'Process the Wise' is the spiritual sequel to 'Do You Regret Pantomime?' we never realised we needed. Complete with Pub's signature slippery, almost invisible rhythms. Of course there are links back to artist's predecessors and peers (it's hard not to listen to this material without thinking of the earliest AFX 12"s and Boards of Canada's 'Twoism'/'Hi Scores'), but Pub set himself apart by not only following the established melodic through-line, but braiding his CRT-flicker'd Open University melodies with sweltering Chain Reaction dub touches.

These elements bubble to the surface on 'Resist the Escalator', fighting through misty synths and fluttering, trance spirals until a squelchy acid bassline and undulating rhythm are thrust into the spotlight and on the cavernous 'Hearts Conduct' that plays like an 'Analord' off-cut resprayed with balearic lacquer. Elsewhere, it's far more recumbent: 'The Water in Magic' is an early highlight, sparking its pitch-wonked toytown melodies with a brittle downtempo thump, and 'Humble Be' dispenses with the beats altogether, dousing hypnotic plucked synth phrases in factory-strength reverb. If you're missing the days when whimsical technicolor themes rather than greyscale bleeps set the pace for electronic music, 'Process the Wise' is a sip of the good stuff. -Boomkat