Fragile State-both the collaboration and the headspace-is the former project of Zero 7‘s Neil Cowley and producer/journalist Ben Mynott. Now Mynott goes solo with a home-listening compilation of largely unknown artists-a testament to the years Mynott spent as a music writer. His collection simultaneously mines the neo-lounge model and moves beyond it. Fragile State‘s influence wafts through the Rhodes keyboard lines of “Standstill” (from Zero 7-soundalikes Hardkandy) and the broken beat “Generations.” But other tracks catch the ear pleasurably off guard: Digitone‘s eerie, crystalline “Seraphim,” or “Sailor” by Hem, a teardrop-beautiful vocal lullaby that‘ll have you reaching for a cup of chamomile tea.