The official pre-release press sent out to promote
Call to Mind focused on
Commix's wide pool of influences, making this debut album sound revolutionary and even a little dangerous. Instead, much of the album sounds quite familiar, and while techno, house, and even hip-hop flavors are all present, this U.K. duo's talent lies in how subtly and uniquely they work these foreign tones into the mix. Take the spacy "Belleview" which sneaks techno under a
Grooverider influenced beat, or "Spectacle" which is classic jungle lightly dusted with Chicago house style. These outside sounds serve to diversify an album which otherwise draws from drum'n'bass history with "Change" recalling classic gritty, gabba jungle, and the title track referencing the new, blissful breed like
Blu Mar Ten. If there's a radical angle to be touted, it's probably that
Call to Mind is that rare jungle album that works just as well on the headphones as it does on the dancefloor.