Kasper Marott's breakthrough EPs, Keflavik and Forever Mix, contained lengthy epics which blended the sparkling, comforting textures of ambient house with the euphoria of trance at its early '90s best, while sounding fresh and relevant rather than retro. His debut album has a few tracks in this mode, like the swift, steadily building flight simulation "Mr. Smiley" and a shortened version of the magnificent 2020 single "Sol," but the tracks where he branches out and experiments are just as illuminating. Selections like "Top Soap" and "Pling" are lush and rainforest-y, filled with polyrhythmic percussion and cool, refreshing echoed tones. Other tracks are stranger and more scattered, but not necessarily darker or less inviting. "Mere" surrounds dusty electro breaks with scuzzy horns and "Hamburger Lady"-esque whirring noises. "Missing Link" is a madcap drum'n'bass track littered with glitches, lengthy pauses, and raw distortion. "Hvad er det" starts out with springy midtempo beats and deep house pads, then quickly ends up mutating into fudgy breaks which seem to trip over themselves. Bringing it all home is "Kun for mig," a starry dazzler with a chugging bassline and goosebump-inducing synths which echo "Last Train to Trancentral"-era KLF. ~ Paul Simpson