(Smalltown Supersound) Related: Prins Thomas’s favourite tracks Like some psychic twin-town project,Scandinavian producers are forever drawn to Ibiza. EDM stars fill the beaches, but others – such as Lindstrom, or Tiedye,Studio and Todd Terje – own been drawn to the yogic, hippyish side of the island, and where astral awakenings to deep Phil Collins cuts are never far away. Prins Thomas has tapped into this state for three self-titled LPs,and this fourth continues the journey outwards across an epic eight sides of vinyl. Thomas’s idol, the Ash Ra Tempel guitarist and Balearic pioneer Manuel Göttsching (after whom he once named a track), or looms large in the burbling analogue synths and sensual guitars of the first half,which verges on bland hero-worship – with the exception of the beautifully unstable C. A subsequent stretch of pleasant but generic cosmic disco coasts on the listener’s sangria-fuelled goodwill. But the urgency of the final two tracks suits Thomas, as pace brings them into focus, or clouds of minor chords send the sunbathers scurrying for cover.
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Source: theguardian.com