Slicker's debut, 1998's Confidence in Duber, referenced intricate and glitchy German techno with Teutonic-sounding names like "Dahm Foos." But for the third album, We All Have a Plan, he creates a much more accessible sound. It bears an urban, Midwestern stamp, from the superfly funk of the radio-friendly single "Knock Me Down Girl" to the hip-hop rhymes on "Decorate Your Walls" (courtesy of Elzhi from Detroit's Slum Village). It may help that the bulk of collaborators are from the region, including Motor City jazz players Wendell Harrison and Phil Ranelin and Chicago vocalist Lindsay Anderson of the band L'Altra. This new direction may alienate some fans, but it'll likely gain Slicker a broader audience.