His debut artist album -- the first for Bedrock -- comes as the result of two years of work. In many ways it is far from what you might expect from a producer so intimately associated with the ascetic realms of prog house. Franquet has assembled a diverse collection of tracks that range far from the borders of prog house, while still maintaining a strong sense of that genre's signature strengths. It is a surprisingly strong album in that it evokes a field of reference well removed from the dancefloor -- with sonic echoes of trip-hop and conventional rock -- but in translating the sonic palette of a minimalist genre to more traditionally kinetic forms he exposes a key conceptual weakness.  　　On the balance, the album is more enjoyable than not. Although the frequent trip-hop interludes prove less than fully satisfying, the dance moments succeed in bringing Franquet's subtle charisma to the fore. In attempting to adopt an earnest and studied exterior, he sometimes falls into monotony, but thankfully the album is diverse enough to enable the stronger fragments to shine through.