Blog: The 405

Norwegian producer Snasen is a fresh face in a long line of Scandanvain artists that reduce journalists to cliches such as 'wonderfully evocative of the Scandinavian scenery', 'ethereal', and, for those really wanting to get a mention in Stool Pigeon 'achingly beautiful'. It's like shooting adjectives in a thesaurus. Robin Snasen Rengård with 'Failing Upwards' assimilates the most alluring facets of Scandinavian music and presents them in an elegant electronica manner, with the result sounding like múm in the idst of a glitchy slow-jam. 'Green Grass Of Tunnel' in a k-hole. Snasen discusses [...]

• Snasen - Failing Upwards