SBTRKT: Wonder Where We Land review dizzying electronic soundscapes

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Second time around, London producer SBTRKTs dizzying electronic soundscapes are fleshed out by all sorts of voices: returnees Sampha and Jessie Ware, plus Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend (on the terrific retro funk of New Dorp. New York), Chairlifts Caroline Polachek (on the jazzy, post-dubstep Look Away) and newcomer Raury (on the excellent Higher). But such is SBTRKTs authorship that these diverse tracks all come with his imprimatur, and a unifying sense of unease. Its not quite a masterpiece the dancefloor gets too short shrift but it ably brings some fiercely non-linear soul music to deserved mainstream attention.

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by Kitty Empire via Electronic music | The Guardian