ePM Music At Juno Download

Review: London-based digital distributors and press people EPM continue their label adventure with this cheeky release. Zarathustra is already well-known to film fans as the soundtrack to the unforgettable Kubrik work "2001: A Space Odyssey", but this is the first time that composer Richard Strauss's epic orchestral composition has been dragged onto the dancefloor. In the wrong hands, it could have been a cheesy disaster, but thankfully Italcimenti fuses it with a bubbling bassline to make a cheeky but unforgettable pop dance track. Zar's version is even better; pushing the distinctive orchestral sound into the background, he delivers a spacey but dancefloor-grounded Italo groove that would make Alexander Robotnick proud.

Review: London distributor, PR/DJ agency and all-round nice guys EPM celebrate 10 years in business with a compilation that features some of electronic music's most respected names. Italo veteran Alexander Robotnick delivers the tear-jerking melodies of "Running About", while Rob Hood, working as Floorplan, delivers the looped disco meets Chicago house jack of "Move It". There is austere techno courtesy of Mark Broom and James Ruskin on the restrained, bleepy minimal "Merz" and Sandwell District's dub meets chilling strings workout "Live in Berlin", while RadioNasty drops the woozy bass and elector breaks of "Radio 3". All these contributions display EPM's flawless underground credentials, while they may have a mainstream club hit on their hands in the shape of the shimmering strings, plaintive keys and Ibiza-friendly groove of Marius's "Jet Set".