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Swedish producer Kornél Kovács (if you haven't yet listened to his debut LP The Bells, you should do that now) shares his dreamy, apparently rejected remix of Norwegian pop star AURORA's massive hit that I don't think I've ever heard before today...

With new albums from Vince Staples, Carly Rae Jepsen, and Young Thug all coming in the same day, it'd be easy for an eclectic collection of emotional and transportive dance music from a little-known Swedish producer to get lost in the shuffle...

Psyched to share the second stellar jam from Yoo-Yoo, a mysterious Swedish collective/group that features members of Korallreven, ORKID, Thanxxx, and various unnamed "friends and lovers". The group calls the glorious "Eye of the Eye" -- which I think samples both Snoop + 50 Cent (...

Chapter 8. I listen to the birds outside. I look at fishes in the sea jumping up the surface for some small flies. I’m free. Not because of the birds or the fishes, nor because I’m alive or dead. It’s because I’m Team Rockit. And so are you. -- Merely

Chapter 7. I’m history. So are you. I have lived for a long time now and will go on forever. -- Merely

Chapter 5. I’m Michael Foucault. So are you. I formulate my experience in a way that gives humans certain understandings. Then I suddenly become Beyoncé. And right after that Alan Watts. One day I wake up as Sara Ahmed and at the same time I’m out touring with my band ABBA. Meanwhile I’m turning into Aung San Suu Kyi and Jeanne d’Arc. I love and respect myself and everyone else and don’t know what

Chapter 4. I’m a bee. So are you. I lookout through the window but nothing’s there except a foggy haze nestled in distortion and pride. Insecurity rules this world I’m trapped in and when I fly everyone hides in slow motion. But without my existence the world would collapse. -- Merely

Chapter 3. I’m a teenager. So are you. Life doesn’t matter if you’re not with me so we’re holding on together. We see the world through each other and wherever I am, there you are. I cannot die, unless you die with me. -- Merely

Chapter 2. I’m an olive. So are you. I fall down to the ground and the whole world starts to shake. My olive family is still up there hanging in the tree. I miss the other olives. I created deep bonds to some of them. Especially those olives that raised me, and those who made me become the olive I am. -- Merely

I’m Merely. So are you. Today my second solo album Uncanny Valley is released and to celebrate this I give you a little story about you and me with a soundtrack. Thanks to GvB who’s letting me share this...