Tape are three men from Sweden making mixes of acoustic, electronic and field elements. Luminarium is their third album, and is a very varied mix of the three mentioned elements here. There is a distinct electronic sound coming out of Scandinavia from the likes of Kim Hiorthoy that Tape has tapped into here. Followers of Smalltown Supersound or electroacoustic acts like Bibio definitely need to take note of what Tape are doing. The album actually covers quite a bit of ground. "Dripstone" is a lone piano jazz song with mutated effects drifting over the top of the keys. Immediately following "Altamira" is an acoustic guitar track with electronic mating calls backing the string plucks up. It's a constant change of instruments, but an overall sound that floats together, and is incredibly moving and beautiful.

It's been three and a half years since Kelpe's brilliant debut album Sea Inside Body. Over that time Kelpe seems to have drifted from the more traditional IDM sound on that record, learning the drums and layering an instrumental feel to his works. Kelpe also layers guitars, piano, and other instruments into the mix in a chaotic, but natural way. A Track title like "Half Broken harp" ought to give an idea how this record sounds; instruments are played, cut up, and spliced into electronic arrangements. Because of this, the record bounces back and forth between natural and alien sounds. The influences are spotchecked a mile a minute here, so there's way too much to reference, but this is another great album from Kelpe, in the increasingly compelling indielectronic sound.