Bleeps, drones, tone sweeps echoes, the sound of a galaxy we were on the verge of inhabiting; it's a record at once wholly of its time and wholly of ours - since we live in that distant 21st century of weird electronic music.
The Bridge was originally released on Throbbing Gristle's Industrial Records label in 1979 and is considered to be an early electronic avant-garde synth-pop masterpiece.
With Kick IIIII, Arca focusesentirely on quieter ambient pieces, mainly on piano, plucked strings and swirling pads. Famed Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto makes a guest vocal appearance on "Sanctuary".
The National's second album, Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers (2003) proved a leap forward from 2001's eponymous debut, showing a band adept at delivering warm embraces and gut punches in equal measure.