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Artist: Lakeshouse
Track: Ensom
Release title: OM VERDA MI
Label: Paper Recordings
Release date: 29-Oct-25
Oslo collective Lakeshouse invite you into a fictitious club-utopia on their kaleidoscopic debut album, ‘Om Verda Mi’. The new school Norwegian producers distil a rich heritage of Scandinavian disco and electronica into 12 dazzling cuts.
The ultra talented trio is made up of producers, DJs and jazz musicians who have been friends since kindergarten. Their sound is club-friendly but inventive, full of off-kilter charm and playful musical personality that was laid bare on their debut EP for cult label Paper Recordings back in 2019. The space house and disco sounds featured crisp production infused with a cheeky sense of humour and a broad range of influences from Scandi, classical, Italo and techno to Aphex Twin, pop and other leftfield styles. Add in skilled instrumentals, rich creative synergy and psychedelic colours, and you have the soundtrack to a wild utopian escape.
All of this plays out in ‘Om Verda Mi’, which re-imagines celebrated Scandinavian sounds from greats like Röyksopp, Studio Barnhus, Lindstrøm and Todd Terje. The record kicks off with celestial synth cascades on 'Introfil' before being swept up on 'Ubergrensa Harmoni’ and its rubbery groove and lush layers of shiny bright harmonic bells. 'Eg Star Opp I Dag' rides a more thumping house beat, embellished with swooning strings and jazzy chords, while 'Nitti' gets glitchy with grinding rhythms and chopped up samples.
There's a blissed-out moment to pause on 'Secret Plants' with filtered vocals and twinkling keys that get you gazing up at the sky. 'La Playa' is a mix of restless strings, old school piano vamps and florid vocal ad libs. 'Ondekoza' is a punchy, dubby Italo house and disco collision, while 'Lakes House' sinks into synth modulations with smoky late-night energy. 'Renates Dans' takes off on lithe pads and hooky pixel-thin 80s leads, 'Ensom' layers wonky rhythms and indie vocals and 'Evig Kjaerleik' spins out on pumping house straight from an 80s Nintendo. The 'Outrofil' closes out with warm, sentimental melodies that gather you round the fire in deepest Norwegian winter.
