- I'd like to open with an elegy if I might. Like sand through the hourglass, Brisbane can rarely keep hold of it's native talent. It seems every time I open my heart hole I get left behind, the once searing burns now faded into a hollowing numbness. Why Brisbane's overwhelming indifference and propensity for tough love seems to push people away I'll never quite fathom.

Brisbane ex-pat beat-smith Tigermoth has recently packed up his decks and headed south, the old school producer and DJ heading for greener pastures, a chance to flap his wings and soar.

With the move comes a new full-length, the third to his name. Duality and the Infinite feels like the natural progression for Tigermoth. It's not a hundred-million miles removed from his earliest works, it's still sample and turntable heavy, instrumental hip-hop beats, but this time around the music truly comes together as a whole. Continuing to meld hip-hop, world and jazz elements into intimate soundscapes, on this record the sound is increasingly cinematic and engaging.

Unlike, what seems like the majority of, electronic and hip hop producers, Tigermoth's sound remains - paradoxically - refreshingly dated, the talented turntablist channelling Dilla, DJ Shadow and Madlib, focusing on mood and subtlety and the payoff here is the journey, not the dizzying climax.

While not one for an overt displays of grandeur or crowd pleasing hooks, Tigermoth's beats still resonate with me. They pulse and writhe with a subtle menace, the moody and atmospheric instrumentals sound like a dystopian future complete with strangely appropriate and authentic oriental flourishes. It's a welcomed and soul-nourishing change from the mind melting beats you'll usually find invading my brain.

The individual tracks on Duality and the Infinite sound a little out of place taken out of context, and for this reason I'd suggest listening to the record as a whole. It's like the soundtrack to some killer Tarentino film that may not ever exist, which fills me with a lingering sadness. It is yet heartening that you can still indulge in the record, and for the price of your choosing, direct from his Bandcamp page. There's definitely far worse ways to while away your lives.

- Jay Edwards.