Crossed Paths (Ltd Clear Vinyl)

After launching in fine fashion with Luke Slater wielding his L. B. Dub Corp alias against textured cuts from ASC, the second instalment of Mote-Evolver's Parallel Series presents more forward-thinking sets this time from Shifted and Samuli Kemppi Berghain resident Marcel Dettmann turns in an urgent and driving remix, led by a meandering synth theme that modulates teasingly as the track build. The distinctive voice sample is transformed as if played through a interplanetary P. A, and Dettmann uses expert restrain in introducing the stuttering percussion lines and static FX. The much loved Chris Liebing delivers a no-nonsense mix that stays true to the original while enforcing a heavy four-to-the-floor pump throughout. Engineered to excite with its dirty beats, hissing punctuation and subtle builds, Liebing is on form with this heavily functional re-shape. And a message from Luke: "Chris sent me over a version of Function 4 he did earlier in the year, which I really liked and have been playing out a lot. As it turned out Function 4 was an old school favourite among other artists. At the time it was quite different not being a straight 4/4 record, so it's great to bring it out into the open in a way in 2011. "