James Zabiela enters the fold of Balance`s compilation selectors. His unfeasibly intricate approach to DJing shines through on this sprawling two-parter, created through a back-and-forth process between his Pioneer DDJ-RZ and Ableton and featuring two exclusive new productions from the man himself. Act One begins with gentle electronica like B12`s "Untold" that brings to mind Sasha & Digweed`s classic Northern Exposure series, building to the mesmerizing piano crescendos of Grandbrothers` "Bloodflow". Sad City`s "Steady Jam", reminiscent of classic Balearic mixes lead you into a section of whirring machinery and sensual acid via Pye Corner Audio`s "Dead Ends" fusing with HOLOVR`s "Into Light". Second Story & Appleblim`s rework of Debussy`s majestic "Reverie 68" offers organic tones, with Oddhoody`s "The Deep" switching the rhythm into a taut breakbeat under Kraftwerkian synths. The epic melodies continue as Merrin Karras`s "Void" swells over the metallic percussion of Pev & Kowton`s "Junked" and in the sparse riffs of Davis`s "Plenitude". The mix takes on a haunting tone with Ozel AB`s "Positronic Dreams" and Courser`s sorrowful "Distances", before Zabiela stuns with an exclusive new production, "Vines", created largely with Teenage Engineering`s OP-1 synth. AAAA and ARCHITECTURAL take the mix to a satisfying climax before a sudden halt. Act Two mirrors the experience of one of Zabiela`s club sets, layered with the additional levels of detail. The sorrowful, bubbling chime arpeggios and indecipherable vocal FX of Goldmund`s "Thread" and Earlham Mystics` "Waters" set you off in elegiac fashion, but the rave-y stabs of KiNK`s "Radio Slave" remix will lead you to the dancefloor. It`s a dizzying mix with myriad styles and moods: Elastic acid via another exclusive track from Zabiela, "X-Ray"; the taut metallic breakbeat of Lanark Artefax`s "Touch Absence"; raw `90s house from Redlight`s "City Jams"; the ethereal techno of ROD`s "Pull"; and a maddening crescendo of warehouse-grade bangers. The mix ends in blissful territory with the dreamy tones of Paper Dollhouse`s "Crayons" and J. Mono`s Model 500-channeling "Sspses". Also features Sapphire Slows, Kornél Kovács, Barry Lynn, VC-118A, Talaboman, Francisco Branda, Ecco Foul, Island People, OOBE, Steve Hauschildt, Avalon Emerson, Mak & Pasteman, Pisetzky, John Beltran, Lawrence, Lake People, Solitary Dancer, Chambray, Silas & Snare, Truncate, Christina, Plant43, Sinfol, Barbara Ford, Steve Parker, Fabrizio Lapiana, SHDW & Obscure Shape, Ryan James Ford, Benjamin Damage, Mark Henning, Special Request, Wata Igarashi, A Sagittariun, Anthony Linell, Hans Berg, and Sine Sleeper.