Mr. Fingers

Larry Heard's most recent album, Around The Sun - Part 1, was an undeniably magical affair, as you'd expect from a producer of such rich heritage and undoubted musicality. This companion album - the second part of the project - is, somewhat predictably, every bit as alluring as its predecessor. Heard sets the tone with brilliant opener 'We're Drowning', a ten-minute chunk of immensely musically detailed deep house soul, before shuffling between sax-sporting late night warmth ('Telejazz'), Ron Trent style downtempo deep house soul ('Love To You'), jazzy downtempo beats ('Country Rhodes'), intergalactic soulful house ('Touch of Love'), sunset-friendly head-nodders (the sublime 'Rustlng Leaves'), star-gazing electro ('Forcefield') and future chill-out classics ('Supa Kool'). In other words, it's another fantastic album from one of electronic music's true geniuses.