Get Physical - 7th Anniversary Compilation (Limited Edition)

Album Review

The title of this mix acknowledges the Get Physical label's length of existence but pulls from releases issued from 2006 through 2009, acting as the M.A.N.D.Y. duo's third state-of-GP set, following their discs released in 2004 and 2006. While GP's average release during this span wasn't as revelatory as it was earlier on, the label remained one of the most reliable sources for dance music without pretense, exemplified by some rather polarizing moments, like Patrice Baumel's "Roar," featuring a drawn-out effect that sounds like a motorized plastic chain saw, and Jona's "Take Five," where a piano rolls and stammers through Paul Desmond's famous jazz composition of the same title. The previously unreleased tracks — a M.A.N.D.Y. and Alexkid mix of Damian Lazarus' "Neverending" and the "Saxed Up Version" of Dakar's "I've Got That Feeling," the latter of which is much more tolerable than its title indicates — are, surprisingly, two of the better selections. Not one of the label's essential releases, but nonetheless necessary for those who were not able to keep up with all the singles and full-lengths.