Todd Terje – It’s Album Time (Olsen)

Todd Terje – It’s Album Time (Olsen)

It’s Album Time finds Todd Terje globetrotting on the same scale as Indiana Jones or James Bond as he crafts his own spy movie/dance odyssey. Beginning with the opening credit theme, we go from late-night Scandinavian streets an to intimate sunset groove in Acapulco, from sunny beach bars (the literal meaning of “Strandbar”) to Miami Vice-esque car chases (“Delorean Dynamite”). The entire second half might as well take place in some crazy Moon Raker-style space adventure. It’s all instrumental except for the Bryan Ferry centerpiece, on which Ferry sings Robert Palmer like the saddest drunk in the loneliest karaoke bar in the universe. It all flows perfectly, even though some of these songs were made years apart. It’s Album Time amounts to one of the funnest hours of music this year, and it begs to be played on repeat. –Miles [LISTEN]