Downtempo delights abound from Scotland’s Scatabrainz.

With Moonlight Music focussing on fragments of blues and jazz in its majority for samples and beats, the emphasis from the off is on a low slung melody selection with big beats at its epicentre. Anyone who needs evidence need only look at the fifties style live band feel at the forefront of Chillin’strumental, complete with jazz-like skits.

The piano becomes an integral part of a wedge of songs on show too, as it rolls and twinkles its way into Zone Out, creating a mentally spatial area that is high on bliss, cymbals and bells, and low on trails of thought.

An almost lackadaisical effect on the ensuing Lookin Up harks toward the recent effort of Red, which is in near parallel to the remix of Light, featuring Ash Promise. As the blues takes over, Promise’s lamentable voice almost touches upon Portishead as she sings: “We all have a voice/A choice, it’s true/We’re all part of the solution.”

Introversion continues as Time To Meditate features the lines of: “When I’m gone, how many will remember me?” and messages of making your mark in your lifetime. It does sound slightly cliché as it is a commonly relayed message, but there is a motivation behind it.

As the album winds toward its deeply chilled ending, the emphasis shifts to an orchestral feel. As with Zone Out earlier, Fantastic Planet does all that can be expected, with a deeply otherworldly connotation thanks to the addition of choral singers. It’s possible to imagine vivid imagery of seeing the world spin on its axis from outer space.

Bottomless depths are also seen in Lunar Synthesis, as backward samples make the already pedestrian pace reach new, darker depths. Imagine Apollo 13 slow, as the command module disappears onto the dark side of the Moon. This vibe melts its way into the Outro, which snares bigger beats and an acoustic loop that sneaks its way in between the crushing bass.

In case there’s the idea that this is merely a dreamy soundscape of samples and beats alone, there are guest appearances from Marrik Layden Deft on an Eastern influenced Life Is A Dance, and Loki on Across The Room. The latter’s ditty about the temptations of another girl are laced with wit, as he remarks on smelling “…like a foot” and muttering that his “nipples could cut cheese” before the track properly starts.

Ultimately, it’s the big band vibe that wins the day, with the Intro and Govinda both hinting toward James Bond style smoothness in the former, and the mute trumpet that riles its way through the latter. They set the tone for the rest of the album that will provide ample opportunity to switch off from life and allow you to get lost in the bigger picture.