Few compilations read like a map of their own tensions, but this one begs for it: slots 20 and 21 hold two versions of 'Lazer Beams', the Green Velvet & Harvard Bass club staple now closing in on a decade of service. The Adam Beyer & Massano rework — their first collaboration, road-tested for months before landing on Drumcode — is razor-edged peak-time techno stretched to 5:03; Alok's take, a minute shorter, bends the same material toward the mainstage. Played back to back, they work as a statement of intent: this Top 40 runs on collision.
The tempo gap is the most brutal one. 'Makina Time', the Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike link-up with Marlon Hoffstadt and DJ Konik on Smash The House, pushes the needle to 165 BPM and revives the makina spirit over Hoffstadt's own 'It's That Time' motif. In the opposite corner, half the record breathes pop nostalgia: Robin S., 'Toca's Miracle' via Rave Republic, Basement Jaxx's 'Where's Your Head At' in Steve Angello's hands.
There is a contrast of formats too. The longest cut, Patrizi & Who!Sdam's remix of Rihanna's 'Where Have You Been' (5:40), more than doubles the shortest, the 'Looking For The Hoes' edit (2:28), built as a lightning tool rather than a journey. And three titles show up twice — 'Lazer Beams', John Summit's 'Lights Go Out' and 'Turn The Lights Off' — each with an original reading and a remix, inviting a side-by-side comparison of production choices.
One name stitches the extremes together: W3tt3r signs or co-signs four remixes (Avicii, Galantis, The Chainsmokers, Tove Lo), always leaning melodic. Between the raw bass of Chris Lorenzo with Kah-Lo or Morten and Malaa's 'Shock The System' and all that recycled pop, this selection isn't chasing coherence — it's chasing friction. That is exactly where its value lies: a catalogue of opposites ready to face off inside a single set.
Sources: Beatportal · 1001Tracklists
