Roll the Dice

Second album from Stockholm electronic duo Roll The Dice. Compared with the warm, woody feel of their debut, In Dust is darkened and contemplative. It still recalls the kosmische explorations of Cluster and Tangerine Dream, and Kraftwerk's heady blend of pop and propulsion, but it feels lived in and worn down, like an old 12" that's been spun too many times, its groove scratched and erratic.

Until Silence marks a monumental shift for Roll The Dice, in both sonics and psychogeography. The characteristic framework of piano and synthesiser is reinforced with a newly conscripted string section: dramatic arrangements grind against furnace blasts of static, and phases of unrelenting rhythmic intensity collapse into moments of frayed, fragile beauty. Roll The Dice's most powerful and nuanced work to date, its tracks are by turns harrowing and searching, pushing the duo's sound to monolithic, foundation-shuddering heights of ambition, scale and physical weight.

Roll the Dice: Live in Gothenburg August 7th ... [Vinyl 12"]