Man/ipulate - 'Trance And Dance' VinylRave specialists OPIA Records mark release number 12 with Trance & Dance by Sentakus, Man ipulate. A dusty nod of respect to the timeless sounds of the 90s with the five tracks sounding like unearthed gems rather than modern day productions.

thick chords

Council Work returns with the next installment of their journey

Side A fills with two techno tracks

are the infinite oceans

Drawing comparisons with Paperclip People's anthemic 'Throw' from 1994 in the way it snatches a killer loop from 'Hit & Run's' bassline

the mighty Desert Sound Colony is returning to Nick Höppner's label for another round on the bouncy bounce

on the Place No Blame label

Now - 20 something years later - 'Down On Me / Scrappy' is back

having graced the label with some beautifully deep and textured music under his Conforce

you need a copy of this in your bag

acid and electro with vestiges of dub and experimental electronics

” Kieren Hebden