Akku Quintet - DepartFollowing their acclaimed 2017 album, Aeon, Switzerland based outfit, Akku Quintet have released their fourth record Depart. This release contains a sequence of darkly beautiful compositions by founder and drummer Manuel Pasquinelli. Best known for his work in Swiss post rock minimalist outfit, SONAR (recently collaborating with David Torn and Bill Laswell), Pasquinelli's writing contains an almost cinematic dimension that encompasses bittersweet

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