Chicago-based label Nation returns to the forefront with The Modern Electronic Element Serie 2, the second release in a series designed to showcase the different elements of the Jakbeat sound through the conceptual artistry of Traxx and the whole Nation movement. Featuring a line-up not for the faint of heart, the collaboration represents a return to the simple synth and prototypical rhythm from the early age of electronic dance. "Dance Planet" is the work of Quid Pro Quo, a project consisting of members Traxx, Mick Wills and Isabella Venis. Traxx's futuristic remix of "Energia" rediscovers the Tevo Howard track's ability to capture and hold a level of intensity but never quite explode. Stripped of all pretentiousness, Steve Summers' first contribution to Nation, "Make Your Move," is a testament of undying love to the days when house music was more than just a generic 4/4 beat layered with tons of different synth-lines on top. "Eurasia - 200," Istanbul-native Baris Karademir's debut on Nation, carries a lot of weight for social change in Turkey, but at the same time captures an inherit beauty in its composition. I.B.M. is back on solid turf, continuing to make seminal electronic recordings of raw power with "The Secret Power Of The Mind." An additional 7" features works from SSPS, the brainchild of Jon "Porkchop" Nicholson (who is also a member of the electronic band Excepter) and Beau Wanzer (Mutant Beat Dance, Streetwalker).