Amygdala

"Amygdala feels like a painting made up of delicate brushstrokes compared to techno's laser-cut precision. Kozalla often chooses softly expressive horns or lolling organ over electronics, as on the plush spring overture of "Royal Asscher Cut", and numerous vocal features only add to the effect. For an artist who has spoken on record how he hates collaborating, over half of Amygdala's tracks have a "feature" credit as he brings out a cast of charismatic vocalists from Caribou's Dan Snaith to Matthew Dear".

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"Amydala is described in its press sheet as Koze's Sgt. Pepper, and there's definitely some truth to that notion. Over its nearly 80-minute runtime, Koze's wide-eyed, kaleidoscopic brand of dance music veers from lush, end-of-night house timbres to pastoral, waltzy electronica. But even with the heavy reliance on guest spots, it's very much the single-minded work of Koze".

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