Upping the personal record-collection connections made with this 2CD comp collab between DJ/producer Berliners Henrik Schwarz, Ame (Frank Wiedermann and Kristian Beyer) and Dixon is the number of pre-techno artist picks chosen for Schwarz's 2006 DJ-Kicks mix (Moondog, Cymande, Arthur Russell) that reappear (with different tracks chosen from each) on The Grandfather Paradox. Pat Metheny's performance of Steve Reich's "Electric Counterpoint", so infamously spun into "Little Fluffy..." chillout territory by The Orb in the early '90s, instead gets underpinned herein by Ame's remix of Etienne Jaumet's "Repeat After Me", locking into an afro-percussion-propelled three-on-the-floor throb. The bonus, alternately-sequenced unmixed disc makes one appreciate this foursome's mixing and re-editing abilities all the more, especially their transformations of the aforementioned Cymande's "For Baby Oh" and "Metamorphoses", a live late-'70s synth/drum-machine workout from one-time Yes member (circa Relayer) Patrick Moraz. Other highlights include soulful vocal house thumper "Feedback" (a lesser-known Theo Parrish production under the alias Green Pickles), as well as the cooldown finale of minimal originator Robert Hood's "Minus" (bringing things back to that three-beat feel) segueing into tasteful processing of material by Raymond Scott and Moondog. Those entranced in recent years by both Optimo's classy eclecticism and the more formal treatments of Carl Craig and Moritz von Oswald's Recomposed should find a formidable middle ground with this set. As these discs' title toys with, you can play with the past--so long as you're mindful of the potential ramifications, and manage to stake out a parallel timeline of your own.