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Bandcamp / Buy Ambient music has a reputation for being soothing. That only intensified during the pandemic, as many artists and listeners turned to the genre as a coping mechanism, using the music to ward off a looming sense of darkness and despair. Perila, however, has always reveled in darkness, and her debut album, How Much Time It Is Between You and Me?, is more unsettling than comforting. A native of St. Petersburg, Russia, Perila (aka Aleksandra Zakharenko) relocated to Berlin six...

The 9 Best DJ Mixes of January 2021 Pitchfork 1/29/2021 © Graphic by Drew Litowitz Graphic by Drew Litowitz Every month, Philip Sherburne listens to a whole lot of mixes so you only have to listen to the best ones. It’s a new year… sort of. Perhaps you’re still figuring out how to feel about the onset of 2021, which, at least so far, doesn’t seem like a huge improvement on 2020. These sets offer two possible coping strategies. Option 1: Rage to your heart’s content and work out y...