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The off-beat 'Moralia' layers up more freeform and jazzy chords with lumpy rhythms and closely mic'ed vocals to enthralling effect. After the slick dub techno hypnosis of 'Oons Ide' come the gorgeous keys and spoken word vocal musings of 'If You Fall', then the lush piano interlude ‘Sometime’. The second half of this most alluring album takes in deep, driving rhythms on 'Sister,' hot and steamy, lo-fi R\u0026amp;B on 'When Eternity' and cosmic soundscapes on 'Until We Meet.' 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