Samaris ’ latest creation gives a creative nod towards The Knife and Bjork ; vocals with a haunting Northern European linger. While nothing new comes out of the vocal melody, the deep house-come-electronica styling makes for something quite chic.
Flute and clackers feature heavily at the start giving a nu jazz air to the intro. I really like the languid nature of the ‘ Viltu Vitrast ’ and how it just hangs in the air. Mind you, it isn’t largo to the point of putting you to sleep. The teched-out breakdown at 1:45 makes very fun use of xylophone! This definitely brings intrigue to what could have potentially been commonplace boring lullaby electronic.
While the Icelandic trio isn’t terribly well known, I urge you to listen to Samaris and I almost guarantee that you’ll be impressed.
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WORDS BY Sonia Miles-Khan
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