Yet if Soulwax have spoilt it for everyone else, at least they've done it with panache: bootleg culture, electroclash, disco, pop, rock'n'roll – all are well served by this Belgian musical puree. The website manifesto insists that '2 Many DJ s' shouldn't be seen as the soundtrack to the bar or boutique – but you can almost taste the sushi as their bootleg of 'Push It' and 'No Fun' makes a stylishly raucous appearance. No longer fashion renegades rifling through the second-hand sample bin and mixing it up with designer chart knock-offs, Soulwax are your personal shoppers, refining the process of musical discovery for ease and accessibility.

Still, there's an abundance of witty segues: 'Independent Women Pt 1' gives way to Dolly Parton chortling through 'Nine To Five'; Peaches' unpleasant 'Fuck The Pain Away' flexes into 'I'm Waiting For The Man'; there's a particularly twisted troilist encounter between The Cramps, The Breeders and Skee-Lo. Then there's Dakar And Grinser's take on 'I Wanna Be Your Dog', Felix Da Housecat's 'Silver Screen Shower Scene', New Order, Royksopp, Kylie - there's little here that you wouldn't turn up the radio for.

It's ironic, however, that their love and knowledge of music, compiled and formatted like this, should become such a simple musical commodity. '2 Many DJ s' is a zeitgeist-flavoured Slimfast: never mind all those heavy, fattening records, just play this selection – lovely flavours! – and then if you want, you can listen to a proper record in the evening. Soulwax might feed your ears, but you'll need more substance to feed your head.

Victoria Segal
Rating: 6