Bleep

Rone’s near-decade-long dalliance with InFine bears more fruit on the producer’s fourth LP. Mirapolis opens with the breathtaking expanse of ‘I, Philip’, a glistening jewel of ambience that measures up to any of Brian Eno’s best work. It sets the tone nicely for a dense, detailed album, full of rich textures and stylistic left-turns. Indeed, the closest touchstone to Mirapolis of recent times is probably Gorillaz’s Plastic Beach, such is the album’s sonic vulturism and day-glo tinge. In addition to the glacial opener, Rone proves that he can do bombast (‘Faster’), lo-fi (‘Wave’) rolling (the title track) and much more without breaking the record’s spell.