Pantha du Prince
Today i've listened twice to the "Diamond Daze" album, so i felt like making a thread.
He has become one of my favorite contemporary electronic artists. I've been listening a lot to his music and it's very much on my wavelength. It's warm and atmospheric but a bit cold and monochromatic at the same time, a balance i very much enjoy in music. It avoids sounding overly joyous and "bright", it's darkish, slightly bleak but subtly emotional. I connect really well with it on grey, rainy days (as i do with most of my favorite music).
I also think his work is quite original, i'm not gonna say what he does is revolutionary, but it has a subtly unique flavour i haven't heard anywhere else, not even on the Dial label that is home to other artists i enjoy. He mentions a very intresting set of artists as influences, the inspiration from shoegaze among other things is quite evident.
Crackles, noises, bells, pads, quirky melodies, mysterious bits of sound, tasteful minimalistic drum/rhythm work. There are moments of no-nonsense groovy beats and others that are blissful and emotional. The production is interesting, at times naked but never too obvious, always intriguing.
Also he feels like a proper artist, one who puts out proper albums, with nice, classy artwork and focuses on quality. (That goes for everything and everyone on Dial.)
Ok, that's enough. What do you guys think? 
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