Greatest Hits *****

Tokyo's Murder Channel hits release 20 with hard-working Chicago staple Chrissy Murderbot's 'Greatest Hits *****' EP. 'Greatest Hits' deserves all kinds of quotes because this is actually all new material and remixes - but you know they will BECOME greatest hits, so why not just call them that from the start? Murderbot is fully in the Juke and Footwork mode of his last LP Women's Studies on Planet Mu, as well as all the recent tracks on his own Loose Squares label. The EP also makes sonic nods to two of his other loves, classic Jungle and even more classic Chicago House. 'Slang It' has all the awesome cut-up tricks of a modern footwork track, 'Why' smoothes the way for sweet love-making at double-time tempo, 'Waffle House' takes you on late night hip-hop escapades, and 'What You Are To Me' is a UK 'ardcore classic reworked for a whole new generation of ravers under the crazy surgeon's scalpel.