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The Norwegian electronic duo returned in 2022 after an eightyear recording absence with 30 tracks split into three 10song releases called Profound Mysteries. The roster of guest vocalists on Profound Mysteries III is similar to that of II and I. Alison Goldfrapp provides a shadowy presence for The Night, while an uncredited Gunhild Ramsay Kovacs gets to make merry on the sparkling Me &

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Profound Mysteries III Dog Triumph, Out now

★★★★★

Youphoria. Lights Out featuring UK folktronica artist Pixx with its chorus of ‘lights out we won’t be home tonight’ could have

been retooled as a 128 BPM banger. Instead it’s here as a slow beat comedown. Not so the 10-minute Speed King, which could be comfortably mashed up with Giorgio Moroder’s I Feel Love and someone surely will. Pixx returns for the sightly unsettling closer Like An Old Dog (‘you’re gonna drop dead like an old dog’) but the transportive music may suggest you dreamt it. Wonderful stuff.