WHO
A-Trak, Canadian wunderkind turntablist, Kanye's tour DJ and Fool's Gold label boss. (twitter.com/atrak) 

DIG
A-Trak's addition to the FabricLive library is an invigorating exercise in genre-bending. The one-time World DMC champ takes us on a whistlestop tour of dance music as it is generally understood. From Robbie Rivera to Zombie Nation and DJ Zinc, the sights and sounds are a blur on A-Trak's express. There are hands-in-the-air breakdowns, warm house beats and some mean turntablism, all delivered with a knowing nod to dancefloors past. The man has clearly worked hard, scratching, editing and selecting this immensely listenable and danceable compilation. 

LABEL
Fabric Records produces the fantastic Fabriclive series of mixes that puts together names like Bent, Jacques Lu Cont and Fabio in the same series. It is the offspring of London club Fabric and it continues to lead the way on the dancefloor.

FORMAT
CD

TRACKLISTING
01 A-Trak - Say Whoa, Fool’s Gold  and DJ Sneak - You Can’t Hide From Your Bud, Classic
02 Boys Noize - Oh! (A-Trak Remix), Boysnoize Records
03 Scott Grooves feat Parliament Funkadelic - Mothership Reconnection (Daft Punk Remix), Soma 
04 Voodoo Chilli - Get On Down, Cheap Thrills 
05 Skepta - Sweet Mother (House Version), Boy Better Know 
06 DJ Class - I’m The Ish, Unruly 
07 Metronomy - Heartbreaker (Diskjokke Remix), Because 
08 His Majesty Andre - Peep Thong, Cheap Thrills 
09 Zombie Nation - Forza (Original), UKW 
10 Alex Gopher - Aurora, Go 4 Music 
11 Dance Area - AA 24-7, Phantasy 
12 Robbie Rivera - Move Move (DJ Observer & Daniel Heathcliff Remix), Juicy 
13 Daniele Papini - Church of Nonsense, Media 
14 Laidback Luke & A-Trak - Shake It Down, Fool’s Gold 
15 Nacho Lovers - Acid Life (Nachos 909 Dub), Fool’s Gold 
16 Rob Threezy - The Chase, Rob Threezy 
17 Friendly Fires - Paris (Aeroplane Remix), XL 
18 Fan Death - Veronica’s Veil (Erol Alkan’s Extended Re-Edit), Phantasy 
19 Simon Baker - Plastik (Todd Terje’s Turkatech Remix), Ongaku
20 The Martian - Tobacco Ties, Red Planet 
21 DJ Gant-Man - Juke Dat Girl From The Back, Fool’s Gold 
22 DJ MP4 - The Book Is On The Table, Musics Net 
23 Jamie Anderson & Content - Body Jackin, IDG 
24 Raffertie - Do Dat, On The Brink
25 DJ Zinc - 138 Trek, Bingo Beats

Music courtesy of Fabric Records

[ GUEST REVIEW by JOON,  a reformed journalist and itinerant entrepreneur at bloomerang.com.sg ]