finds itself getting a welcome slice of wax all to itself on this release. Pressed up loud, the original is about as Detroit as you can get, where a moody motorik bassline gives way to suitably sci-fi synths, combining a musical take on Detroit's automotive history with a Blade Runner aesthetic. Token artist Phase obviously revels in the opportunity to provide two brilliant reworks of the track; the "Nocturnal Mix", which isolates the original's bass stabs and incorporates them into a rolling juggernaut rhythm tailor made for the warehouse, while the "C-Box Mix" opts to keep the melodic elements but pare them back with the producer's trademark sharpness.

Simon Heartfield, Mourad Sliti, Alberto Pascual, Gary Beck, Billy Nasty, Dave Miller, Kirk Degiorgio, Black Booby, Joachim Spieth, Juno Recommends Techno, Jinno(Enable Recordings/Japan), Jamie Behan, 3.14, Myles Serge, Edit Select, Hadji, Resident Advisor, Sev Dah, Kondaktor, Abstract Division, Phuturelabs