peder mannerfelt: daily routine

Fever Ray producer Peder Mannerfelt plays into the widest angles of his "power ambient" sound on Daily Routine, a killer study into the way rave music intersects domestic life. The ten tracks range from decade-old productions to hyper new cut-ups of his brother's records, bought in London in summer '88, but all betray an increasing embrace of complexity and layered, asymmetric design that will keep his ever-growing mob of followers fascinated at every turn. The preceding single track "Temporary Psychosis (VIP)" is a definitive highlight, riding the finest line between deadly rave function and pranging unpredictability, while other dance floor highlights come on strong in the pointillist rave puncture of "Sissel & Bass", featuring a killer vocal by Sissel Wincent, and the rabid churn of "This Machine Shares Memes". But that would be to neglect the album's central psychedelic nature and the way it will be used, at home, in prosaic domesticity, where the far-flung and undulating topography of pieces such as the sardonic "Introductions & Aspiration", the darkside creep of "Cigarettes (Eurofierceness Mix)", and the exasperated rave of "How Was Your Day? (Numb)" will likely induce listeners to laugh, bruk out, curl up, and climb the walls in their own personal space. RIYL: Autechre, Marie Davidson, Aphex Twin, Fever Ray. Edition of 300, includes a hand-painted insert made by Peder and his kids.