sophie rimheden – miss (svedjebruk)

sophie rimheden is one of the best female producers at the moment (together with tujiko norico, agf, miss kittin…) and that’s not because there are not a lot of female producers in the experimental music scene but because she is really good. her last year’s album, the first under her own name (before this she had released an album under the name hayce on the label memento material, and had also worked as ban ham), on the swedish label mitek called hi-fi was one of my favorites for that year. and now, with her new album released on swedish label svedjebruk, the case is similar. this swedish artist (and also a film student living and working in stockholm) wants to be short and tell as much as she can with fewer words. the album names are short, the track names are short, the lyrics and all tracks. among all this perfect minimalism, the cover design (by mr elg himself) is also quite minimalistic, without giving much info. and everything functions perfectly. her sound is also minimal. there are 20 tracks on this release of which one is short intro from around forty seconds and the next is the real, longer track not more than four minutes long. her perfect female voice, subtly vocoded and glitched is implemented in glitchy variation of contemporary electro, eighties disco, funky basslines and melodies… which gives completely pop feeling formed into distorted glitchy disco pop. male vocals (by johan sigerud) are also combined with her heavenly voice, which combines perfectly into a whole. also there is another female guest singer here (beki). the mastering is done by another swedish legend andreas tilliander. not so much different from hi-fi, miss is maybe not a revolution (because she’s already made one) but it’s another perfect contemporary pop album, perfectly comfortable for listening and enjoying. at least it will be one of best albums for this year.