I had no clue he had released a debut LP, but sadly it is quite a disappoint. He abandons the ethereal style of ambient/dub techno he displayed so gracefully on some of the EPs and swaps it for an odd mixed of quite dark, industrial bounce with a mellow dub techno-esque prod and some extra bells and whistles that don't do much at all. 8 is the only track that isn't in this style as an ambient precursor to the final track, but it's not all that striking. You could also count 5 which is an ambient interlude. Some tracks do pound pretty nicely, namely 3 and frankly the closer, but on the whole the album fails to be dancy, dark enough, or really atmospheric at all, although it isn't an unpleasant listen either. He has better things in him. Art is cool though 2.5
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