Audio Mixer: Alan Boorman.

Recording information: Church Road Studios, Hove.

Issued in 2008, LIGHTBULBS is Fujiya & Miyagi's follow-up to the U.K. electronica act's lauded '06 outing, TRANSPARENT THINGS. As on the earlier release, the ensemble, founded by Steve Lewis (Fujiya) and David Best (Miyagi), works from the mechanistic Krautrock template with robotic beat and punchy bass lines moving along the minimalist melodies (see the spare, slightly funky "Sore Thumb"). With Best's detached, whispered vocals providing vague narratives and the group's general wistful mood, LIGHTBULBS come across as dance music for those not inclined to leave their bedrooms, as best embodied on the pulsing, Neu!-like "Knickerbocker" and the sleepy, slinky "Pickpocket."