The mixing work of Dan Snaith, aka Daphni, is superior, a dance party from head to tail ★★★★☆

Canadian Dan Snaith is known by many pseudonyms, from Caribou to Manitoba, but the dance work he puts out as Daphni is among his best. The album cherry is a dance party, from head to tail. With a few beats, basses and samples, Snaith always puts down very catchy tracks that just keep running through your head.

take Always There, in which percussion from a salsa band sounds like it was recorded underwater. Snaith puts a smurf-like distorted clarinet from a Balkan band over it and then blasts a beat underneath that drags you onto the dance floor by your hair. The more modest tracks are also impressive. In crimson melodic arpeggios from classic synths dance against each other. And in Falling let Snaith slide old disco through the filters, just for one minute, then blast through into tight electronic funk (mania) and sizzling rave (Take Two). Superior mixing work, preferably to be experienced with your hands in the air.