Jonnie Common – Deskjob

Deskjob is not, Jonnie Common has been keen to stress, a remix album. There’s no chopping and screwing here: instead, consider his role akin to Phil Spector, pre-spherical hair and murder conviction. As curator/producer, Common respectfully decorates bare-bones tracks from friends and contemporaries, capping his idiosyncrasies for the most part (for those craving undiluted Common, try recently-released solo debut Master of None).

Since his stated intention was simply to get “loads of people who I think are immensely talented onto a release together”, it’s appropriate to focus on who he’s producing, rather than how he’s doing it. Highlights include Meursault’s tempting new track And Butter Would Not Melt and Conquering Animal Sound’s Maschine, as resplendent in this guise as on Kammerspeil. Every invitee – from The Oates Field’s deadpan Nae Luck to Eagleowl’s drifting Sorry I Spoke – sounds wholly simpatico with every other, guided into the Common aesthetic gracefully.