Punk's Not Dead vinyl

It's been some three years since St Petersburg-based producer Bop impressed with his sophomore set, The Amazing Adventures of One Curious Pixel. Like that album, this belated follow-up for Hospital offshoot Med School gloriously joins the dots between hazy electronic fluidity, classic IDM, dreamy ambient textures and bouncy, off-kilter experimental D&B beats. It's a blend that makes for enjoyable listening, even when Bop is at his most challenging and experimental. He has a great way with melody, and even the album's darker, more bass-heavy moments - see the sub-heavy throb of "Charge Me" - come laden with drifting pads and intricate, eyes-wide-shut electronics