The first Minimize to Maximize started it off with an unmixed collection of techno and minimal from Richie Hawtin's label M_nus or Minus. Number 2 continues with another great lineup of quality tech artists. This time there's no track by Richie himself, but it's no bother as the likes of Magda, Troy Pierce, Wink, and Marc Houle, are star power enough to hold one's interest in this compilation. Standouts include the opening track by Heartthrob, which also opens Sven Vath's new mix cd Sound of the Seventh Season, the bubbly, water like sounds of Tractile's Unquenchable, and the melodic closing track by king of German minimal, Loco Dice.Like the first, it's another great set of tracks and you can't do wrong as there are really no uniteresting ones or duds to be found.