Veslemes’ new album Apolithoma is amongst Juno Daily’s best new albums of the week and gets a reviews that really hist the nail on the head.

Best New Albums Of The Week

“Where exactly do you file your Invisible, inc. records? Do they sit in your wiggy groovers section, nestled between Second Circle and Antinote 12”s? Do you place them amongst the great multi-instrumental opuses of Hassell, Anderson, Wobble and Kalma? What about the spicy chuggers corner, for that set at Salon Des Amateurs you’ll never score? Or perhaps keep it amongst kin in the Scottish killers category, with all your Firecracker records and everything ever recorded at the Green Door Studio. What a delight, to have a label with such a voluminous catalogue of refined, accomplished and wide-reaching music that somehow seems to always groove, without dance music being anywhere near the forefront of creative concerns.

That’s absolutely true of Yannis Veslemes’ labyrinthine new album, Apolithoma. As the text explains, Veslemes was more concerned with J.G. Ballard future-shock, which he seems to have channelled into expansive, psychedelic soundscapes dripping with synthesis and a languid jazz demeanour. The title track alone feels fit to soundtrack a cyberpunk film noir, containing at least four or five striking, dramatic scenes within its 11-minute narrative. There’s also space for lopsided acid-pop-funk and more than a few hi-tech soundscapes that seem to summon the spirits of Art Of Noise and other Fairlight warriors. This is music as a high-protein meal with at least six ingredients to each dish – something complex and layered, to be savoured and digested slowly. But be warned, you may find yourself grooving whether you intend to or not. “