Bleep

Collaborative duo Diamond Version drop the CI album, their debut full-length, for Mute. Following five EPs in two years, it represents a new direction for Diamond Version, a conceptual piece that rejects advertorial marketing - with titles like 'Access To Excellence' and 'Operate At Your Optimum', the irony is palpable. Pet Shop Boy Neil Tennant lends his vocals to 'Were You There?', a sinister electro take on the American spiritual. At turns relentlessly crisp and languidly unctuous, this album extends beyond its concept and develops a musical life of its own.