Rustie – Green Language

There's a playfulness to the opening sections of Green Language – we are treated to three false starts, Rustie delivering riffs of staggering infectiousness before snatching them away and diving into the relentless, trance-like crescendo-frenzy of Raptor. Rustie's rhythms have taken on some of the hypercolour polish of mainstream EDM – this is dayglo, experimental rave for a new century.

The tropical feel of Paradise Stone provides a breather before the album's centrepiece – D Double E, delivers a simple but effective grime flow on Up Down, and Danny Brown destroys Attak, easily one of the year's best tracks in any genre. He goes so hard and smashes it so thoroughly that the rest of the album struggles to reach those heights. Tracks featuring Redinho, and an unknown R&B singer (Dream On) may be less welcome to seasoned heads, perhaps, but give the album serious pop crossover potential. Leaner, more focused than its predecessor, this is a giant leap forward. [Bram E. Gieben]