Previously released in fragments through a series of 12-inch singles, Saints of Infinity is a long, languorous 9-part epic conceived by Andrew Rohmann. Successful in its ambitions from start to finish, the completed piece lulls you through a mixture of jazzy ambience, tasteful samples and softcore scratchin'. Unlike the work of most electronica acts, Saints of Infinity can be played for enjoyment at volumes high and low, making it one of the few modern records of this sort that you find yourself playing regularly, no matter which new neighborhood cat is listening outside on your windowsill.

Simulated DIY, the extra disc included with this CD, is a slightly different affair. It shows Andrew and his band at their most diverse, with "Boost the Mid-range" taking you through a world of Indian music as it collides against old-school go-go beats of drummer J Green (I kept on thinking of Trouble Funk's "Drop the Bomb" during this). Following "Boost" is "The Flower Sermon", which is great but quite antithetical to its title. Far from the church, it puts you inside the smoke rings circling within a dimly lit jazz club as a nearby piano man plays with metal hands. "Accutrac 4000" is equally winning -- but then Simulated DIY fades, particularly on "CCs", where plodding, derivative drums lead into a passage of music that sounds like Biz Markie blowing air out of his cheeks. Happily, the disc concludes on a near-refrain of the strong beginning, but Simulated DIY remains the inferior disc here, making this one of afew recent instances where the epic wins out.