Year in Review: The Field take techno to new level

The Field mastermind Axel Willner is without question one of the most talented electronic artists of this generation. The Swede’s third album, “Looping State Of Mind,” should do little to alter this claim, and it may in fact be his crowning achievement.

Willner is a master of combining loops that at first seem unrelated into sheer ambient beauty, building upon them and adding nuances such as voice micro-samples that sound perfectly natural, perhaps best exemplified on the near perfect “Burned There.”

No matter the source material, Willner’s loops are filled with life, and they work to create soundscapes that are at once dense and majestic. He didn’t need to prove himself after 2007’s game-changing “From Here We Go Sublime,” or 2009’s equally stunning “Yesterday and Today,” but “Looping State Of Mind” should solidify Willner as a godhead of a genre in which simply distinguishing yourself is enough of an achievement.