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By Tim Chester

Posted on 19/10/09 at 02:51:35 pm

Normally I approach overtly highbrow clever-clever musical projects with a mixture of trepidation and disdain; while I veer nearer the Gyratory System end of the dumb/clever scale than, say, The Enemy, you can take it too far. So hearing about a group called North Atlantic Oscillation (something about fluctuations in atmospheric pressure near Iceland) who bonded over "unusual time signatures and Squarepusher" rings alarm bells immediately and conjures images of three gimpy musicologists in a dank basement mapping the Ordinance Survey coordinates of their first gigs onto a Tenori-On.

NAO

Luckily, this Edinburgh-based threesome are nothing of the sort. Rather they use their programming know-how to summon a variety of excellent ethereal digital pop tunes. Behold the magic...

Download North Atlantic Oscillation's Cell Count here
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Meegers [Visitor] //October 21 2009 at 01:49
Sounds awesome, and they are great live too!
Donk [Visitor] //October 21 2009 at 12:19
F---ing yes. Is this on an album/EP?
Aoife [Visitor] //October 21 2009 at 12:23
I love this! Does anyone know if they're touring?
Andrew [Visitor] //October 21 2009 at 14:58
Outstandable
Paula [Visitor] //October 21 2009 at 15:07
Fantastic!! When are they in Dublin???
Bradley Pittle [Visitor] //October 21 2009 at 15:15
Fanatastic stuff. Making complexity sound oddly natural and organic (albeit in an alien universe) is no mean feat. We want more.
jacks [Visitor] //October 21 2009 at 15:16
amazing song
Tim Chester [Member] //October 21 2009 at 15:20
Some suspicious similarities in IP addresses here but right on I'd do the same if it was my band...
Bob Tongs [Visitor] //October 21 2009 at 15:32
'Tis humdingable to the max, like radio only better.
Zeppo [Visitor] //October 21 2009 at 16:14
That is a superb song. looks like they're in Dublin on Nov 14th Paula. http://www.kscopemusic.com/northatlanticoscillation/callsigns/
Meegers [Visitor] //October 21 2009 at 17:45
Hey Tim - IP address similarites = that's me passing the link to my mates here at AOL Dublin - which thanks to the power of the internet makes us all look like we are from Frankfurt???!? Go figure!
Renkas [Visitor] //October 21 2009 at 17:48
Dates are November Thu 12 UK, London, The Lexington Sat 14 Ireland, Dublin, Crawdaddy Sun 15 UK, Belfast, Auntie Annie's Mon 16 UK, Edinburgh, Sneaky Pete's Tue 17 UK, Manchester, Night & Day Wed 18 UK, Birmingham, Academy 3
Renkas [Visitor] //October 21 2009 at 18:01
Dates are November Thu 12 UK, London, The Lexington Sat 14 Ireland, Dublin, Crawdaddy Sun 15 UK, Belfast, Auntie Annie's Mon 16 UK, Edinburgh, Sneaky Pete's Tue 17 UK, Manchester, Night & Day Wed 18 UK, Birmingham, Academy 3
KAL LAVELLE [Visitor] //October 21 2009 at 18:35
What an amazing sound!! KUDOS! x
Frank [Visitor] //October 21 2009 at 19:31
Sounds fantistic, complex yet symetrical compositions.
Lemmington [Visitor] //October 21 2009 at 22:12
What s wonderfully uplifting piece of sound this is-I hope I hear it in my dreams. More please.
DaveF [Visitor] //October 21 2009 at 23:11
These guys are Great! Found them on myspace a while back - Drawing Maps From Memory is a hell of a tune, too.
Jennifer [Visitor] //October 22 2009 at 06:56
Love it
do donovan [Visitor] //October 22 2009 at 13:43
loving this, any sign of a london gig?
steve [Visitor] //October 22 2009 at 14:02
Im loving it ,great track, can I have some more please,you are a genius cous and an inspiration to us all xx

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