Tom Roberts - aka ‘Dialed’ - has been there pretty much from the start and has not only contributed excellent tracks for the larger compilation releases but has offered much-appreciated technical skills too over the years.

Now I’m more than happy to see an entire album of original works and it’s pretty much what I expect - quality production and well though out tracks that sound full & lush.

Some things are worth waiting for and this release is one of them - twelve pieces of frequent bliss and composition that in no way relies on heavy processing or mad effects, just well-crafted music and technical skill that continually pleases.

The main strength for me is rhythm. Every track here, whether it’s pulsing, rolling or broken has at its core a solid and unbreakable path, strong foundations from which everything and anything Dialed has chosen to place over it becomes both complimentary and most-suitable.

This is best explained by ‘As Above, So Below’ whose almost fear-inducing opening half is complimented by subtle pads and gated phrases in its second act. Fans of Bola and much of the Skam output should rejoice here, it certainly satisfies a craving of mine.