There have been pointers before now that Brighton producer Leon Vynehall has smarts when it comes to forward-thinking house music.
His 2014 collection, Music for the Uninvited, glistened with gold, while a bunch of singles since then have finessed his distinctive punch. Rojus, though, trumps its predecessors with a run of soulful, infectious grooves.
Partly inspired by a National Geographic film on exotic birds, Rojus tracks the ebb and flow of a night in a club, from the sense of expectation as the doors open to the end-of-night blend of melancholy and euphoria.
Tracks such as Beau Sovereign and Saxony are warm, shimmering and exciting, each an essential part of the album's elemental arc, before Kiburu's and Blush lift the roof off the gaff with a pacey sweep of delirious sounds. An album of unmissable delights.
