I don’t know if this is a function of ubiquitous IP geolocation or some metaphysical reward for travel, but I’ve been discussing some unfamiliar music and artists in multiple ways during this trip.

I know some of you will be amused at me “discovering” these artists only now.

Moneybox, a Slate blog I still read from time to time, had an interesting off-the-wall story about Sweden’s new postage stamps. Apparently there is an artist called Robyn. Also, “brev” means letter in Swedish which sounds much like “brief” to me, so perhaps Afrikaans has some value outside South Africa after all.

i didn’t think any more until I found another “first play” album on iTunes Radio (this is not a paid ad for Apple, promise) by a band called “Royksopp”.  Enjoying the album, electronic music across a wide range of underlying genres. Turns out Royksopp and Robyn have performed together and produced music together.