After a few years at Uni in London together, Asif and Martti put their friendship into industry to create a studio as a base for the Fusing Naked Beats sound system of production talents and DJ skills. Inspired by a million and one different genres and types of music, the duo have definitely formed their own style that is mysterious and a nice influx of 'underground and proud sound' always offering something different.

We begin with a track called 'Medina', which whispers unknown entities and unpredictability alongside a steady yet slow beat. The female wailings are all part of a neatly levelled production outfit to make a nicely put together track, even if it's a little isolated at the start of the album.

The title track is number two, edging towards a more up-tempo groove which is, again, steady and thoughtful but with more of a dancey edge. The lower frequencies hum at you and are joined by the strings flutes and other instruments to create a decent build up of sound. High quality desi dance sounds without the overt urban edge we are normally accustomed to hearing.

The third track is 'Asiatic', renamed from 'Footsteps Of Jahngjir' as it appeared on The Crunch EP. Asif called it "a club banger that gets the crowd moving" in his exclusive interview with us and he's spot on. The pulse keeps feet moving and it adds pressure to any club its deployed in, best listened to loud. Even though it's very similar throughout, it's the kind of repetitive sound, which just always works.

A more of a desi vibe is implied in 'Desert Queen' with a bit more classical production making up the dance beats. It's about as typical an intro as you can get from Fusing Naked and when it keeps in it will make your ears pick up. This track really grew on me, you can't really classify it into a genre, it's got an appeal that it earns by not being able to be compared to anything else.

'Sajana' is such a typical name for a song on Asian albums, everyone's got one and they're not always good but 'Digital Asia's beloved is a really chilled garage vibe with some nice spots of bass intertwined with a discrete melody of 'oohs' and 'aahs.' I really liked this from the outset, a progressive move that you can move or just listen to.

I never liked velvet. Be it in trousers, curtains or cushions, it never really does it for me and I think its hit a new low with 'Velvet Sky.' A beat more programmed than Big Brother, it lacks no spontaneity and they've employed the guy who does the merchandising as the MC and I sincerely hope that Paul M's retail skills are much better than his rapping. I can't diss his flow enough. Where's Usman when you need him…

'Quantum Knowledge' comes next, with another typical Fusing Naked intro. There's some MC'ing again but kept to a minimum which is good but the singer's lyrics steal the show. Not an amazing vocal performance but "I gave you time to tell you lies, but now I'm on a rise" is a great positive way of looking at coming out of a relationship which has ended on the wrong reasons.

Track eight is 'Euphoria' which has a bit more constructive flat singing and a bigger spoken word element with some whispering. All about a dream, you can chill in and listen to unchallenged production and generally simple sounds.

A reflective look at roots is taken in 'Threads of Identity', which mixes some dub with classical Asian chimes and strings. Another garage flex, it's up-tempo chill and move, and a great example of something 'Digital' and something 'Asia.' My favourite vibe from the album before the harsher chords come in, which does disintegrate it until the original beat is restored.

'Shalimar (Fire Of Love)' lands as track ten, and is the only track with a desi name. I really liked the beat to this, it has a dhol-esque element and makes me want to move but the 'now you see it now you don't' melodies make me want to turn away. In all, I'm not really feeling it, which is frustrating because there's a lot of potential in the beat.

Track eleven is a more cinematic garage vibe called 'Parallel Love', which shows some real production aptitude. An intriguing intro draws you in whispers a smile as the beat drops, but after forty seconds there's a total paradigm shift which disappoints but your smile is restored when it is rejoined by the original sounds to make a totally original vibe. On the downside, it is a little repetitive when it seems to cry out for a soft Hindi vocal or something to keep you engaged.

The bass-line laden 'Sahara Dance' is number twelve, incorporating Bolly strings and flutes with some good old speaker buzzing undertones. This would have a real old skool feel without the Asian element, which I think is of detriment to the track as the high-pitched sounds are too distant from the core of the groove.

The thirteenth tune is 'Love Of A Prophet', which has one vibe running all the way through without any kind of build up. A warm down on a generally chilled out album isn't really necessary and although this is decent and does what it set out to do, I don't think it was needed. A pedestrian beat, simple and repetitive melody, and it does grind 'Digital Asia' to a halt.

That halt has a really bad effect when the final track, 'Silk Assassin', is more up-tempo with industrial edges and a broken groove. Some of the production seems a little random, as is its position at the end of the album because it's quite sharp.

Fusing Naked has done a good job with this album. It's underground, but doesn't alienate a large audience and its originality may have spawned a new genre 'fused, naked beats.' One thing that did make me think is that the 'digital' outweighs the 'Asia' in some areas, and on this album the quality of the digital is always better than its Asian element. But saying that, Asif is looking to do some bhangra remixes, which might influence the Fusing Naked sounds. The album has a great beginning and middle to put it in a great position, like Formula 1 driver Giancarlo Fisichella, but even more like the Renault pilot it doesn't finish when it's supposed to. I'm giving 'Digital Asia' 7.5 out of 10, you get a lot for your money - 14 full tracks - and its originality always carries it through.