Sorry, I Make You Lush

It’s often difficult to tell whether Luke Vibert is just having a laugh or making a genuine artistic statement. On ‘Sorry’, it sounds like he’s doing both and it makes for some compelling entertainment. Immersing himself in kitsch easy listening and lazy hip-hop, Vibert also employs sweet electronic melodies, cheeky acid lines and hilarious spoken word samples to create a work that’s equal parts infectious playfulness and wilful experimentation. There are good time, hip-hop party tracks like ‘The Funnies’, unfeasibly pretty affairs like ‘Shadows’ and madcap acid breaks on the title track, but whatever direction his restless muse explores, he’ll always have the last laugh.