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Melke

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Superb! This album has some of the best beats and melodies I've heard in a long time. Despite the IDM overtones Melke is quite original and very nostalgic in practically every way. From the energetic "As If" to the laid back "Doktor Watson-Trikset" each track fits perfectly together to make a remarkable release. This is definately something you dont want to pass up.

Oh, Kim Hiorthøy: how Norway has treated you well! MELKE, a compilation of various tracks, shows Hiorthøy's talent at melodic IDM, which extends in many directions. For instance, "Door Opens Both Ways" has a complex melody, composed of intertwining electronics and gamelan-tones that meet above as a ticky rhythm throbs underneath, while "Doktor Watson-Trikset" is jazzy with its calm horns and swinging beat. "Evil House, Evil Day" continues in the downtempo vein, even as it mines moodier ground it its searching piano line, and "Ting Som Virker" goes even quieter. But "On Sunday" gets back onto a glitchy track (and the gamelans return on "Det Blev Fel," which skips into some subtle breaks), though, in both cases, the delicate melodies remain intact. Given the general melancholy mood of the album, it then comes as a pleasant surprise that his mix of Kevin Blechdom's "Ready 4 Love" is as perky as it is and that his mix of Monopot's "Sane" takes a jazzy direction. But he seems adept at many different genres: "As If" almost gets into Alter Ego-like electro, and the remix of Jaga Jazzist goes for hard house. No, seriously! The final track, "Äppelträd" returns to moodiness for a near ambient journey, with the rhythm heavily subdued. A wonderful and varied album.