AMIINA Puzzle (2010 UK 8-track CD album - Originally a string quartet formed by four girls at the Reykjavík College of Music in the 1990s, amiina went on to cut its teeth as Sigur Ros' string section for the next decade. Now a sextet after a recent masculine infusion, amiina present their second full-length album, 'Puzzle'. 2007's 'Kurr' was performed on a disparate jumble of instruments: musical saws, kalimbas, music boxes and seemingly anything that could be plucked, bowed or beatenon, resulting in a work that ebbed and flowed. While the above is equally true of the forthcoming 'Puzzle', this time around the group's sonic palette is broadened by the contributions of drummer Magnús Trygvason Eliassen and electronic artist Kippi Kaninus. Accordingly, the songs on 'Puzzle' are more rhythmically rugged than amiina's previous work and feature heavier use of electronics. amiina's long-standing fondness for zero-g melodies and open-minded instrumentation, however, continues).