Review: A most formidable duo, Danish legends of an non- existent underground arrive back in Rahbek's Posh Isolation label with a second collaboration LP following 2017's Buy Coral Online, which enjoyed a co-release with Austria's Edition Mego. Again the duo here push the realms of where colourful and deeply beautiful, melancholic music can take you landing in a zone somewhere that's as much ambient as it is sub pop and experimental, even industrial noise. Elephant this time arounds focuses on beatless themes and atmospheres more than their previous work, with a deep listen of acoustic bass, stretching synths and industrial atmospheres to pull at the most cinematic and of heart strings.
Review: Although a prolific music-maker and contributor to countless collaborative projects, Posh Isolation co-founder Loke Rahbek has traditionally been reticent to release music under his given name. City of Women is his debut solo album, and sees him bring his brand of fluttering, experimental soundscpaes to Editions Mego for the first time. Taking electronic drone textures and field recordings as a base, Rahbek delivers a string of tracks that flit between dystopian, industrial-tinged creepiness and blissful, almost overpowering positivity. Just as you think you've got the album sussed, hel'll throw in a curveball, such as the heart-aching piano figures of the Nils Frahm goes lo-fi exploration that is "A Word a Day".
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