LIVE IN GOTHENBURG (RECORD STORE DAY 2011)

RECORD STORE DAY!!! Limited Edition 12 EP (750 copies for the world) Swedish duo Malcolm Pardon and Peder Mannerfelt's self-titled debut album caused quite a stir upon release last year, earning them a place among the ranks of Boomkat and Phonica's top albums of 2010, and picking up some high-profile fans, including Kieran Hebden, Dan Snaith, Erol Alkan, Trevor Jackson and Fuck Buttons. And deservedly so: with its haunted, hypnotic blend of piano and stuttering electronics, Roll The Dice sat perfectly alongside 2010's most accomplished synth revivalists, Emeralds and Oneohtrix Point Never, as well as harking backward to Steve Reich's spiraling minimalism and the astral stargazing of Cluster or early Tangerine Dream. But crucially, it also looked forward, drawing on Mannerfelt's experience as a member of Fever Ray and Pardon's background in film and TV composition for inspiration to craft a set of deeply visual epics, intimate in nature but cinematic in scope. The shadowy duo's new release is a much-needed document of their live show. Released for Record Store Day on beautifully packaged, limited 12 vinyl and the obligatory download (mastered by Stefan 'Pole' Betke), Live In Gothenburg - August 7 2010 captures their onstage interaction in full flight. Avoiding the 'two-guys-and-two-laptops' stigma that so often accompanies live electronic music in the digital world, they instead send the grainy buzz of raw synths through a tangled maze of wires and effect processors, lending these extended versions of 'Undertow' and 'The New Black' a wonderful, edgy sense of spontaneity. Mannerfelt and Pardon are currently working on their second full-length album, which will be released on The Leaf Label later this year. Release Date: 16 April 2011