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Mira Calix, Eyes Set Against the Sun

Avant-garde darling chooses to engage with the real world
3 out of 5 3

Much like labelmate Squarepusher, South African-born Chantal Passamonte embodies the avant-garde end of the electronica spectrum, writing music for Geneva's Natural History Museum and touring with the London Sinfonietta. Her third album was never going to be a collection of pop hits, but with moments like 'eeilo', she creates music with the power to connect outside of the laptop massive (or, indeed, rarified avant-classical circles). It's simple, stripped down piano music that ends, intriguingly, with something that sounds like a cross-Channel ferry.

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