The long awaited follow up to Boards Of Canada's 'Music Has The Right To Children' album has now arrived. Brilliant though that album was, you still felt Boards Of Canada had alot more to offer, however, after the release of Geogaddi, one is left with exactly the same feeling as before. This is not a bad thing, because, like its predecessor, Geogaddi does not disappoint and pretty much continues to provide more of the same intelligent, mysterious electronica as previously. What this does mean of course is that Boards Of Canada's talent can now be construed as pretty much indesputible.

This 23 track collection is full of creative, experimental electronic music that both haunts, intrigues and delights in equal measure. 'Music Is Math' carries the same brilliant, ambigous charm that we have fast come to expect, whilst 'Gyrosope' is delicioulsy deranged - as the Boards continue to search for new ways to make the listener experiencel a combination of restlessness and entertainment. The pulsating bassline of 'Sunshine Recorder', added to its cross-fading synthesised mystique is classic Boards, as is the sublime 'The Smallest Weird Number'. '1969' provides more commerical listening, as the Boards play with more obvious melody and song structure.

Further, excellent electronica awaits on 'The Beach At Redpoint' and 'Alpha & Omega', which contains some delightful middle-eastern flutes to the mix and they even provide a Moby-style instrumental, complete with dissected female vocals, on 'Over The Horizon Radar'. Throw in a handful of ambient-style minature compisitions and you fast realise that whilst Geogaddi takes a little more time to grow on you that 'Music Has The Right To Children', its every bit as good, if not better.