Clean, airy, and weightless, Degiorgio creates a music of the spheres, ironically propagating a kind of futurism that belongs to the past, the sort of music that was played in bars on Proximus Centauri in the past century. The beginning of the album is quite strong. 'Another Revolution' is basically a loose take on Carl Craig's 'Bug In The Bassbin,' the legendary track that arguably opened up dance music to all sorts of jazz influences, for good or bad. This is followed by 'Undefeated,' a nice grooving dance track, and the first of two vocal tracks, the rather good 'Problems,' sung by Jinado. The midsection isn't that impressive though: For about five tracks we are lost in a Sargasso Sea of unspectacular fusion funk that reminds the listener of Herbie Hancock's or Weather Report's more tepid cosmic ballads. Things only pick up with the spectacular 'Contours,' a strange jazz-rave hybrid with a rumbling bass and, at midpoint, a real house beat. In a sense, '21st Century Soul' reminds me a lot of LTJ Bukem's 'Journey Inwards' from a couple of years ago (not coincidentally they worship the same pantheon of Hancock, Liston Smith, and Craig). As with Bukem, good intentions actually result in some beautiful music when it keeps the dance floor within reach; yet once they start to emulate their heroes nothing remains but tasteful aural watercolors. Approach with care.