Snowboarding in Argentina is the debut album from electronic music

Electronic music

Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...

 group Swayzak

Swayzak

Swayzak is a tech house duo from the United Kingdom that consists of James S. Taylor and David Brown. They live and work in London and released their first 12" single "Bueno" / "Fukumachi" in February 1997 to much acclaim...

. Named for the group's dream vacation destination if the album was prosperous, Snowboarding in Argentina represents Swayzak's clean, minimalistic blend of dub

Dub music

Dub is a genre of music which grew out of reggae music in the 1960s, and is commonly considered a subgenre, though it has developed to extend beyond the scope of reggae...

, jazz-house and ambient

Ambient music

Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...

. The album features tracks from the group's previously released singles as well as new additions. "Bueno," "Fukumachi" and "Low-Rez Skyline" are all representative of the band's danceable downtempo

Downtempo

Downtempo is a laid-back electronic music style similar to ambient music, but usually with a beat or groove unlike the beatless forms of Ambient music. The beat is sometimes made from loops that have a hypnotic feeling...

 music.

Track listing

1. "Speedboat" – 8:51
2. "Burma Heights" – 6:52
3. "Blocks" – 6:52
4. "Low-Rez Skyline" – 6:50
5. "Fukamachi" – 9:26
6. "French Dub" – 3:40
7. "Skin Diving" – 7:37
8. "Cone" – 8:03
9. "Bueno" – 14:23