AIMING FOR ENRIKE

Norwegian ambient electro duo view dystopia through a more playful lens.

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THE SELF-INDULGENCE OF many so-called lockdown albums has been all too much to bear, though thankfully Aiming For Enrike are here to show us how it should be done. The eccentric Norwegian duo have taken the liminality and the mundanity of that difficult time period and turned it into something pristine, artistic and futuristic. Their fifth studio album Empty Airports is a nod to Brian Eno, their twist on 1978’s utilitarian Ambient 1: Music For Airports in keeping with our dystopian times. “I think the title has many aspects to it that describe the times we were in,” says guitarist Simen Følstad Nilsen. “The airports were empty. And then the title track itself sounds like it could be performed in an empty airport with a big reverb sound. And also,…

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