Minilogue

Why is it that the Icelandic nations have a monopoly of sorts on all most of the minimal electronic music that sounds fresh, inventive, creative, and clever? Take bands Sigur Ros, Kings of Convenience, Mum, Bjork, BOC, Vladislav Delay, Luomo, Ralph Myerz, Royksopp, Erlend Oye and so on. Minilogue is no exception and double down the stakes with their excellent new Animals CD (I hear they have another great CD coming called IMPS).

For us simple folks, us day players in the world of drudge and doom, this double disc release is supposedly broken down into one giant journey - disc one is the dance floor side, with disc 2 being the ambient - techno thing. Neither title really applies since the rules go out the window with note one. These 2 guys, Sebastian & Marcus, have a silent third entity in Rob Zohrab from Henge Design who came up with all the imagined, dreamed, and other worldly animals that serve as the inspiration for all the clever tunes. They also penned most of the videos which add another yet celestial dimension to matters beyond the normal scope of top 40 anything. This is the most unusual and exciting CD out this year. No joke. Nothing else like it.

If you like adventure, risk, delight, and discover, make it a mystery and adventure to find one and nestle it down into your personal private world of super cool listening parties. Invite some one special to join you.
It sounds passe, but these dudes are true originals. The packaging is also superb and runs congruent with everything else this wondrous whole is about. Some of you will understand what I say and will copt to this like a speeding train to an Asian airport. You want release and escape? I did. I found it too. All 2 plus hours of it.