The shortness of these pieces only enhances the beauty contained therein.

The cover art promises more than the music, as good as it may get at times, can ultimately deliver.

Perfect soundtrack material for late night excursions.

The perfect soundtrack for a nice cup of tea and your favorite Murakami novel.

You can listen to these songs twenty times and still not hear all of the sonic details contained therein.

This otherwise light and fluffy music contains a surprisingly engaging amount of emotional heft.

Weigl and Hoffman combine orchestral sounds, sparse piano lines, Spanish guitar, and skittering, echoey beats.

Hopefully, this collection of odds and sods from Manual’s archives presages a sea change in Jonas Munk’s career.

The disc has a highly improvised feel to it, based entirely around the live electronic manipulation of Helvacıoğlu’s acoustic guitar.

Four songs of blissed out electronica that recalls Boards of Canada as well as My Bloody Valentine.

What’s most gratifying about Out of the Woods is the appreciation it exudes for the simple graces of life.

A solid debut whose restraint leaves the listener wanting more — in a very good way.

Every single note, melody, and beat on So This Is Goodbye has been streamlined and polished as much as possible.

Like much of Francesconi’s music, it can leave the listener in a nostalgia-soaked haze.

Head Warlock Double Stare delves into a broken, fractured take on analog synth music.

The trio imbues their music with a certain youthful naiveté that can endear them to all but the most cynical of souls.

Moments in Slow Motion sounds like something of a nostalgic holdover for me.

Featuring Aarktica, Robin Guthrie, July Skies, I Am Robot and Proud, Lowlife, and more.

Epic45 weaves in a sense of nostalgia and wistfulness that touches on the notions of abandoned, forgotten places.

It captures into the meandering melancholy and sense of longing that characterizes Haruki Murakami’s writing.