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Highly anticipated second album from Caribou-endorsed Harmonius Thelonius. The world is spinning, and so is HARMONIOUS THELONIOUS, the latest project by Stefan Schwander (aka Antonelli).Schwander is a Düsseldorf-based artist who's had his hand in a variety of projects since the early '90s, from groups like Pop Up (with Jörg Burger) to solo efforts as A Rocket in Dub, Repeat Orchestra, Rhythm Maker and Antonelli Electr, among others. Harmonious Thelonious is his most recent endeavor. Described by the artist himself as "American minimalism vs. African drumming vs. European sequencing," the project's sound is dense, percussive and hypnotic. The Düsseldorfer's 2010 album "Talking" conquered new rhythmic worlds with Afro-Electronic music fueled by dizzying sequencer patterns, garnering much praise for its global mixture of sound. (Featured from international Resident Advisor Magazine and UK’s BBC Music over Caribou’s global DJ sets to “Record of the Month” in german De:Bug magazine). As an electronic musician, Schwander has always seen himself as a kind of human filter who gathers his listening experiences into something previously unheard. Yet strange new sounds and melodies are not merely used as decorative ornaments, but work as unified elements in a fearless balancing act between the pulse of Africa and the electronic groove of Europe. On his second album, "Listen", the harsh combination of the reduced pattern structures of American minimalist music with African-inspired rhythms heard on "Talking" has now given way to a bright, vivid harmony that seems much more direct, within which sometimes rages the rhythmic fever of South America.Musical boundaries are fluid and make way for a new form of danceable world music.