Berlin music
fromPitchfork
6 days agoXylitol: Blumenfantasie
Catherine Backhouse's music as Xylitol blends jungle, drum'n'bass, and krautrock influences, creating a fresh sound that evokes nostalgia and Berlin's vibrant culture.
If Big Hotel felt like the band homing in on their prowess and energy, Desert So Green explores the limits of their sound, seeing what new styles they can dive into, deconstruct, and rebuild. The result is both the band's most experimental and cohesive record to date, a mass of cosmic krautrock, dreary ambient synths, and eerie avant-garde touches that guarantee any conventional song structure or form could never take root.