By Swayzak, 2007

Swayzak return with their fifth album, and the new opus sounds mature and full. What counts is quality, loud showy effects are superfluous. Swayzak have always loved their echo pedal, but in their tenth year of existence, their dub-techno attains a new, compositional dimension.

"We're more interested in atmosphere," says Brun. "The album is darker and heavier - a reaction to all that minimal stuff that has become a type of mainstream." Indeed, the pieces on "Some Other Country" aren't just a trip to another country: little worlds unfold.Swayzak's new opus sounds mature and full. On the Brits' fifth album, what counts is quality, loud showy effects are superfluous.

Swayzak have always loved their echo pedal, but in their tenth year, their dubtechno attains a new, compositional dimension.

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