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A few moldier, hokier spots but by and large hasn't aged as much as you'd expect from an early '90s IDM record. Better than Artifical Intelligence because there's more of a pulse, more focused on groove than "boundary-pushing" rhetoric. Feels like there's a rush coming from these discoveries - zappy synths recall Warp's bleep origins, pads this side of Detroit flutter and float over like clouds on the horizon, chunky breakbeats and cute lil electro drums put the "Dance" in Intelligent Dance Music without being tied to four-on-the-floor patterns. Doesn't beat the hardcore/jungle coming out around the same time but there's an alternative universe where IDM continues down this path of bizarro funk instead of becoming more snooty and anal-retentive, and we'd probably all be better off for it.