Gavin B.

El Perro del Mar is a well kept secret even among electronica fans. EPdM is yet another Scandanavian that stradles the fine post-rock era line between electronica & indie pop. From the Valley to The Stars (2008) and Love Is Not Pop (2009) were on my 20 notable releases lists for each respective year. Like their Euro peers Little Dragon, the Knife, Fever Ray and Komedia, EPdM has a quirky and highly eccentric sound that takes some time to tune into. You you realize their talent it's hard to stop listening to them.

All of those groups write songs with wild deviations in tempo. Like Bjork & Sigur Ros the vocalists in those Northern European electronic groups often sing using the pentatonic scales often associated with Middle and Far Eastern singers, Native American, Laplander and other native tribes with Eastern origins.