Nomad is a Melbourne-based musician who has already achieved some international success with this album, making a creditable dent on the American world music charts. As befits his name, the music takes on a global roam, starting with an Australian base of indigenous music but mixing in a variety of exotic tastes, particularly West African and Native American, fleshing this out with dance-oriented synths. It sounds like a hotch-potch, but Nomad has in fact produced a smoothly textured blend of these tangy flavours.

It means that, in tracks like Wildlife, he can take an overtly Senegalese djembe drum sound and have it in an unadorned duet with didgeridoo, and make the combination sound perfectly natural. Elsewhere, as in Gathering, the Senegalese element emerges even more strongly, while a Taos Pueblo Indian hunting song brings a vibrant colour to Tracking.
Throughout, synths and other instruments are added judiciously to give things a dance or an ambient edge, without submerging the mood. The result is a refreshingly well-stated mix of tribal ritual and digital sophistication for an uplifting experience.