Reviewed by Paul S Ganney

Southampton-based Hi-Sonorous have put together an interesting set of eight songs for this CD, a follow-up to 'The Waiting Line'. I had a lot of trouble categorising this CD, listing it as dance/electronic originally, but it's far more the latter - even though a lot of the material is guitar-based, the rhythms are more hypnotic in nature. That has a lot to do with its inspiration: the plight of the Dalit people. The CD is downloadable and all proceeds go to building a school in the Punjab, so this is not only inspired by it but is trying to do something about the Dalits' plight. Hi-Sonorous are Chris Taylor and Sanjay Rajo, who describe themselves as record producers. This shows in the layering and arrangement of the music. It's carefully put together and ranges in influences, some of the keyboard patterns are Einaudi-esque, some of the guitar work Kinks-like (and, on "Delete", shows shades of Nirvana), the vocals are from a series of guest singers so range from plaintive ("Break The Cycle") to angry ("Delete") and the synth work veers into Depeche Mode territory ("Dust"). The sheer variety makes it difficult to review, but easy to recommend. Overall it's probably the most sonically interesting CD I've reviewed in a while.

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