The most exciting dance/electronica/whatever CD of 2010â (Humo)
âA triumph in experimental musicâ (DJ Magazine)
Mount Kimbie vouches for delicious post-dubstep. Lets just say: artists who honour the legacy of Benga and Skream, but give it a solid pop-switch (see: Darkstar), transforming dubstep into songs (see: James Blake) or like Mount Kimbie that injects dubstep with musique concrĂšte, R&B vocals, drones, pop, ambient and film music. Musical references? Boards Of Canada annex the production tactics of our favourites like The Books, Flying Lotus and Autechre. This duo's much acclaimed debut - âCrooks & Loversââ - was released last year. Pitchfork about it: âa beautiful and clever albumâ. NME: âa lush collection of soul-stepping miniaturesâ. In the past Mount Kimbie has remixed The xx and James Blake. The latter in turn then remixed Mount Kimbie. Oh yeah, finally, if you try to find Mount Kimbie on Google Maps, it will be to no avail. The band about that: "Itâs not a cloud-scraping peak where the sunsets burn pink and white for miles, not a metaphor for the grandeur of creation, just a small town with reliable public transportationâ. So now we know that too.