Skyphone - Fabula (2004)

Caught between the spacious glacial excursions of the northern Scandinavians (Sigurd Rós and Supersilent) and the infinite digital strands of microtechnological exploration occuring in Germany to the south, a new generation of Danish musicians (Under Byen, Etter Klang) is now fusing influences from both directions with fresh, creative assurance. Skyphone can be considered among the frontrunners. This is their debut album but the trio´s collective background in rock, dub and electronica has been an invaluable apprenticeship, as Skyphone combine these elements into a confident and convincingly distinctive hybrid. Fabula offers up diffident melodies conjured from acoustic guitars and analogue synths, crisply fluctuating digital percussion, feathery skeins of sampled texture and a wonderfully, almost fairytale sense of immersion. -- The Wire (UK)

Tracklisting:

1 Monitor Batik (4:13)
2 In Our Time (3:29)
3 Kinamands Chance (3:56)
4 Cent Gauge (1:53)
5 Airtight Golem (5:39)
6 Mengpaneel (5:14)
7 Sinne Gas (4:16)
8 Pandamusic (4:34)
9 Gossamer (4:44)
10 Oleana (4:47)
11 Into Hill Country (1:35)
12 Brine (6:14)

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Bisk - Moonstruck Parade

Bisk, one of my favorite electronic artist. Strangely, with his amazing talent, Bisk is really not that well known in Japan where he is from, instead his music is much more appreciated outside of Japan.

Track listing:
1 Blase (4:19)
2 Shamrock In Your Eyes (4:35)
3 Moonstruck Parade (5:28)
4 Why Are There Such Variations? (3:38)
5 Coyote / Sunbeam (2:38)
6 Miss Lizzie (4:35)
7 Splashy Girls (4:50)
8 Mockup (4:26)
9 Ticky Ticky Bang Bang (4:23)
10 Cabaret (5:10)
11 Shelly Crade (3:17)
12 Nothing But Love Out Of Her (4:43)

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