Planet V (1999)

Is drum-and-bass a casualty of the club wars, overtaken by new dance-music forms? Not from the sound of Planet V, a compilation which features two CDs' worth of new beat-burners from such kings of the jungle as Roni Size and Dillinja. What this collection mostly affirms is the stylistic breadth of the genre; from sci-fi symphonics and techno brutalism to organic jazziness, every track is out of this world when it comes to the dance floor. A-