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Review: Strangelove Music's latest vinyl-only outing dips into the infrequently explored archives of American multi-instrumentalist Frank Harris and collaborator Maria Marquez, a pairing that previously released a couple of sought after "ethno-wave" singles in the late 1980s. "Echoes" gathers together unreleased music made in 1985, presenting it as an unheard album that oozes off-kilter quality from start to finish. Most of the tracks were made using Harris' custom Synclavier synthesizer station, with his humid and breezy new age melodies and dreamy chords working brilliantly with Marquez's folksy, multi-lingual vocals, a variety of world music inspired rhythms and some seriously atmospheric field recordings. It's a formula that guarantees unusual but inspired results from start to finish.

Review: Almost 40 years has passed since Danish duo Laid Back - they of "Sunshine Reggae" and "White Horse" fame - released their debut single. The pair is still going strong all these years later, offering up sun-kissed Balearic synth-pop shot through with gentle reggae rhythms and just the right amount of dub-wise special effects. "Healing Feeling", their first album for almost six years, uniformly hits the spot via languid, loved-up cuts that wrap their evocative, glassy-eyed vocals and jazzy guitar solos around horizontal grooves and sunset-ready synth sounds. There are occasional up-tempo missives scattered across the album - see "Enjoy The Vibes" and the AOR disco chug of their "House Of The Rising Sun" cover - but even these sound like they were recorded through a thick haze of ganja smoke.

Review: Barcelona-based duo Pulshar has been on an interesting musical journey since releasing their debut album Brotherhood in 2008, deviating from their dub techno and ambient roots towards a woozy, dreamy and often poignant take on downtempo pop. It's this style that's explored in depth on Blood & Mathematics, their third full-length. It's an atmospheric and largely immersive sound that doffs a cap to the similarly luscious styles of Andras & Oscar, Kelley Polar and the Junior Boys, whilst retaining the dub and ambient influences they're most renowned for. While it doesn't always sparkle, there are more than enough hits to suggest that it's worth 70 minutes of your time.