Passion. And faith. Gavin Harte's got it by the bucketload. And Random Acts Of Kindness is as articulate and combustible a calling card as he could possibly wish for.

As a prominent campaigner on environmental issues, Harte's been embroiled in enough heated debates to destroy a truckload of Monsanto's genetically modified crops, and he's not shy of polemic on this, his debut album either.

What's so spirit shocking about Random Acts Of Kindness is its sheer timelessness and rootlessness. Listening to the samples, the spare vocals and the muted percussion, it's impossible to place it in any specific geography. It could just as easily be a child of Neneh Cherry or of Yossou N'Dour.