The discs are titled "Disk 1" and "Disk A." Ah-ha-ha. It would take too long to cover all the material here, but looking at Disk 1:

1. Kick in the Pants, "I Wanna Be Japanese": Punk/thrash exploration of a theme done better by the Vapors 20 years ago. Lyrics screamed, not sung. Punkers will like it. Points for a good arrangement, though.
2. Gelatine, "Shin Yohka": Featuring an attitudinal Japanese female vocalist who sounds like she's been listening to old Cyndi Lauper records. Just as frantic as it needs to be.
3. Meatbee, "Transformers Theme": An excellent slow, moody, acoustic version of the cartoon theme, done perfectly straight-faced. Might be the best cut on the album(s).
4. The Robotic Subwaymen, "Go Go Mechabot": Sentai electro-techno theme-song homage with lots of synth vocals. Good drumming.
5. Stratos, "Go Bot Go": Typically well-produced stuff from a Sound Space favorite. This one's a bit like the Ventures mixed with Dissidenten.
6. Exit Mindbomb, "Godzilla Will Rule You": Opens with screaming vocals alternating with an arch voice-over, then takes a detour into King Crimson Land by way of Laurie Anderson. Must've taken forever to arrange.
7. Lorraine Bowen Experience, "Space": This nu-jazz cut could almost have come off a Lambert, Hendricks and Ross album from 40 years ago. Seems a bit out of place among the other songs, but it's actually really good.

Further along we have Daikaiju's "The Final Phase," instrumental space-surf music out of Mogwai; Super Cutie Baby Monster's 22-second "Mothra," which is "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" with lyrics about the giant moth; "Return Flight" by Kinoko, a rather insipid piece of electonica; and diverse offerings from Switch 3 (pop-punk), Zerozillian (classical/industrial), Jedi Superstar (punk), Robot Goes Here (synth-pop), Minya (the too-short folky "Kaiju Lullaby"), Luke Miller (attempting Laurie Anderson and not coming close; don't quit your day job, dude), Alphaomecha (somewhat confused industrial); and a "secret" track, samples of Aqua Teen Hunger Force's "Mooninites" set to electronic music, which is pretty darn good, actually.

An embarrassment of riches

Disk A contains more of the same eclectic mix, except more so; popping it into a computer brings up a Flash menu containing links off to Web sites, artist info, commercials and videos. Musically: Andraculoid, "Conquers the World": dark electronica for neo-Goths; Creeping Cruds, "Stomp Tokyo": aggressive punk/bar rock with a very funny sampled opening; Atomic Raygun Attack!!, "This Means War": ska-flavored lo-fi rock reminiscent of some early Joe Jackson; Styles of Beyond, "Your Command": hip-hop version of the Gigantor theme song, of all things; Qypthone's quasi-instrumental "Saturday Night Special" moves right along and is one of the best things on the disk; Kinoko again, with a blip-bloop special titled "Q Bert"; Robot Heart Attack's "Rubber Costumes of Doom" is a great title, but not all that great a song.

Exit Mindbomb offers "Megatron," electronic/classical fusion with interesting intervals in the progression (is that really a banjo in there or just a good patch?). The Robotic Subwaymen are back with "I Wanna Be A Robot," which is a real nice mover; All You Can Eat offers "This Die-Cast Metal Has Life," another example of a band that has good musical chops but no singer worthy of the name; Boy Versus Bacteria's "Monster Boy in Wonderland" sounds precisely like the soundtrack for a Nintendo game.

And lots more, but you get the idea. There's so much here that it would be surprising if anyone wouldn't like something. The production is pretty consistently good, even on the so-so tunes. The genre gumbo prevents the album from establishing its own identity, but that seems to be part of the point