Devils Advocate

Nearly eight years after his ‘Archive One’ debut, Dave Clarke drops his second album. The UK techno don has always eschewed purism, but ‘Advocate’ sees him embrace a wider range than ever. There’s his hip-hop and punk collaborations with Lif and Chicks On Speed respectively, the funky house of ‘The Wiggle’, reggae and electro tracks and the serene Detroit-inflected ‘Deo Gratias’. However, there’s no sign of Clarke mellowing out with age, and ‘Just Ride’, previous single ‘The Wolf’ and the driving, ‘Red’-inspired ‘Way Of Life’ prove that the devil has funkiest tunes.