What I Breathe CD

Over the course of his career to date, Mall Grab has carved a niche as a purveyor of singles and EPs packed to the rafters with full-throttle techno panel beaters, revivalist rave workouts and off-kilter house jams. Given the potential of the long-playing format, you might expect the popular Australian producer to mix things up on his long-awaited debut album. To an extent, he has, supplementing his usual high-octane cuts with forays into immersive and spacey deep house, sun-kissed synth-pop, rap-sporting '90s drum & bass sounds, vocal electro and joyous, piano-powered workouts that tend towards the loved-up and glassy eyed. Even so, there are plenty of hands-aloft future peak-time anthems dotted across the set, as well as weighty sci-fi techno treats and rumbling breakbeat smashers.