“So much current laptop work is either reductive to the point of frigidity, or feels like being horsewhipped with live power cables. And so, one falls on great records like Open Reminder with deep, exhausted gratitude. ARM is a Norwegian trio whose work is so full of good ideas it´s like trying to focus on a passing express train. Their glitchology is profoundly musical, deeply experimental and utterly addictive. This is never more evident than on their collaborations with live instrumentalists, particularly the exemplary Håkon Kornstad, whose extended sax techniques enter into delicious tangles with the electronics. Their signature sound is that of iridescent Terry Riley-like organ loops chopped into glittering ribbons, but they cover an extraordinary amount of sonic ground throughout.

Beautiful, funny, thrilling - here at last is laptop music to fall in love with.”