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Lindstrom Smalhans

In February, Norwegian disco prince Lindstrøm released a wild and busy record called Six Cups of Rebel: "On this album I've gone further out than before," he said in an interview, then added, in his polite, Norwegian way, "But I'm not sure that's for the best." Now, nine months later, comes Smalhans, a half-hour-long project made in about a month using Logic presets, takes its title from the Norwegian word for "poverty," and names each of its tracks after dishes Lindstrom described to SPIN as "really chea
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