THOMAS DOLBY: A Map Of The Floating City.One of the leading lights of pop’s intelligensia for many years so you’ve got to approach this first solo album for almost two decades with a very open mind as he steers you through a wildly varied and eclectic soundscape from straight-up pop to soft, brassy salsa, rootsy American bluegrass, dreamy ethereal reflection – and then the weirder stuff. It’s split into three parts – Amerikana, Urbanoia and Oceanea. Give him plenty of slack – after all he came up with the polyphonic ringtone synthesiser for mobile phone giant Nokia.Read
