Isle of Me - Beginning to Understand

Beginning from a Cabaret Voltaire residency, Isle of Me craft alternative electronic songscapes that mesmerise and infect both the mind and dancing feet. But this is no regular, run of the mill, electronica: guitars, slap bass, live drums, congas and other assorted percussions elevate the songs to an altogether more unusual plain. Spliff up, kick back and bliss out. And then there are the vocals - perfectly captured and layered, they soar and interweave through the music - "you must be terrified." Creepily ominous. Available for download on the I-Tunes music store, it's good to see Isle of Me are embracing the soulless future of music buying, but you could wager that some album artwork would have suited this trip perfectly. [Ali Maloney]