With much more than simply a chill-out album, Britain's best purveyor of laid-back dance with world influences returns with one of his most accessible works to date.

It helps if you're partial to trip-hop, reggae, funk, bhangra and classical Indian sitar - all of which appear regularly, albeit in small doses. Along with flamenco guitar and muted Latin horns, these audio elements fuse with often soulful guest vocals to create songs that will get most listeners tapping, if not dancing.

Prolific is an understatement for music producer Nitin Sawhney. Apart from this, his seventh studio album, there have been two compilations (the last of which, All Mixed Up, included other DJs' mixes of his best-known work). Sawhney is also regularly on the road spinning decks, particularly in Britain and the US. Classically trained, he's written scores for symphony orchestras and more than 25 films.

On Philtre, his above-mentioned signature sound palette shines - often all appearing in the same track. Dead Man has sultry Bollywood singer Reena Bhardwaj kick in after a slow build-up of synth, drum machine, blues guitar and the odd rock guitar riff for good measure.

Footprint has one foot stamping in the flamenco guitar camp while the other skanks to a dancehall reggae lilt.

By the time the Bollywood soundtrack-like Rag Doll rolls around, some listeners will be wondering where it's all heading. But that's partly the point. You can't pigeon-hole Sawhney. As ever, this could be a compilation of various artists, but its repeated components keep the work cohesive.

It all adds up to classy listening from one of today's most imaginative music makers.