Start the new year with soothing sounds selected by Croatian Amor
DJ, dad, producer and label head of the now defunct label Posh Isolation, Loke Rahbek works both as a visual artist and a producer under the alias Croatian Amor. He’s been a spearhead in Danish ambient and experimental electronic music and has created cultural ventures for the past 15 years.
Dive into this list of warm-spirited and melancholic releases that made an impression on him in 2025.
Vanessa Amara
Vanessa Amara, First time I heard Vanessa Amara was helping Birk dub tapes about 15 years ago in the old Posh Isolation store in Copenhagen. Since then I have had the privilege to follow their work closely and to call Birk my friend. Birk introduced me to many great things, Arthur Russel, Burial, 808s and Heartbreaks, the writings of Morton Feldman, probably many more things. Seeing them go from tape loops and organ melodies into the sample based music they make today has been a joy. The release of Café Life as the last release for Posh Isolation was for me a perfect way to close the shop. I saw them perform in Paris this year just after they got back from working with Rosalia in Los Angeles. So cool
Franciska
Franciska – Beautiful, thoughtful, purist tape music from Copenhagen. The latest album, Viser og Countryrock på fynsk on his label afvikling kassetter is beautiful.
Snuggle
Snuggle I really like
Acopia
Acopia I listened to on my bike
FUJI｜｜｜｜｜｜｜｜｜｜｜TA
FUJI｜｜｜｜｜｜｜｜｜｜｜TA – the album Iki that came out years ago but I only heard it this year and I think it’s so good
Jamesjamesjames
Jamesjamesjames I listened to on my bike & the few times I took a run
Loukeman
I recently heard Loukeman for the first time and I been listening to that a lot the last few weeks
Kara-Lis Coverdale
Listen to their latest release Changes in the Air
Aase Nielsen & MK Velsorf
Opening nights by Aase Nielsen & MK Velsorf – Beautiful release
DR – P2
DR – P2 – Mostly I listen to the classical radio channel, the programming isn’t always great but there is something about other people listening to the same music at the same time that I find comforting. I have tried with NTS but I don’t get the same feeling of the people, maybe the listeners are too spread out?