Having just produced the terrific T3al, a team up with the talented Ball sisters, N1_Sound quickly returns to Spiritual World with a new solo E.P. Where their previous release, Mantras, was a collision of classic post-punk funk and low end theory, the title track here, instead, has an `80s synth pop feel. Its groove, still hypnotic, but driven by a bionic bassline and programmed drum pattern. The whole 12, in fact, seems more machined than their last outing, and the overall mood far mellower. Quite Down Dub borrows from Basic Channel, with its treated, filtered thunder detail, but rather than big room techno banging it’s like watching a storm from safe indoors. The rhythm that of rain against a window. The results, warming and reassuring. Shaw St. Stepper finds the record at its most mediative. Serene, save for its flashes of molten, liquid metal-like Mad Professor-esque mixing desk effects. Finally, Cue Up sets electro-influenced elements – funky flickers, gurgling, squelching gear – to a tumbling syn-drum timpani. Fans of the artists who appeared on Music From Memory offshoot, Second Circle – people into folks such as Androo, Dazion, and Giuseppe Leonardi – should definitely take a listen.

N1_Sound Shake Your Trunk is out now on Spiritual World.