Salvation comes in the form of a cover-mounted CD with DJ magazine - frighteningly, 20 years ago - a Kingsize Records special featuring a Chicken Lips / Switchkraft soundclash. What you get is roughly half an hour apiece of the respective DJ duos mixing up their own tracks and remixes.
Chicken Lips are Andrew Meecham & Dean Meredith, previously together in Bizarre Inc in the 1990s, and responsible for a plethora of spin-offs and aliases, Meecham arguably equally well known for his work as The Emperor Machine. Chicken Lips appeared to have gone their separate ways during the last decade but re-emerged in 2020 with a new song, Goldenlips.
Switchkraft were (according to t'internet) Derry-based producers David Karran, Paul Beales & John Chrysafidis and only really appear to have been active in the couple of years following this mix CD. Another track Dopeamine was released in 2014, and that was it.
I didn't buy DJ magazine regularly and whilst I don't have the issue in question anymore, it's a fair bet that I picked it up solely for the Chicken Lips mix, as I had liked their remixes for Stereo MC's, Playgroup (Trevor Jackson) and Bentley Rhythm Ace at the time.
Chicken Lips Soundclash (30:32)
1) Illegal Entry (Chicken Lips Heavy Heavy Dub): Shrinkwrap (2001)
2) He Not In: Chicken Lips (2000)
3) Do It Proper: Chicken Lips (2000)
4) Jerk Chicken: Chicken Lips (2000)
5) Nurega (Chicken Lips Mix): Organic Audio (2001)
Switchkraft Soundclash (29:31)
1) Whitenoise: Switchkraft (2001)
2) Confidence: Switchkraft (2001)
3) Music Lover: Switchkraft (2001)
4) Sinc-O-Matic: Switchkraft (exclusive to this CD) (2001)
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