Amid reunions with friends and immersive audiovisual thrills at Mutek, Ezekiel Honig introduced me to Nicola Ratti, the newest artist on his Anticipate label.

At last, after nights of hard-hitting techno, Ratti’s From The Desert Came Saltwater comes as a tunefully softer antidote. Its subdued electroacoustic palette — which encompasses trembling guitar and piano lines, as well as pale flashes of field recordings — makes Ratti’s album a lovely choice for the morning after.