Vocalist, producer, DJ, live act, A&R and collaborator - Teej is a genuine electronic music polymath and, as such, his material is imbued with a real sense of craftsmanship where every detail has its true place and meaning. Its this meticulous DIY attitude to every aspect of his art that bleeds through Eight Bit Ocean nine tracks which see Teej focused on delivering a wide range of moods, tones and textures that while all centered around dancefloor rhythms, deliver much more than tracky club tunes. From the brooding opener, A Civil Duty, dense shifting melodies are one of the reoccurring themes of Eight Bit Ocean. Never intent on staying with one mood within one track or throughout the whole LP, Teej lets tones fall and rise throughout with melancholic aspects giving way to rousing keys (The Last Request) and fluttering leads offsetting ponderous basslines (Liking Your Disorder). Sometimes its what is left out that really hits home on Eight Bit Ocean tracks like Right At Home and Stand use just enough vocals to humanise them without taking away the instrumental punch while the arpdriven, robust electro of Reunion employs only as much kick as it needs.