Combining contemporary cloud-pop elements with the tender nostalgia of 2000s folktronica, the music featured on Brussels-based musicians nykolaes & Daniël Paul’s neofolk evokes a sense of familiarity while also feeling refreshingly novel. Consider their adoption of the term neofolk, which represents a departure from the traditional connotations associated with the genre. As they explain, “The term neofolk guides our approach, not merely as a genre, but as a means of contributing to a new wave of 21st-Century folklore.” Quite the thesis statement. It works for both the group and the Belgian label behind them, Toverberg, whom listeners might recognize from their recent contribution to our label mix series.