The single, ‘Dust Ballad II’, suggested that the upcoming album marking over a decade of Silicone Soul might be a cracker but, not only is it their best album yet but can be regarded as a classic in any genre, combining their innate musical knowledge stretching back to 60s psych, out to modern classical and into the heart of house music with uncanny dancefloor-wrecking suss. Silicone Soul’s studio visions quite happily find Marshall Jefferson and Brian Wilson jamming in the same dream as bassline dominated grooves descended from 80s Chicago and multi-tiered melodies – often played on guitar and keyboards [recalling the Doors on David Vincent’s Blues] dive into the lustrously-opiated sonic cauldrons created with modern studio toys from which they extract noises often never encountered on this planet. Also, rarely does dance music pack such an emotional punch, like poignant opener ‘Koko’s Song’ [dedicated to a fan who died suddenly] or the sensual ‘Language Of The Soul’, which mines the deepest of house seams guided by ghostly whispers. Unearthly future symphonies like ‘The Pulse’ and ‘Midnite Man’, with its dream sequence string quartet drop, show that Silicone Soul can still rock the dancefloor to its core. What with the recent Black Dog, assorted killers being fired out by the new singings and now this masterpiece, the question has to be asked: how much higher can Soma go?
5 Out Of 5
Reviewed By: Kris Needs