Albums
March: 18 albums you need to hear this month
This month's listening sorted
Sailor & I 'The Invention Of Loneliness' (Skint)
Sailor & I, aka Stockholm producer Alexander Sjödin, trades in saturnine Nordic electro-melancholia with sorties into deep, dancefloor-friendly territory. Like his compatriots The Knife and iamamiwhoami, he has a winning ability to make vocal electronica that’s icy, claustrophobic and widescreen, as the coruscating ‘Black Swan’ and lavish, metallic electro of ‘Black Stars’ attest here (black, it seems, is big in Sailor & I’s world). Meanwhile, at the other end of the spectrum, ‘Paramount’ – with its flurry of vocal samples, hammering piano riff and restrained percussion – is a fine example of his grasp of moody house ordnance. It’s music with a cold edge, but with warmth in its heart. Stephen Worthy
8/10
