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There is love in YouDomino****

Kieran Hebden has come a long way since the days of Fridge and his low-key solo debut, Dialogue. Back in 2001, there was no shortage of electronic albums made on laptops, but his second record, Pause– all fragmented beats and guitar melodies – marked itself out from other bedroom noodlings. 2003’s Roundscontinued mixing electronic glitches and loops with more traditional instruments. Rather than sounding like premeditated crossover, the digital and organic elements interacted, sounding fluid and original.