While his work fronting the Danish outfit Efterklang has resulted in over two decades of imaginative, contemplative material -- ranging from glitchy folktronica to orchestral, Baroque-inspired music -- Casper Clausen's effervescent, electronic solo output strikes a freer, flowing tone. A good example of this is his debut solo album, January 2021's Better Way, recorded in Lisbon with assistance from Spacemen 3's Sonic Boom.
As with Mads Brauer and Rasmus Stolberg -- his childhood friends and Efterklang compatriots -- Clausen was raised on the Danish island of Als, which sits ...