HEIGHTS OF ABRAHAM Humidity Label: Twentythree Released: April 21, 2008 Categories: Headz: Trip-Hop | Glitch Album $9.99 Listen to this album Wishlist Tell a friend • Get Player

They're based in Sheffield. Two of them are refugees from seminal early Eighties industrial funksters Chakk; the other's done a runner from Mancunian, postbaggy soul smoothies Ashley & Jackson. The album sleeve pictures an eye looking out from what must be a computer graphic. Within it, songs have titles like "Love Flow Down", and there's some rampant, steamy sax. What's more, they record at FON and for the same underground label that brought us the bona fide Club Classic, "Fila Brazilia", last year. Now here's another one."Humidity" is a brilliant record. Why?Because it (a) manages to conjure up the most sultry, smoochy urban soul grooves this side of Marvin Gaye, (b) contains more hum-in-the-bath melodies then yer average "Now" compilation, (c) features a guitarist (Steve Cobby) who has been known to collaborate with ACR's godlike Martin Moscrop, and (d) allows absolute escapism to co-exist with concern. Here's an album you can bliss out to without feeling guilty. lnterested? You should be.Dave Simpson - Melody Maker [1994]