Having started in 1995, the Future Sounds of Jazz series is now onto its 14 release. This latest album is available on double CD / 4 LP vinyl and incorporates 28 tracks (2 hr, 36 min, 11 sec) by Move D, Roman Flügel, Slowdive, Isolée, Cobblestone Jazz, Luke Abbott, remixes by Avalon Emerson, Russ Gabriel, Kassem Mosse, I:Cube.

If you've been following this series then you won't need any encouragement to add this to your collection. It's a loving combination of Electronics, House, Techno and Ambient tracks - the sort of music that I personally fondly remember from my early 20s - mainly because they sound like the sort of music that would have been included on the Playstation series of Wipeout futuristic racing games.

There isn't a bad track on here. From start to finish there's a constant stream of attention grabbing sounds that will also chill you out.

I love the idea that this is the "Future Sound of Jazz" as it's neither futuristic (being incredibly '90s retro in feel) nor Jazz-based. Overall, this is a history lesson for those too young to remember the '90s and a nostalgic trip for the rest of us.

Track listing:

CD 1 (compiled by Benjamin Fröhlich)

01. Basil Hardhaus – Breezin’ (4:35)
02. JTC – Gallup (6:34)
03. The Abstract Eye - I Feel It In My Forehead (5:33)
04. Tee Mango - Into The Wild (8:48)
05. Marvin Horsch – Pace (5:45)
06. Matt O'Brien – Flourish (5:55)
07. Aubrey – Dot 3 (Russ Gabriel Remix) (7:04)
08. Marcellus Pittman - A Mix (7:44)
09. Herzel – Devoid * (exclusive) (5:31)
10. David Goldberg - Part Bells (Benjamin Fröhlich Remix) *
(exclusive) (7:05)
11. Claude Rodap – Hiwa (3:26)
12. Jose Padilla - Lollipop (I:Cube Casiotone Reprise Mix) (4:57)
13. Jex Opolis - Mt. Belzoni (4:28)

CD 2 (compiled by Tom Bioly)

01. Move D – Beyond The Machine (5:24)
02. Pierre Bastien – Snide Dins (2:46)
03. Vanishing Twin – Under The Water (2:38)
04. Yussef Kamaal – Ayla (0:46)
05. Roman Flügel – Song With Blue (6:24)
06. Luke Abbott – Dumb (1:47)
07. Machine Woman – I Can Mend Your Broken Heart
(Kassem Mosse Remix) (10:23)
08. The Stowaway – A Suspicious Passenger (6:00)
09. New Jackson – Let The Freak Come Out At Night (5:48)
10. Isolée – In Our Country (6:53)
11. Albinos – Palazzo (4:29)
12. Cobblestone Jazz – Midnight Sun (6:25)
13. Sirconical – Jambon Mama (4:32)
14. TB – Unskinny Dub * (exclusive) (6:34)
15. Slowdive – Sugar For The Pill (Avalon Emerson’s Gilded
Escalation) (9:18)

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Nick Smithson