Review:
After garnering much praise for his idiosyncratic mix up of grime, footwork and diced R&B, Becoming Real delivers a debut album full of all that hysteria and flamboyant attitude that got him turning heads from an early stage. Listening to the likes of "Equinox" it's hard not to feel a little on edge as the theremin-esque wails and insistent jack hammer beat slam away. The sheer level of detail in the production is maddening enough on its own. There are moments of calm, such as "Anthropology" with its icy textures and minimal beat, which reveal the dimensions producer Toby Ridler has to his sound, but there's always a strong sense of tension, whether explicit or implied.