Jordan Rakei has become a bit of a golden boy in the alternative pop world. He's got a star-studded list of friends and collaborators that includes trendy names like Loyle Carner and Jorja Smith, and has clocked up over 100 million Spotify streams. His trademark genre-melding sound spans many different genres – neo-soul, pop, R&B – but undoubtedly springs from London's burgeoning young jazz scene. The anchor of this signature blend is Rakei's voice, which is very tricky to describe without rolling out that old 'soulful' adjectival chestnut.

After 2017's Wallflower explored more intimate feelings, the lyrics on Origin turn to the zeitgeisty topic of dystopian futures, where technology has had detrimental effects on human connections. Rakei also taps into pop culture's current fascination with spirituality, mostly in the intro to final track 'Mantra' which features drones, chimes and quasi-devotional singing that borders on corny.

The whole album is built on dense, opaque orchestration, with endless new timbres pinging about all over the shop. Tasty basslines on 'Rolling into One' and 'Moda' sound a bit Daft Punk does Flying Lotus, and it all gets very Snarky Puppy with the cheeky flourish of cross rhythms towards the end of 'Oasis'. 'Mind's Eye' is categorically a massive tune, pairing a pure pop-song hook with detailed but distant beachy guitar. The music eventually gets some space on the penultimate track 'Speak', but with the introduction of a plush string ensemble at this point, it's hardly much of a breather.

Audacious and multifarious, with this album Jordan Rakei is simultaneously spinning a lot of plates piled high with different genres. Thanks to some excellently detailed and playful orchestration, he does an admirable job of spilling very little.

Out Fri 14 Jun on Ninja Tune.