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It feels slightly wrong to be trying to review this record on a Tuesday after a heavy weekend. Mild nausea and general uneasiness is suspiciously exacerbated by a disapproving voice intonally insisting that anyone who went near a club on Saturday is a junkie, and that by tomorrow my body will hurt and I will feel empty.

Fortunately the overall ace-ness of the tracks overrides any emotional handicap and I'll endeavor not to jump off any high buildings in the next 300 words.

This is the second outing on Crosstown Rebels for French techno-titans Jennifer Cardini and Shonky; it's obviously a partnership that works. 'Tuesday Paranoia' does bear all the hallmarks of Cardini's genius 2005 EP 'Stay' with its seductive yet subtly dangerous breathy vocal, but that's not to take anything away from Shonky's contribution to the EP as a whole.

The original mix resonates with old-skool acid overtones and some nice emotive strings yet remains remarkably chill, it's not until the last couple of minutes that the track gives any inclination towards the techy. Then muted sirens and the beginning of a potential rave rift drift through giving a hint that there's more on this EP than meets the eye.  

"Come Down To Earth" is the kind of beautiful haunting track that you feel you've been listening to forever already. As suitably left-field as is expected of this label, it's nearly 8 mins of sublime deep dub electronica. With the barest minimal contribution of noises, The Parisian pair manage to create a vivid landscape of echoes and beeps, a proverbial pillow of sound to cushion the come down to earth as it were. It's doubtful if any descent propelled by this track would actually stop at the earth however, merely carrying right on through into the centre of the planet and out into the middle of next week.

Dragging the EP up from the depths however is Rebels stalwart Jamie Jones with his 'Submerged house mix'. To be fair if deep were measured against Jamie himself, and his toes were the previous track, then his house remix probably only comes up to his knees. But still the thought is there. This is hardly jackin, but is definitely the most dance flavoured track on the release. There's some regulation twistedness and a distorted head-exploding breakdown, and you could get your groove on pretty much from the start. A thoroughly complete package from some thoroughly great producers. And I can ever say that on a Tuesday.