Two of North America’s rising stars in the international electronic music scene, America’s Behrouz and Canada’s Martin Villeneuve (MV), have combined their talents on “In House We Trust 2,” a double-disc mix compilation featuring songs from the famed Yoshitoshi record label.

Owned by Deep Dish, the renowned Washington D.C. DJ duo, Yoshitoshi has been the vehicle behind some of dance music’s most popular and influential tracks. The album is a follow-up to the first “In House We Trust” compilation, which was assembled by Deep Dish in 1996.

For this project, Behrouz and Villeneuve were asked to select the best songs produced by the label during the last six years.

Disc one was compiled and mixed by San Francisco’s Behrouz. Behrouz has become a fixture in the West Coast music scene in the last few years with his long-time residence at the legendary Bay Area night club Release, which was voted as the No. 1 night club in America by Mixer Magazine in 1999.

He has played alongside DJs such as New York’s Danny Tenaglia and England’s Sasha at clubs like Space in Ibiza and New York City’s Twilo. He is highly regarded for his work as a producer and as a remixer.

The first disc opens with an ingenius combination of the vocals from Mysterious People’s “Fly Away,” a smooth, driving house song that rocks many dance floors, laid on top of the beats of Air Gap’s “Resolve” (main mix).

Throughout the beginning part of this disc, Behrouz slowly draws listeners in with his flawless mixing style and the early highlight of the piano-laden remix Narcotic Thrust’s chart topper “Safe From Harm.”

The album, much like the DJ’s celebrated live sets, is a progression through the various styles of house music.

As the first disc advances, the music begins to take on a darker, more sinister tone, which may sound a bit scary but seems to fit together with the overall scheme of the album. The soulful vocals are replaced with tribal drums and murky bass as listeners are propelled into the deep end of progressive house music.

The album finishes on a softer note with Rob Rives’ stunning remix of Humate’s “Choose Life.”

The responsibilities for the second disc fell to Canada’s Villeneuve. Although well-known internationally for his work as a producer, he is one of Canada’s most popular up-and-coming DJs. Villeneuve first began spinning in 1987, and he has been one of the top DJs in his hometown of Canada’s capital, Ottawa.

Villeneuve’s disc opens on a different note as the DJ bounces back and forth between progressive and deep house tracks. Herein lies the biggest inconsistency with the second disc. While Behrouz’s disc seemed to flow effortlessly from beginning to end, Villeneuve trips himself by not allowing the music to evolve.

That said, the disc finishes out in fine form and is very well mixed. It features some fantastic songs. Deep Dish’s remix of Brother Brown’s epic “Under the Water” and the awesome Fingerfest song “Autoporno” are two highlights.

While both are put together impeccably, Behrouz’s contribution to the album stands head and shoulders above Villeneuve’s. The tracks on the first disc are better arranged, more thoughtfully programmed and the DJ pulls listeners in with his sublime-playing style.

“In House We Trust 2” proves to be a more-than-adequate follow-up to its predecessor, and it highlights some of the best house music tracks of the last few years, making it a must-have for any hardcore fan of dance music.