Mixed by Rissa Garcia (NightChild Records)

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Mixed by Pat King (Downtown 304)

01. Youandme – I Like (Accapella)
02. Commix – Emily’s Smile (Sigha She’s Still Smiling Remix)
03. Terry Lee Brown – Ego Expedition (Feat. Greg Parker)
04. Santorini – Super Soul (Bearweasel Lazy Dub)
05. Jay Tripwire, 8 Channels – I Of The Pyramid
06. John Tejada, Josh Humphrey – Night Flight To Crater Island
07. Maya Jane Coles – Steal The Sauce
08. Terry Lee Brown – Tribe
09. Ben Klock – Wolf
10. Roman Lindau – Sonnerie
11. Ben Klock – Under Pressure
12. Cally – Wake Oops (Skudge Remix)
13. Quenum – Nude Black Runner (Original Mix)

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Mixed by Timo Maas

01. Okain – Scream (Nina Kraviz Remix)
02. Homework – The rules of hip
03. Tribal Trumpet – Santos Edit
04. Johnny D. – Trivia Mango
05. Alex D`Elia – Didascalia (Maetrik Remix)
06. Timo Maas – Kick1Kick3
07. Mutant Roma – Rebel
08. Santos – Sinus Disco

German club veteran Timo Maas is a master of reinvention. Emerging during the excess of trance’s heyday in the late ‘90s with his self-labelled “Wet & Hard” style that fused techno, progressive house and funk in a rivetingly futuristic manner, he quickly became the remixer du jour for both the club underground and the commercial big leagues. Paul Oakenfold signed up his debut album Loud for his Perfecto imprint – a modern classic that effortlessly bridged accessibility and raw dancefloor sleaze from electro to breaks to tech and hip-hop – with his second album Pictures sharing a label with the likes of Muse and Garbage. And let’s not forget that “Dooms Night” remix of Azzido Da Bass which went on to inspire a generation of LFO-loving dubstep and bass producers. After a hiatus of a couple of years, he cast aside his chart-breaking fame and re-embraced his old love of techno, teaming up with Italy’s Santos in the studio and becoming a stalwart of Sven Väth’s scene-leading Cocoon Recordings, smashing everyone’s preconceptions of his work wide open. This period of resurrection saw the duo team under the banner of Mutant Clan, again breaking down musical barriers and giving the world their warped version of techno.

He’s a musician who will succeed at whatever he puts his hand to, and his next move is always highly anticipated. Behind the decks, he packs one of the hardest punches around, pulling you inside his hypnotic world and creating sets that live, breath and thump as one cohesive, gargantuan entity. So dedicated is he to his craft that he’s built a club on his own land – a Funktion One-packed barn next to his farmhouse in Germany where he rigorously tests out his newest productions and finds. Only a DJ and producer as innovative, technically brilliant and downright loveable could be worthy of an undertaking as prestigious and lauded as the mixing of a Balance compilation. This is Maas’ first official compilation in 9 years.

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Mixed by by Luis Campos and Matyas Kelemen (Reality Engine)

Mixed by Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth)

01. The Mordern Lovers – Pablo Picasso
02. Roxy Music – If There Is something
03. Can – Vitamin C
04. Konono N 1 – Lufuala Ndonga
05. The Pop Group – Thief Of Fire
06. The Rolling Stones – Torn and Frayed
07. Dr. John – Mama Roux
08. Big Boys – Sound on Sound
09. Toots and The Maytals – 54 46 That’s My Number
10. The Wild Magnolias – Soul, Soul, Soul
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Mixed by Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth)

01. Gil Scott Heron – I’m New Here
02. The Monkees – Porpoise Song
03. Darondo – Didn’t I
04. Brenda Holloway – Every Little Bit Hurts
05. Stranger Cole & Patsy Tood – Down The Trainline
06. The Jamsicans – Baba Boom (Ba Ba Boom Time)
07. Vivian Stanshall – Calypso To Colapso
08. Serge Gainsbourg – Pauvre Lola
09. Olatunji – Kiyakiya (Why Do You Run Away?)
10. Serge Gainsbourg – Joanna
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