The second installment of "44," the compilation series inspired by the collective's annual open-air event, which pushes genre boundaries and experiments with the non-dance and the dance! The first thing that grabbed us was opener ABBY LEE TEE's sonic grime cut "An Other Darkness" (sample1), with its deft use of acoustic instruments like classical piano. Beyond beat-driven material such as ROC's jazzy breakbeat "Klar Rücken" (sample2), the beatless cuts are superb too — like MAD RIDER's "jamt" (sample3), electronics where dazzling tones glow within deep sound design. All tracks streamable from the tracklist. (Original Japanese text by Akie)