Taking over the reins on Fluid Electronic's next installment, Manchester-based producer Nathan Lawrence alias Kalani turns in a solid four-track introduction into his propulsive, hypermodern headspace with ‘Cascades’. Blending in a solid mix of influences, from Detroit electro to synth-splashed liquid jungle, via Blade Runner-esque atmospherics and Rephlexian electronica, the British vibist has us revving up a futuristic highway of sounds old and new, laced into one floor-crushing, asphalt-devouring monster.

True to its name, ‘Cascades’ is all about free-flowing rapids of squelchy, 303-fuelled arpeggios, omnidirectional synth buoyancy and washed-out pad tapestries all passed through a thick sieve of FX and machine processing. An all-engulfing, dopamine-boosting roller bound to unfurl on dance floors with gloves-off impact, ‘Planet Euphoria’ is an ecstasy-inducing epic of the highest order, as lushly textured as it proves built-up to relieve climactic tension in an explosion of deftly maneuvered pyrotechnics.

More on the jagged, easternmost-influenced end of the spectrum, ’Sungazer’ treats us to a vibrant mix of bleepy engineering, AI-powered machine funk and acidic bass onslaughts drowned under pulsating layers of static and aggressive freq-shifts as the synths keep on soaring to higher spheres. All in on the knee-buckling breaks and stadium-sized turboprop acceleration a la Josh Wink, ’Satellite Sweep’ tops it all off pedal to the metal, all set at having the ravers’ senses knocked askew completely. Enter the matrix.