Straight of the heels of their latest full length Implode, FLA comes back with this EP of mixes and a new track.  While the album itself was a wonderful production, the jury is still out on this one.  Well, let me start with the good.  Perhaps the most delightful surprise was the Rhys Fulber mix of Fatalist.  After he quit FLA, no one was sure if we'd ever see his name related to Leeb stuff ever again, but thankfully, he's here.  Rhys' mix starts off very soundtracky with low strings and some trademark Fulber chords.  The mix then speeds up introducing a hard hitting beat and some interesting sequences (although it is fairly evident form the bassline that Leeb did ALL the basslines in FLA).  A sure to be classic.  Now it's time for the mediocre.  Front 242 turns Retribution into a fast paced dance track, with some amusing distortion of the vocals.  While this song is pretty good, it isn't really what you'd expect from Front 242, the guys who invented this music...  Deception is the new track from FLA here, and it pretty much sums up the whole feel of the previous album: Breakbeats piled upon regular ones, your standard Leeb bassline, cryptic lyrics, snippets of guitar here and there, and a nice string line at the end.  This song is set up pretty much the same way Retribution is.  Not bad, but nothing to write home about.  Two mixes are provided by Aqualite, and while the first is rather uneventful and bland, the second, done in the name of their side project Tribal Techno, is a pounding EBM piece with fluttery sequences and a driving beat/bass combination.  Lastly, Haujobb do a priceless mix of Prophecy, turning it into what can only be described as a Caustic-Grip Rap Industrial song!  I'm not kidding, there are samples from Caustic Grip floating around among a reworked Prophecy beat.  Wonderful.  Like I said, this EP isn't bad, but just not what we expect from these guys.  Oh well...

1)  Fatalist (Rhys Fulber rmx)   2)  Retribution (FRONT 242 rmx)
3)  Deception                    4)  Fatalist (AQUALITE rmx)
5)  Prophecy (HAUJOBB rmx)       6)  Fatalist (TRIBAL TECHNO rmx)