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Sekunden - Beginning with the repeating piano chords and understated bass riff of Montauk and riding into the disembodied voices and gentle timber of acoustic drums in Ja, the bittersweet soundscape of Swod mirrors the ice-melting freshness of Scandinavia in spring. Gentle pauses between swelling piano interludes are interjected with distant whirrs...

New Exclusive Olympic Heights - The ingredients aren't all that: obscure Swedish guy, weird name, third album, uneasy Boards Of Canada vibe, stifled yawns. Put them all together, whiz it up, and hey presto! Another captivating collection of evocative urban moodscapes from ambient maestro Henrik Jonsson....

Xela -

I showed the album artwork of Xela’s new album In Bocca Al Lupo to my friend, whose tastes skew a bit on the metal side, and the first phrase out of his mouth was an emphatic “That’s fucking metal.” Indeed, the cover of John Twells’ fourth full-length album is about...

Murcof - The Versailles Sessions -

Knowing Fernando Corona mainly from compilations and remixes is to know a versatile electronic artist with a talent for marrying dubby, minimalist beats to varied acoustic instruments. The rest of the picture has been gradually revealed, as in last year’s darkly epic Cosmos and this even more complex commissioned piece...

Vladislav Delay to Return With Tummaa -

Finnish electronic musician, known to his friends and family as Sasu Ripatti and to a portion of the music world as Luomo, Vladislav Delay has readied his first album under this pseudonym since 2007's Whistleblower. The new release, titled Tummaa, arrives September 8 on U.K. label...

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