Inflight Entertainment’s Human Circuits is the newest effort arriving 26 June 2026 via Pulse State. Keeping with the label’s tradition of high-quality output, this latest from Paul Alexander is a confident and thoughtfully-assembled electronic record that finds its strength in subtlety, mood, atmosphere and control. Drawing from experimental ambient, music concrete, braindance and dub techno, the album doesn’t chase genre definition because it doesn’t need to. It shapes its own internal circuitry—patiently, carefully, and with a clear sense of identity.
From the kickoff, “Metabolise” sets the album’s tone with a gradual sense of development. What begins as a quiet ambient field slowly gives way to a deep, grounded rhythm, as if the track is assembling itself by instruction-set piece by piece. The low-end thickness and clock-like percussion bring definition, while metallic tones drift at the edges and set the mood. It’s a restrained but engaging opener, and that sense of measured progression carries naturally into “Regrowth” and “Hippocampus.” The album’s second track introduces a fragmented, detail-rich rhythmic palette underpinned by a dark, modulating synth line that adds thick, soupy tension while the third track follows with a slightly more direct beat structure, its kick-and-clap arrangement lending weight to an otherwise uneasy, atmospheric composition.
“Attraction” provides a welcome sense of lift. Its lighter tones and glassy synth textures create a more open, reflective space, demonstrating a softer side of the project. There’s a quiet beauty in how it unfolds—fluid, always gently shifting. This song’s balance between atmosphere and motion becomes central again in “Genomic,” one of the record’s strongest moments, where a deep, insistent bass-line and steady rhythm bring a more physical energy into the mix. “Cardiovascular” contrasts this by pulling back into a more restrained, tension-filled arrangement, its subtle percussion and submerged bass elements giving it a slightly disquieting character while pushing it to the very edge of abstraction.
The second half of the album continues to explore texture and rhythm in equal measure. “Cellular” stands out for its willingness to lean into the unfamiliar, combining irregular bass phrasing, radiowave-like sweeps, and layered percussion into a loose but convincing framework. It’s experimental, certainly, but far from arbitrary. “Desire” and “Implant” refine the palette again, focusing on minimal structures—deep bass, sparse rhythmic elements, metallic overtones—while maintaining a strong sense of atmosphere. Both tracks demonstrate how much can be conveyed with relatively few components when they are handled with care.
The closing track “Subconscious” brings the album full circle, returning to a more ambient focus while retaining a subtle rhythmic undercurrent. Its metallic textures and environmental details add depth without distraction, allowing the record to settle into a calm, unresolved conclusion that feels true to its overall character.
What lingers after Human Circuits ends isn’t a single motif or highlight, but the sense of having moved through something dense, deep, and quietly evasive. Inflight Entertainment offers no clear guide through it—no obvious signposts, no easy resolutions—leaving the listener to make their own sense of what unfolds. Patterns surface, break apart, and reassemble in new forms, giving the album a restless internal motion. Rather than presenting discrete, self-contained tracks, it moves as a continuous, half-aware stream, shaped by esoteric sonic vignettes, deliberate tension-filled head-spaces, and bizarre cosmic rhythms that feel like maybe, just maybe… these tracks were constructed for a different dimension.
Human Circuits by Inflight Entertainment releases 26 June, 2026 only on Pulse State