The back story is that he wrote one of the tunes (Gravity) about 5 years ago and has been unable to fit it into an album since, as you say some of his recent 33s have been all over the place genre wise. So he essentially wrote and got others to write the album around said tune and in a similar groove.
Even I would admit that there was a few albums pre AKR which were hit and miss in places.
This one is consistently on the button. I have genuinely listened to it on constant rotation every day for 3 weeks now since release (which now I see that I realise is wrong). I have of course been listening to other stuff also as that would be seriously fúcking weird otherwise.
Anyway I am not talking to you.
Cheese & Onion, the preferred crisp for mountain climbers.
I’ve recently discovered Spotify which has opened up a whole new world to me. Sadly new Orbital album did not get past a first listen, did not even complete a full first listen.
Interesting Gus Gus keep popping up in my “Daily Mix”, Benched from Arabian Horse earlier. Working my way through a fair bit of Thievery Corporation also.
On a slightly different twist I have been enjoying Solan Goose by Erland Cooper who you probably know from Erland & The Carnival. The album is a celebration of the indigenous avian wildlife of the Orkney Islands.