Actress: Ghettoville – review

He's already called one album of minimal techno experiments RIP (2012). Electronic type Actress (Darren Cunningham) has threatened retirement once again after this fourth album, which, he has hinted, is "trying to represent a concealed pain". Those allergic to narcotic murk or analogue-aping digital nocturnes may not see what all the fuss is about, but listen in and Actress's dystopian rhythms all have sinuous melodies running through them; he shares some headspace with dubstep producers like Burial and Zomby, though not much. At first it's all atmospheric hiss, or wheezing heavy industry. Then the machine-song unveils itself, the creaks start to sound like birds (Forgiven). Busier tracks like Birdcage or Gaze – an actual incidence of dance music – confirm how nimble Actress can be when he takes off those lead boots.