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"Somnia" is Greg Davis' third full length release and the first to be released on Kranky. Greg made his name as an innovator of a movement which latterly became known as laptop folk. His previous two releases broke new ground and helped establish a generic template for other inspired artists to follow. "Somnia" is a fusion of drone based work recorded over the last three years. Like labelmate keith Fullerton Whitman, Davis' trade is in digital manipulation of organic sound sources; teasing hidden harmonics, melodies, frequencies and rhythms from an electric sonic pallet.