Kris Swales, Journalist

He shoots in all the directions you’d expect over just 34 minutes but rarely for long enough, making this feel more like a sampler of his skills than an album proper.

"Gail spoke to us on set at one point when we were showing the domestic violence that happened in the relationship and she was very moved by that and very upset by that," Rachel Perkins discusses the making of the new Mabo telemovie.

The bass-heavy brew he serves up here is brimming with ideas, melodies, emotion and meaning – this is electronica for the body, but with plenty to offer the mind as well.

"Balance has been long overdue a disc which unleashes hell and Fanciulli definitely heats things up, but his idea of a bombing raid is slamming down one monotonous techy weapon after another, each so similar to the last that even their mothers would struggle to pick them out of a line-up."

Yet by drawing you into its grooves rather than almost knocking you over with them, Eighty One falls short of the high watermark left by its predecessor.

Functional grooves do not necessarily a memorable mix make, and Fabric 62 is very, very functional. And while rolling on and on and on with not the slightest hint of a detour might work for Chicago house disciples, Sneak does little to entice the unconverted back for a repeat journey given the destination differs little from the departure coordinates.