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Sometimes you think you know where a song is going. The first time I listened to the title track of A to B, a lovely twinkle-electro album by Berlin producer Hendrik Kröz, a.k.a. Miwon, its gliding synth-bass line, jumpy beat pattern, sighing synth pads and keyboard line whose notes sound slightly bent, were sounding just fine on their own. Then, out of the song's lyric ("A to B/Always something, always"), the music shifted into a colder, warier mode, and one line jumped out: "You can go your own way/ You can call it another lonely day." Yep: Kröz had weaved one of Fleetwood Mac's biggest (and most pissed off) hits into his already bewitching brew. Surprise!
A move like that is typical of Kröz's gift for throwing a little grit into a sound that otherwise has a smooth sheen. The pulsating, dreamy headphones-house of "Matchbox" has a kind of neon glow that's cut into with some crackling glitches turned into percussion patterns; "Shinkansen" erects glassy landscapes of sustained low end and slow-rise synth tones, but it's the percussion like glossed lips smacking that moves it forward. And "More Guitar on the Monitor, Please" treats its lead instrument to loads of confident… read more »