From the opening Anamorph, which comes in with an off kilter beat and morphs into a widescreen epic, you know you're in for something different. Decenter, a funky rewiring of a two step groove, is spliced with R'n'B vocals and deep house keys. Rainy Season, is an uptempo clash of thumb pianos, Brazilian percussion, auto-tuned vocals and sub bass. Baalbek, named for the Arabic name for the ancient city of Heliopolis, smashes Ethiopian horn lines against an uptempo, Afrobeat-informed groove, sending the melody on a dynamic journey that resolves in an extended analog synth solo.
