*** Mocean Worker, “Aural & Hearty,” Palm Pictures.

With two drum-and-bass albums credited to his nom de mix, New York-based producer-DJ-composer Adam Dorn expands his sonic palette for this pop-dance romp. U2’s Bono contributes vocals to one track, but Dorn’s sinuous combinations of house, jazz, breakbeat, trance, Latin, and smart-silly lyrical snippets are more impressive. Such numbers as “Cha Cha Cha” recall the sophisticated playfulness of Deee-Lite and are guaranteed to work your “mocean” (that is, motion).

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