Bleep

A great deal of exciting, analogue synth music has circulated in the eighteen months since Swedish pair Peder Mannerfelt and Malcolm Pardon first issued their enigmatic Kosmische set, Roll The Dice. But only a small amount has measured against the quality of this duo's efforts. Causing ripples and rousing the scene since their eponymous, self titled LP flew into collections via via word-of-mouth from the cabal of their keen followers. Decamping to Leaf for their staggering follow up, eleven tracks deep, it is an incredible album. Chilled to its bone, it evokes a frozen Germanic soundspace (think Kraftwerk, Cluster at their bleakest) built up through dense post-industrial interzones (inhabited by Cabs, Clock DVA, and Maurizio in a more 'hypnogogic' mode). The album is dynamic in its momentum with pulses and arpeggios propelling the music forward in to the darkness, pausing at times to relish in its cold and damp reverb, all the time further hypnotising the listener in to a world of Northern Europe's decay.