More than ten years after the first sampler, which fully uncovered their wide-opened vision on drum'n'bass, one of the most prolific and innovative British dnb producers, Jason Greenhalgh and Paul Smith, who paired up under the lucky moniker Total Science, delivers their renowned perspective by means of their notorious label C.I.A., whose acronym means Computer Integrated Audio and doesn't have any reference to that club of dangerous Peeping Toms, who usually bothers our planet with their megalomaniac spy perversions. Even if the above-mentioned first release was certainly more seminal, "Tuned In 2" seems to suggest many possible sylistical pathways, which sometimes bridge the gap between old school and new sounds besides pleasing many dnb listeners due to the wide range of styles it explores. Although soulful dnb (that stuff some hotheads and imps ironically connects with the sampler which enhances the productivity of gay bartenders) is not my favorite one, I could state the obvious when I ascertain the high quality of such tunes: the astonishing sentimental digression by Sinistar & Grimm, which is going to surprise those ones who knew the couple through harsher tracks such as "Dead Idolz" or other hard tracks by Jeremy Howard aka Sinistarr for the unavoidable influences from Detroit techno, on "Anything" alternates piano-driven sentimental moments with more popping parts, which both mantain a certain "Detroitesque" terseness, and such a duality comes out from other sweataned tracks such as "Lowend theory", a track signed by the impressive collaboration of one half of Total Science, J.R.Greenhalgh, aka Q Project and 8 Bits, who spill acid rains from the initial pink synth cloud, or "Stolen Moments" where Total Science integrate jump-up engines on Riya's enticing singing and synth-piano spotty melodies. Beyond more mysterious and "gothic" tunes such as the gloomy "Dream Demon" by Spirit - integrating Upbeats-like grime with mayhem sounds -, the entrancing "Trust" by French-born producer and MC Proktah, who combines grinding neurofunk beats with a foggy atmosphere, which could evoke a nuclear holocaust, the exquisitely suffocating sounds on Break's "Slipstream" or the nice metallic and gummy beat rolling on Fracture's "The Breaks", there are many tracks, which cling more tightly to my eardrums: my favorite one is the intial remix of Total Science & S.P.Y.'s "Past Lives" by Lenzman, who perfectly balance liquid funk, jump-up, uplifting tones and the vocal floating by Kevin King, but the snapping crystalline jump on "Clipper Man" by Calibre, the somewhat epic Riya's song "Cold Blooded" by Total Science, Break's "floral" contagious remix of Total Science's "Going In Circles" and the final dry and high jumping beats by Beta 2 on "Perceptions" stay at close range in my personal rank. A split version on vynil of "Tuned In 2" is also available. Just turn on, tune in and move out!