SWIM

Swim is Caribou's masterpiece - the record he's?wanted to bring to fruition for as long as he's been?making music. A Canadian from small-town Ontario?now based in England, Dan Snaith has been a leading?figure in electronic music over the past decade.?A mathematics scholar and an ingenious multiinstrumentalist/?composer, he surprised critics and fans?with 2007's Andorra, a brilliant, electro-tinged pop?breakthrough with a timeless grace that made most?year-end 'Best of' lists and won Canada's prestigious?Polaris Music Prize. After the startling infectiousness?of Andorra, Swim is a more complex, multi-layered?affair - ripe with fascinating rhythms, instrumentation,?and vocals (including those of Born Ruffians' Luke?LaLonde, who appears on Jamelia) - that becomes?more alluring with each listen.?The real substance of the sound of Swim for me is?this idea of making dance music that consists of liquid?elements, Snaith explains. Rather than sounding?metallic and rigid, I like this idea of dance music that?just washes around with fluidity.??Tracklisting:?1. Odessa?2. Sun?3. Kaili?4. Found Out?5. Bowls?6. Leave House?7. Hannibal?8. Lalibela?9. Jamelia