Various Artists

The Kings Of Techno

WHAT'S THE STORY? DJ blackbelts Laurent Garnier and Carl Craig spin-out eclectic mixes of vintage Detroit and bleepy electronica.

TO BE HONEST: Garnier's history disc is more eclectic than a folk-metal-jazz combo doing rockabillily in a German swing club. Craig's effort makes you think you've just been swallowed up by a Space Invaders machine having a disco with the 1984 reissue of Defender. Great!

GARNIER IS MOSTLY LISTENING TO: Aretha Franklin, The Stooges, Funkadelic, Arplanet, The Temptations.

CRAIG IS MOST LISTENING TO: Kano, Yello, Art Of Noise, some weird stuff we've never heard of.

FREEBIES: We've got 5 of these great 2-disc albums to give away! Just email your details to webmaster.maxim@dennis.co.uk and we'll enter you into our giveaway draw. Closing date: 9 November 2006