The Time And Space Machine - Taste The Lazer (Double vinyl LP, CD)

    •    Following his dazzling single ‘Pill Party In India’, The Time & Space Machine rides straight out the gate to deliver his second studio album for Tirk, titled ‘Taste The Lazer’.

    •    For those new to the fray, The Time & Space Machine is the solo output of Richard Norris, founding member of 90’s cult dance outfit The Grid, and one part of DJ / production duo Beyond The Wizard’s Sleeve with Erol Alkan.

   •    The album kicks off with ‘Hiding In The Light’, an incandescent organ-fuelled intro littered with splashes and live drums that drive forthright into ‘Black Rainbow’, a track of equal vivacity, but with loads more vigour and breathy vocal lines above another tasteful organ riff.

    •    Up next is the single ‘Pill Party In India’, a twanging, bubbling excursion into the realms of Exotica that's simply sublime.

   •    ‘Studio 23’ follows, with a stomping bass heavy groove and smouldering string moods underneath clack-clack percussion.

   •    ‘Outta My Head’ starts off clean before diving deep into smoky vocal passages, crunching rhythm guitar effects, dirty basslines and trippy polyrhythmic hi-hats.

    •    Stepping off the gas for ‘Threshold’, Norris allows for a bit of Eastern- kissed downtime with his selection of worldly stringed instruments taking turns to solo around contemplative pad washes.

   •    Up next, ‘Explosions In The Sky’ and its joyous vocal hook add a playful touch to some of the devilishly melancholic moods on the album.

   •    ‘Magic Mountain’ irons out the creases further for a pleasant air-filled journey in to the seemingly chilled (for now) mind of The Time & Space Machine.

    •    Before the final curtain, we're dealt ‘Flow River Flow’, a spaced out vocal powerhouse with swathes of tremolo guitar and a funked up lounge bassline that’s just right.

    •    To finish the album we're met with a glorious awakening in the form of ‘Good Morning’. Its sunny tones and easy-going swing are lovely touches at the end of a dynamic album.

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