Louie Vega produced this Luisito Quintero collection of afrobeat, bossa nova and jazz, and it is occasionally similar to the Grammy award-winning DJ's Latin-influenced house productions.

The name-check might also have been for saleability's sake: Louie Vega's fame seems likely to flog more than a few records, which considering Quintero's percussive skills and the respected list of guest musicians involved is a good thing.

Indeed the high points of the album are where Quintero strays from the more obvious, coffee-table formula that characterises many of Vega's collaborations.

Stand-out tracks include jazzy number Acid, which features trumpeter Brian Lynch, and Gbagada, Gbagada, Gbogodo, Gbogodo, which is tricky to write but a delight to hear, and like much of this album is very reminiscent of old Latin and big-band film soundtracks. There are also a few weaker tracks, particularly Love Remains The Same, a numbingly bland track that features New York house outfit Blaze.

Occasionally interesting, Percussion Maddness is not as compelling as discovering this sort of thing on vinyl in a dusty record shop.

Released May 29, 2006.