Benjamin Djurhuus – öð[øh]
The Faroe Islands have a reputation for weather that punishes and light that vanishes early, and a lazier writer would reach straight for the fog-and-fjord metaphors before the needle even drops. Djurhuus, a producer who has spent years shaping other people's records from the shadows, refuses to give us that. His debut steps out from behind the mixing desk with something far stranger and more valuable than atmosphere for its own sake: patience.