[purlieu]

As a standalone album, the Sampler is great. The flow between the tracks is brilliant and, for the most part, I think they made wise decisions with the choices, although it's unusually low in downtempo numbers. The 95 second version of Mile Bush Pride is pretty baffling in there, and I'm still not sure on Imagine a Box, but otherwise all good.

The largely gapless flow is very good, and reminds me of Dubnobass in that regard. Appleshine into Drum Street and, particularly, Schilpol Test into BYTWB are superb.

If this was all we'd had, I'd certainly be happy with it. It's a sharp, concise techno album from a band who, for me, have actually been far more interesting in their non-techno work for the past 15 years. Probably give it a few more listens in the coming couple of weeks, but still eagerly awaiting the box for the proper Drift experience.