Anduin & Jasper TX, The Bending of Light (side A)

Swedish electronic musician Jasper TX (Dag Rosenqvist) is the better known half of this duo, but 2009's The Bending of Light is not very typical of his work. While Rosenqvist's solo albums usually evolve in an emotive and narrative fashion, the tracks on The Bending of Light are more static. They vary drastically in dynamics between tracks but only minimally within them. The tracks' evolution owes more to ambient music, without the purposeful development that Rosenqvist usually relies on. The simple packaging with thick cardstock is beautiful, and the album comes with the same material on both CD and vinyl.