Somewhere in New York, Rome, or maybe London, there is a suitcase full of tapes, minidiscs and CDs - days and days worth of music, all of it the result of MAURO REMIDDI AKA PORCELAIN RAFT's 27 years of travels across Europe - from his native Italy to London; of caravanning with the BERLIN YOUTH CIRCUS playing traditional gypsy Klezmer music; of reinterpreting traditional music in North Korea; and of a stint playing piano for an Off Broadway tap dance show. Remiddi's androgynous vapor of a voice weaves like a ghost between NICK GILDER and THE ALESSI BROTHERS, JULEE CRUISE and JUDEE SILL. In more contemporary terms, Porcelain Raft stands confidently on a high hill between the sounds of M83 and BEACH HOUSE. 'Strange Weekend' might have been made in a small place (a Brooklyn basement, in fact), but it is huge dream-pop, with melodies and synths billowing out in all directions.