Though the name of the Italian producer Heith’s new record, Escape Lounge, references the waiting areas of airports, when listening to the project, we can’t help but also think about a different kind of escape room. You likely know what we are talking about: those confusingly built-out environments that act as a real-space version of a puzzle video game, often used for corporate team-building exercises. This music is jarring in a pristine way. Recorded in multiple European cities, the record moves through sonics like a pan-national network of shipping logistics moves trucks through the highways—seamless with an undercurrent of darkness—and synthesizes a variety of electronica subgenres, all with an ear towards built-out sound design. Put it on your headphones and imagine a noir set in 1999 that moves between Helsinki and Tokyo. Imagine a group of middle-aged business people attempting to claw their way out of a steampunk helltrap.