LINDSTROM: Where You Go I Go Too

By Lyndsey Matthews

August 11, 2008
Originally published at CMJ.com

No, this isn't a concept album about using public restrooms. Norwegian producer Hans-Peter Lindstrøm's Where You Go I Go Too could be considered the Ys of contemporary disco, with only three tracks weighing in at just under an hour. Yet unlike Joanna Newsom's finely orchestrated 2006 release, Where You Go grooves in a meandering direction that often loops around and repeats itself. At 22 minutes into the nearly 29 minute opening track, the same riff repeats over frantic, caffeinated beats. The jittering bass lines below synth melodies induce a frenzy that builds, but is never entirely resolved. Patience pays off in the last song where synth and percussion swirl into an atmospheric spiral of funky electronic bliss.


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Record Label: Smalltown Supersound