'Western Store' was put together by one-half of Alter Ego (Jorn Elling Wuttke) and in plundering Rajko Muller's vinyl-only back catalogue has nicely demonstrated the patchwork of styles which comprise the Isoleé sound. Opening in the icy tundra of bass-fed microsound, 'Bleu' remains one of the most uplifting 6 minutes of dancefloor engineering you'll have ever heard, despite it now being almost a decade old, while 'Initiate II' remains the definitive article as far as pairing 4/4 and vocals go - how good is this???!!! Proving how much his sound has evolved, 'Initiate II" is followed by the aquatic-dub of 'Rockers' and the tracing-paper beats of 'Cite Grande Terre'; a track which bears little resemblance to the Isoleé we've all come to love... and is all the better for it. Elsewhere, 'I Owe You (Remix)' spray-paints Arthur Russell beats atop some chrome-synths, 'Lost' delves through a spectrum of styles (dancefloor jacker>synth queasiness>industrial thud), whilst album closer 'Beau Mot Plage (Freeform Reform Pt. 1&2)' indulges in a ten-minute bum-shake as the original underground bomb is doused in Rio-Canrival jazz bluster. The man, quite clearly, is a genius.

Track List
1. "Bleu"
2. "Initiate"
3. "Rockers"
4. "Monitor"
5. "Surfers"
6. "Simone Rides"
7. "King Off"
8. "Cite Grand Terre"
9. "Poisson Mort"
10. "I Owe You"
11. "Lost"
12. "Beau Mot Plage" (Freedom Reform parts 1 & 2)