Aged just 17, alto saxophonist Alex Bone won the inaugural BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year competition in 2014, after which he went on to the Royal Academy of Music’s jazz degree course. He proved his mettle in various demanding big band settings and as a standout soloist. But alongside all of this he’s nurtured a love and knowledge of electronic music and this, his synthed-up debut, is the result of several years' R&D both on-stage and in the studio. Yet, while Falling on Infinity packs in the pop-fusion hooks and numerous twisting sax solos, there’s an undercurrent of pastoral, melancholic Englishness that reminds one of Tim Garland and Loose Tubes (and even Holdsworth) at times, albeit contrasted by turbo-charged synth bass, keys and drums.

That Bone’s band of Lee, Mason and Tomlinson blend so seamlessly into this techno-coloured dream is testimony to this album’s subtle sophistication, the twinned openers ‘Eras Pt.1’ and Eras Pt.2’ shifting from haunting Bladerunner sonics, to a stately slow-build crescendo into urgent chord stabs and a four-to-the-floor kick drum, illustrating the sense of drama and dynamics throughout. ‘Beamed’ feels like a 21st century take on Zawinul’s patented Moog bass lines, and ‘Aldgate’ slips through the changes without losing its groove. The fact that ‘In Dream’ features Chic maestro Nile Rodgers’ devilishly funky guitar and a stinging solo (that will surprise some for its jazziness), and US fusion guitar star Corey Wong, who chops out a high-octane funk riff on closer ‘Adventure’, is testimony to Bone’s confidence and truckload of fresh ideas.