The Books are an American–Dutch duo formed by Nick Zammuto (guitar) and Paul de Jong (violin). They build songs from found sound, samples and acoustic instrumentation; early releases appeared on Tomlab and The Way Out was released on Temporary Residence.

Members named in reviews: Nick Zammuto and Paul de Jong. Early albums (Thought for Food, The Lemon of Pink) are frequently cited; reviews note use of found voices, sampling, violin, acoustic guitar and laptop-based composition. Labels mentioned in reviews: Tomlab (early albums) and Temporary Residence (The Way Out).

DeBaser reviews present The Books as an American–Dutch duo mixing found sound, acoustic instruments and electronics into inventive folktronica collages. Classic albums repeatedly praised include Thought for Food, The Lemon of Pink and Lost and Safe. Reviews highlight warmth, whimsy and occasional difficulty for listeners due to dense sampling and fragmentation.

For:Listeners of experimental folktronica, fans of sample-based collage music and indie electronic-acoustic hybrids.

 The visual arts are the passion of the duo The Books.

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 Few words for a monumental album, saying more would make even less sense…

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 An enchanting album that literally sends you into a trance with every listen and captures the most visceral depths of each person, skillfully combining the iciness of electronics used in the rhythms, in the "cut and wrap" experiments, in the sounds that are always between the refined and lo-fi, with the warmth of more typically acoustic instruments (violins, acoustic guitars, banjos are skillfully used in various tracks) and the fragile vocals often hanging by a thread (of voice) by the various members (often interchangeable) of one of the most fragmented musical ensembles in recent years.

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