John Selway - "Be The Light" - (6:12) 144 BPM
Kim Cosmik - "Morning Star" - (7:01) 129 BPM
Thee J Johanz - "The Woodpecker" - (5:42) 130 BPM
Aura Nox - "Mutiny On The Voyage To Azimut" - (5:50) 120 BPM
Blixaboy - "Bushido Initiative" - (6:10) 140 BPM
St. Theodore - "No Future" - (5:41) 130 BPM
Arsonist Recorder - "Heat Seek" - (4:25)
135 BPM Cybereign & Francois Dillinger - "Operate" - (4:51) 130 BPM
Larionov - "Access Denied" - (5:56) 132 BPM
Syrte & Visions Of Glosters - "Jovian Pearl" - (4:51) 136 BPM
Review: The Occupants series is a split release project from Science Cult, the label that artists like Carl Finlow, Cygnus and Umek's Zeta Reticula project all call home. This first volume covers electro, but in the broadest sense. Thee J Johanz' "Woodpecker" is an acid-fried break beat track. At the other end of the spectrum, Aura Nox's "Mutiny On The Voyage To Azimut" sees the Science Cult artist voyage to the sound's outer limits. Remaining in that space is Blixaboy's dub-tinged "Bushido Initiative". St. Theodore presents a more ominous sound on "No Future", an arrangement that is led by a punishing sub-bass, and for a pure futuristic hit, it is hard to better the skeletal rhythms of Arsonist Recorder's "Heat Seek".