Estonian Mart Avi has carved an “outernational” musical space for himself — something akin to a sonic spider spinning new puzzles on the World Wide Web with each project. His trademark combination of playful grandeur and convention defying style of pop has infatuated audiences from the Netherlands to Taiwan, and charmed critics both in his homeland and beyond. In stark contrast, Avi’s youth was spent in a pint-sized Estonian village named Vara [“Treasure” in English], toying around with rusty remnants from its industrious past. His solo records have topped annual critics’ polls in his homeland and garnered rave reviews worldwide from MOJO to The Quietus and airplays from BBC to KEXP.