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Ylajali is the debut full-length from Syntaks, the Danish duo of Jakob Skott and Anna Cecilia.

In Ylajali’s beautifully scorched sonic landscape, acres of drones run beneath Cecilia’s wordless sighs; Skott’s beats crunch like autumn leaves while synthesizers swell, flourish, and disappear. Songs either tramp through hazy forests until they fade into the dark (the Boards of Canada-esque “Love Camp 23”), or stack tone upon tone like translucent building blocks, building to forceful, near-operatic crescendos (the epic “She Moves in Colors”). Syntaks’ luminous Ylajali crackles with emotion and imagination, giving form to its creators’ vibrant inner lives.

Buy Syntaks’ Ylajali now at The Ghostly Store.

Syntaks’ Jakob Skott created the above video for the song “Twentytwohundred” (from his group’s full-length Ylajali), in which the parallels between the Danish artist’s visual and aural sensibilities are on full display. Warm, saturated colors and dreamy, abstract imagery fill the clip with a sense of nostalgic wonder, echoing the music’s romantic commingling of the real and unreal. Download "Twentytwohundred" below.

DOWNLOAD: Syntaks - Twentytwohundred