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Lately I've been approaching ambient electro records with a degree of trepidation, as most of them fall short from a combination of too much technical wizardry and not enough compositional talent. Londoner Jon Hopkins has just been burdened with the weight of reconverting this deserter with his third full length Insides, even though I'll admit my skepticism held its breath a little, considering the comparisons he's earned to the likes of Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada and FourTet.

As intelligent dance music goes Insides falls under the instrumental chill-out umbrella, very compositional at times with either a lone piano or one...