KRAAK Belgium Schallplatten & CDs

Review: With membership rights to a number of different bands and outfits, Jonna Karanka's reputation in the 21st Century Finnish underground is well established to say the least. Now this collaborative but solo-led project - which also features the likes of Jan Anderzen, Tsemba and Lau Nau - looks set to cement that status further with yet another evocative body of strange pop-psyche-ambient that seems to have landed from another planet.

At times it feels like you're knee deep in some alien jungle the arrangement is so textured, natural and organic ('Ihmispennnut', or 'Summer'). In other moments it seems to glint with the sheen of crisp modernity in moonlight ('All Nighter'), before darting off into more exotic aural adventures. A work of real imagination and vision, to say the least.

Review: 15 years have passed since Eva Van Deuren first came up with Orphan Fairytale, a beguiling sonic moniker responsible for a body of work apparently inspired by a world where medieval fantasy folk has collided with psychedelic electronica, creating sounds that can be welcoming and wholesome or eerie, with equally potent effects. On her first for the KRAAK imprint this strange brew is particularly intoxicating.

Centring on a Celtic harp, and then wrapping layers of wonderful noises and notes around those structural chords, it's not hard to lose yourself in the exquisitely detailed and perfectly proportioned arrangements from beginning to end as her unique musical narratives are woven. Delicate melodies floating on an air of tranquility but also a sense of the unknown, resulting in a wonderfully serene and vivid adventure.