The Field

Add Date: October 18 

Artist: The Field 

Album: Looping State of Mind 

Label: Kompakt 

Genre: Electronica 

Comments: From the promoter: "Sweden's loop-based electronic master The Field returns with his third album, aptly entitled Looping State of Mind. While for Field fans this is a bit of a throwback, back to basics, return for Axel Willner, the album also continues to push the envelope for Willner's icy approach to creating electronic music. In essence, The Field's approach is simple: build a colossal song on a few loops, test it out, see how far you can take it. Album opener 'Is This Power' and 'It's Up There' are incredible examples of this, but things get interesting on 'Then It's White', as Willner uses a piano sample and creates a personal opus similar to the sound of Baths' debut LP."

The Field's music certainly isn't for the impatient--the shortest track on Looping State of Mind is well over 7 minutes long--but spend some time with the LP, and you'll be rewarded with gorgeous, slow-building electronic soundscapes. Try tracks 1, 6 and 2.