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Here Nosdam compiles the odds and ends created mostly around his last two full lengths (2005's "Burner" and 2007's "Level Live Wires"), as well as a few choice gems from bygone days. The first disc is bombastic and beat-blown, and well displays Nosdam's impressive range as a remix artist. Two of the record's strongest pieces are remixes created solely for this project. "(Growin' Up In The Hood) Four Thousand Style" is Nosdam's electric tribute to Leeds cult band Hood (fronted by Chris Adams, who records for Anticon as Bracken). Drum machine maestro Jel (Subtle / Themselves) adds a few pounds and Flying Saucer Attack collaborator Jessica Bailiff sings ghostly overtop, recalling Stereolab caught in a heavy swirl of fuzz, grind, and unusual beauty. The second disc is Nosdam's ambient EP, exchanging drums and voice for the fuzzy warmth of eight-track cassette composition. "Burner"-era B-side "My Prayer Rug" rocks a slow and steady crystalline stomp that morphs into the blissed-out record-skip trip of "Bear Hug" (exhumed from the cLOUDDEAD days) before reaching the nine-minute, four-chambered remix suite, "Dayvan Cowboy", originally by Boards of Canada. Fittingly, "20th" carries the listener to the record's finish on a broad swell.