With Love

The length of this project (33 tracks!) declares that With Love is a "major" work from a rave-to-dubstep producer who's never been shy of ambition. Yet just as Zomby's public persona is never easy or obvious, the music he presents thrives on how subtly it absorbs the atmosphere, how quickly the more substantial tracks fade into the ether, and how easily they may be misunderstood for the gateway tracks that atmospherically bridge the gaps. Or, more likely, that's what the London-based producer has in mind. Blurring the lines between what's important and what's minor is exactly what With Love does on a consistent scale. "Ascension" never reaches the minute mark, clocking out at 59 seconds when it's gracelessly interrupted by the sci-fi warp of "Horrid." The inspired tinkering behind "Orion" suggests an intent longer than a minute and change, yet it sits tucked between the luxuriously paced "Memories" and the compact doom of "Overdose." The point here is to never overlook a moment and accept that the best may be the ones to disappear all too soon. Much as with life itself.