French producer Malibu is an ambient antidote for the chronically online

Pressing play on Malibu’s Vanities slips you into a slower pace. The first full-length project from French producer Barbara Braccini is filled with hymn-like vocals, droning synths, and stirring field recordings. In a world that constantly tugs at our attention spans, the album – like much ambient music – acts as a kind of crash pad.

“I am chronically online, like a lot of people,” Braccini tells Dazed. “Ten years ago, myhellip;

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