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Jens Lekman tends to sample what he loves, and he often loves what we love, so it's a good bet keeping up on the Swedish pop maestro's "recently played" list. In an informative interview over at the Line of Best Fit, Lekman says his favorite CD at the moment is a homemade release by Turkish duo Kim Ki O. This dude was rocking the Tough Alliance's "Silly Crimes" on mp3 mixes several months before it started really chewing up bandwidth over here in the U.S., so we took careful note.

"Gezegenin Adi Dunya", a track currently available on MySpace from Kim Ki O's self-released En Az Iki, En Fazla Sekiz, is a good introduction to the group's hazy, analog-based synth-pop. The song manages to put the unrelenting beats and buzzy electronics of post-punk acts like the Normal into an altogether dreamier space, with distorted bass supporting wispy, girlish vocal harmonies. Our Turkish is even worse than our Swedish, but you can listen to other songs-- including the lush, English-language "I Don't Relate"-- elsewhere on Kim Ki O's MySpace page.

Download/Stream:> Kim Ki O: "Gezegenin Adi Dunya"
[from En Az Iki, En Fazla Sekiz; self-released]