Barker – Stochastic

It’s the greatest, the most beautiful, the truly remarkable record you can play first thing in the morning, late at night, or any time in between, should the mood take you. It’s by Barker—and yes, you’re meant to add Berghain, though you could just as easily say Leisure System, that delightfully unruly label. But that doesn’t quite capture it. What does fit, thematically, is this: Stochastic Drift isn’t a record that shouts for your attention. It’s a gentleman’s sleeve for the cigar hour. Or something else entirely. Whatever it is, it’s so, so good.