Lokai is an Austrian duo formed by Florian Kmet (guitars) and Stefan Németh (electronics and additional guitars), the former being a classical trained guitarist with several collaborations in his curriculum, the latter better known for being a member of Radian (by the way, what an amazing band... one of the most thrilling live sets I've ever seen). "7 Million" is a quite varied work, which doesn't necessarily add anything new to experimental guitar+electronics-based composition (it'd be honestly hard to do that, anyway), but turns out to be a successful work of synthesis. From the dreamy plucking and loops of "Histoire ds" to the intimidating distortion of "Mikrostekon", "Taora atoll" and "Chuuk" to the droning release of the almost Ambarchi-an ending "Hellen", the album skillfully alternates suspension and aggression, in a troubled intimism which is well portrayed by the layout pictures: the sea is close at hand, but the sun is not always shining.