Imminent (then Starvation) was with Noisex the act that made Ant Zen what it is and, without a proper release since 1999's "Nord", there must have been quite a lot of pressure on Olivier Moreau to come up with something up to par with his first two albums. In this sense, yes, "Cask Strength" beams its listener ten years in the past: splendid exaggeratedly lush packaging from Ant Zen (in a sort of engraved wooden cigar box), and an album full of very crisp straight overdriven beats. The beginning of the album might be an update for Imminent (more broken, more melodic, and generally more Axiome-sounding), but past the third track, be ready for a wall to wall return to "Tentack" and "Dislocation". I honestly don't know what the younger among the Ant Zen fans will think of this, but this will bring back nice memories to everybody from the old school.