Cam McLaren grew into electronic music from an early age. In fact, as soon as he got his hands on a Casio keyboard the future was written.

Having initially discovered the pleasures of drum and bass, McLaren decided that he wanted to mould a more experimental progression around the genre. Live For Never is the result.

You could say it’s a drum and bass album without the drum and bass. Not quite as stupid as it sounds, McLaren strips out all the dancefloor elements, leaving behind the subtle vocal effects, streamlined synth lines and murky melodies that act as motifs above the usual drum and bass traits.

Of course there’s a little more to it than that; McLaren replaces the heavy beats and breaks with flowing, glitch-based loops, while the bass lines are buried deep beneath - either on the beat or skipping just behind.

Liver For Never is a skilfully produced album; McLaren has a good grip on how to fill the audio spectrum with plenty of space and atmosphere to create a vibey aura; energy leeks like lava from beneath the cracks. There’s also a brooding melancholy throughout, although the album’s bold melodies often flatter to deceive.

A successful experiment that can be taken as a hazy afterhours experience or, as the closing A Man And a Woman successfully depicts, a semi-ambient clubbers think-tank.