The legendary DJ Kicks series is alive and well and is evidenced here by Motor City Drum Ensemble's contribution to the series with a truly inspired and seamlessly mixed selection of tracks. It is a man that takes risks that manages to execute a journey that seats the cosmic sounds of Sun Ra and Fred P comfortably adjacent to the ear-worming mutations of Aphex Twin and Robert Hood. And with risks come pay-offs, an eclectic 23-track head-trip in the right direction.