Available now as a two-CD, 31-track set or later in the spring as a double LP with only eight cuts (but featuring two exclusive cuts), Interstellar Fugitives 2: Destruction of Order follows in the footsteps of its predecessor from a few years back and presents a snapshot of the current state of Detroit?s most infamous techno militants, Underground Resistance. Perhaps the most striking thing about the release is the diversity: there?s classic Detroit techno sounds, electro, slide (a new Detroit rollerskating thing, apparently), ambient, and even a rock/techno hybrid (the less said about which the better). Highlights are many, including the aforementioned Suburban Knight?s ?Predator?s Language,? the double-shot of DJ S2?s infectious, booty-shakin? ?Nasty? and ?Post Emancipation Psychosis,? and the Infiltrator?s ?Mindsweeper.? And of course, you get all that fabulous UR propaganda and military jargon, which never fails to get my blood pumping and makes me want to cover my face in camo makeup and stalk a club with an armful of UR 12??s and forcibly commandeer the decks from whatever meathead is spinning at any particular venue in my town. I have a feeling Mad Mike would approve. In any case, it doesn?t all work all the time, but it hangs together remarkably well considering, and for a 31-track set, did you really expect it all to?

Underground Resistance / 069
[Todd Hutlock]