Every once in a while an album comes along that redefines your idea of music. Touch of E! is one of them. Gry first surfaced on Invisible Records' Lowest of the Low tour, but since the album is only available on import, it took me forever to find it. Like all hard to find treasures, the hunt makes it all the more satisfying. The work of F.M. Einheit (formerly of Einsturzende Neubauten) and singer Gry Bagxien, Touch of E! is an unearthly tapestry of convoluted bass lines, melodic pings and intense rhythms. While Einheit will undoubtedly get the lion's share of attention, Bagxien is firmly at the center of these songs. With a voice reminiscent of Portishead's Beth Gibbons, she simultaneously invokes primitive tribal chants and futuristic vocal processing. If you can imagine what Portishead might sound like if they drew from old African field recordings instead of spy noir, you're getting warm. With a pocketful of sounds ranging from the polyrhythmic overload of "Poles Apart," to the Mad Max jazz of "Everything or All," to the saddest sound I've ever heard in "Perfume for Phantoms," this album shows the power of electronic music. Using electronic and found sounds, the duo makes music that feels like a visit to a foreign country: everything seems familiar, yet it's all so different. Beautiful and disturbing, this is a truly remarkable piece of work.