Jernbanebyen by Camille Helt Haarder

Another artist affiliated with Forlaget Kornmod and a new generation of Danish DIY music, Camille Helt Haarder's sound palette has some obvious similarities with Franciska's, in terms of gear – acoustic strings, keys, manipulated tape – and also approach. But this release is maybe more about sounds than music, more about exploring a particular external environment than the sounds of a room. It's a work that explores the self and surroundings, with unhurried footsteps on gravel and asphalt providing rhythm in the 95-110bpm range. The musical phrases that punctuate the sounds around them are mostly left unresolved, hanging in the air like the fragments of conversation we hear in passing.