A really tremendous batch of dark-themed tunes from the American underground of the 70s – a treasure trove of under-discovered acts who were all inspired by the deeper brooding of the Led Zep and Black Sabbath generation! Unlike later manifestations from the indie scene, the work here isn't really heavy metal – and instead has this more complex approach – ready and able to spin out their own tales and stories in the space of a full length concept album, guided by their own unique myths and mysteries – even though most of these tracks only ever saw the light of day on 7" singles, as the bands mostly never got the chance to serve up a full-length set. Leave it to Numero to do a perfect job of bringing this underground together through their vivid notes and great images for the set – and no surprise, there's some occasional funky touches on a few of the tunes – especially on the drums. This is the kind of stuff the stoners in your high school wish they were hip enough to know about – and titles include "Warlord" by Wrath, "Twelve O'Clock Satanial" by Air, "Sealed In A Grave" by Triton Warrior, "Dark Days" by Space Rock, "Sweet Child" by Gorgon Medusa, "Cry For The Newborn" by Hellstorm, "Tasmania" by Stoned Mace, and "Seance" by Wizard. CD

An excellent 3CD compilation of slept on Ninja Tune cuts – a diverse batch of tracks that go back about a decade to collect rarities, should-be classics and some unreleased material from the Ninja Tune canon – nearly 50 tracks in all! Funky club, stuttering left field glitch hop, folky electronic grooves, and riotous remixes galore! Includes tracks by Diplo, Blockhead, Spank Rock, Coldcut, The Heavy, Sixtoo, Amon Tobin, Roots Manuva and many more. Includes "Blazin" by Ghislain Poirier feat Face-T (Modeselektor rmx), "Fair Weather Friends" by Daedelus, "Donkey Ride" by Mr Scruff & Quantic, "Epistemology Suite 1 – Don't Fall" by Diplo, "Bloodstone" by Amon Tobin, "Chin High (Manuvadelics version)" by Roots Manuva, "Inside The Globe" by Airborn Audio, "Just For The Kick" by Coldcut, "Around The World" by Death Set, "Again With The Subtitles" by Yppah, "Atomic Moog" by Coldcut (Qemists rmx), "The Chart" by Super Numeri, "Melted Crayons" by Fog, "Sunday Seance" by Blockhead, "Say Goodbye" by Bigg Jus and tons more! CD

Features Miles Okazaki on guitar, Craig Taborn on piano, Anthony Tidd on bass, and Sean Rickman on drums. CD