of his latest album, Total Loss , a subterranean exploration of grief. "It's a film I've been moved by for a long time," he explains. "I just remember thinking of that boy and how it's a really disturbing scene, because he's such a baby, but he's so grown. I just took that as an emblem for the song started writing, the music that I wrote and the clip, they're both working together, they both share in some way that affect, how hard it is just be alone." These artists - one with a love for Janet Jackson and high-pitched reverb, the other an Academy-Award nominated filmmaker - share an openness, a want to expose moments of complete intimacy without over-romanticising them. Krell has often been noted for his intimate construction of modern R&B, lacking heavy sexual references  la The Weeknd, but still championing a style that has been of late, marred by over-commerciality, monotony, and - well, lets face it - Chris Brown. His debut album Love Remains followed a flurry of free online tracks, and continued Krell's initial style; swirling loops and samples, accompanied by his unearthly falsetto. It's difficult not to overindulge in the adjectives whilst describing Krell's work (read any review and it's all ethereal synths, haunting lyrics, and ghostly reverb), but the lucid depth and intimacy to his work, both aurally and characteristically, makes it almost impossible to describe it any other way. Just as Bell's work peels back layers of audience nonchalance, creating scenes that