Step aside Jive Bunny. Tom Middleton treads on the rockabilly rabbit's paws when invited to take a genre-hopping dip into his bag of DJ tricks.

Split into party and chill themes, more than 50 tracks blend seamlessly, taking in giants such as Stevie Wonder, Cream, James Brown and The Beatles.

Sure, some selections may be re-mixes of rare covers, but that gives all too familiar classics a refreshing new slant.

Highlights in a lightning-fast dash through jazz, easy listening and film scores include a Bollywood disco revamp of Jacko's Don't Stop 'Till You Get Enough and a lounge lizard crawl through Don't Leave Me This Way.

Problems start when Middleton pulls some long gone, best-forgotten Eighties' shockers out of the abyss.

Most sane people have no desire to hear Level 42 or the Thompson Twins ever again, let alone at what passes for a party. Trying to suit all tastes, The Trip sometimes falls on its face.

Play it at your next trendy shindig... just check that the fast forward button really works.

Updated: 09:14 Thursday, May 06, 2004