Erol Alkan A Bugged Out/Bugged In Mix

(Resist Music/Fusion III)

Bugged Out became one of the driving forces that helped redefine techno, not only in the UK, but for the rest of Europe. A club night in Manchester that may have done for the ’90s what La Hacienda did for the ’80s, Bugged Out was born under the like of The Chemical Brothers, Dave Clarke, Derrick Carter, Daft Punk and LFO. With earlier compilations hosted by Felix da Housecat, Ivan Smagghe, Justin Robertson and Damien Lazarus, Bugged Out embraces the musical freedom of the ’80s acid house craze. Alkan’s double-disc mix is clever and fun, with the first mix weaving in and out of acid house madness and electro, and energetic disco-punk tunes like Soulwax’s “E Talking” and “Fast Track” by Etienne de Crécy. The second mix is more of a melancholic, mellow milieu for that early-morning wind-down. It’s got ’60s psychedelica and nostalgia, like The Concretes’ blissful and strange version of the Rolling Stones’ “Miss You,” Julie London’s ’50s lounge sound with “End of a Love Affair,” Trespassers William’s dreamy vocals on “Vapour Trail” and Justin Robertson’s spacey “Love Movement” remixed by Ulrich Schnauss. —TKO