Since his 2001 debut, Haunt Me, Haunt Me Do It Again, Tim Hecker has been one of Canada's most prolific electronica musicians. The Montreal based Hecker's sound has taken on a variety of different forms, from the subtle drone of his aforementioned debut, to the dark dissonance of Mirages, to the more engaging characteristics of Harmony in Ultraviolet. An Imaginary Country takes Hecker's droning electronica in a new direction, introducing elements of noisy shoegaze in tracks like "100 Years Ago", subdued minimalism in "Utropics", and an overlying sense of naturalism to the album as a whole. That An Imaginary Country is Hecker's most accessible release can be attributed to its free-flowing, natural ambience, which is as effective as it 's been on previous releases, if not more.
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