Human by Turtle

Turtle Human (Beatnik Creative): Glaswegian producer Jon Cooper majors in a widescreen orchestral electronica with pop sensibilities, tinted with the hazy washed-out choral layering of shoegaze bands. If you’re a music geek who finds comparisons useful, think early M83 by way of Jon Hopkins and a dash of Brian Eno’s Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks album. He’s unafraid to go beatsy or song-based where necessary, as on the more-ish title track sung by Swedish-Iranian singer Mariam the Believer, with its catchy “We are the future” chorus. In a limited edition of 500 on eye-delighting aquamarine vinyl, it’s a promising opening shot.

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