If you immerse yourself in the pulsating world of Francois Marius's music, you could just stumble onto your next favourite piece. This multi-talented musician is building a name for himself in the reggae scene. He is originally from the wide expanses of Canada, but he is presently working his magic in Tallinn, Estonia. In his songs, the placid rhythm of reggae combines fluidly and naturally with...

A record can move fast without chasing the obvious route. “EMA”, Sienná’s nine-track experimental electronic album, begins from that possibility. The Kyoto-born, Oslo-based artist builds its premise around ema, the Japanese tool used to communicate directly with the divine. From there, she turns images and impressions gathered in nature into songs. It is a high-concept frame, but it lands because the concept asks a practical question:...