reissued his drill'n'bass masterwork for its 25th anniversary in 2022, and surrounded the re-release with several new recordings that channeled that album's mixture of frantic breakbeat manipulation and wistful melodies. After drifting to ambient techno with , a rare instance of a 21st century album released by a label other than his own , 2024's mines the same territory as his 2022 work. While drawing on '90s jungle and IDM for inspiration, the tracks are also filtered through more modern influences like footwork and trap, and they're often more club-friendly than earlier efforts, having been developed on tour and road-tested at live gigs. Keeping in continuity with the producer's 2022 output, "Hyper Daddy" feels like a more sparkling, less rowdy relative of 's "Uncle Daddy," while "Magic Pony Ride, Pt. 4" features scattered drums and bulbous basslines, like its predecessors. The same sort of fragmented vocal textures of the 2022 releases are sprinkled throughout as well. Additionally, the album establishes its own thematic framework with a trio of "Reticulum" pieces. "Fogou" recalls the erratic, stop-start drum programming of , but with more straightforward synth sequences. "Imperial Crescent" is a refreshing blend of flowing synths and tunneling breaks, along with a well-timed trap breakdown. "Grush" is a playful mixture of acid squiggles and booming footwork beats. Tracks like "Belvedere" and "Raver" blend skittering, polyrhythmic breaks with synth textures that are a bit smoothed out, but not mellow or glossy enough to resemble atmospheric jungle. The slower "Hastings" has easygoing but heavy drum loops over a background loop of a kid screaming, presumably while playing outdoors. "Manscape" has operatic vocals reminiscent of 's "Belfast," along with some of the album's most smashed-up breaks. "Metaphonk" intriguingly adopts a skipping, dembow-like rhythm and reggae-style percussion, resulting in one of the sunniest tracks has recorded in recent memory. clearly finds in comfortable territory, but he's still trying new things, and his work is still highly enjoyable. ~ Paul Simpson