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Opening up with the deep space atmospherics of Quiet Life the album immediately transports you to another world. The title track is then a melodically lush and uplifting affair with curious synth patterns ebbing and flowing beneath crisp percussion. Tracks like We Search For Answers combine organic, wooden textures with more synthetic and trippy synth sounds that are as far away from your standard sample packs as can be imagined. Across the course of the album there are dark, moody and emotive pieces like Worship (previously released in extended form on the MDL02 single) featuring Qzen who reads a poem by Patience Agbabi in tantalising fashion as well as heavyweight, dubbed out techno groovers like Shadow Theory. Make It True (of which Seth Troxler will be releasing an extended edit on his Play it Say it label, complete with high profile remixes) is another great collab featuring the vocals of JoJo de Freq, and the track itself is a harmonious, radiant house jam that is humid and human in equal measure. The otherworldly, snaking Feel Free again showcases Berkson & What s ability to coax alluring emotions out of their machines and closer Logan Five wraps things up in suitably spangled, textural fashion. Despite the fact much of this album will work on a dancefloor in the hands of the right DJ, there s an invention and musicality to it that renders the whole thing hugely listenable away from the club. A testament to Berkson & What s analogue invention and fluid ideas, Keep Up Appearances really is a master electronic oeuvre.