18
Aug
Video: Into The Hillside from Cassettes Won’t Listen
17
Aug
The UK based electronic four-piece, 2020Soundsystem, is gearing up to release their forthcoming sophomore album, ‘Falling’, which is due out on September 21st via 2020 Vision records.
2020Soundsystem’s debut album, ‘No Order’, featured guest vocalists but this time around the band focused on developing their own voice as well as capturing the energy and flow of their live performances. Looks like bassist Fernando Pulichino stepped into the role of singer/songwriter for most of the album.
Take A Listen To: Satellite by 2020Soundsystem
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25
Jul
I just staggered upon a chill new electronic ditty from the DJ duo, Dark Party, which is the side project of Eliot Lipp and Leo 123. Dark party is currently touring the states and preparing to release their debut full-length album, ‘Light Years’.
Take A Listen: Status by Dark Party
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26
Jun
Babe Rainbow is the music project of Vancouver’s Cameron Reed, a music consultant who puts together festivals such as the Victory Square Block Party and The Music Waste Festival. Reed’s atmospheric dub-set sounds have mingled with artists such as Wavves and You Say Party! We Say Die.
Take A Listen: Weed Demon (Surf-Step Edit) by Babe Rainbow
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Head over to Babe Rainbow’s website and pick up some tunes.
07
May
Fischerspooner, the art pop performance project that is Warren Fischer and Casey Spooner, just released their third full-length album ‘Entertainment.’
Since they parted ways with Capitol Records in 2007, Fischerspooner released ‘Entertainment’ through their own label FS Studios. This album was recorded over a two-year period with producer Jeff Saltzman (The Killers, The Sounds) in a carriage house in Brooklyn. While creating the album, Fischerspooner collaborated with artists such as Ian Pai, Ben Bromley and Sam Kearney, as well as actress/performance artist Ann Magnuson (Bongwater), UK musician Gabriel Olegavich (Lady Sovereign, Spektrum) and electronic collagist Steven Stein (Double Dee & Steinski).
Take A Listen: Suppply And Demand by Fischerspooner
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Fischerspooner – Website
04
May
Trifonic is brothers Brian and Laurence Trifon, a San Francisco based electronic act that fuses experimental production with soft melodies…this is highlighted on their 2008 debut album ‘Emergence’. Despite growing up under the same roof in Berkeley, California, Brian and Laurence launched their musical careers from opposite ends of the spectrum. Brian took up guitar at the age of 10 with only one intention: Shredding. “I had big dreams for becoming the next Steve Vai guitar hero,” he recalls. Meanwhile, his older brother was living and breathing hip-hop. “I wrote my first rap song when I was in 5th grade,” Laurence remembers. “It was about me not wanting to go to school on a Monday morning.”
Although Brian’s heavy-metal dreams did not pan out, he did master the guitar sufficiently to enroll in USC’s prestigious Studio Guitar program. It was during this time that he began to explore electronic music and production. Upon graduating in 2004, Brian went to work as a guitarist and programmer for famed electronica artist BT. Laurence, meanwhile, continued to write and perform as an emcee in several hip-hop groups throughout his school years. As a student at Stanford University, he also began to gravitate towards electronic music. By the time they had both graduated from college, the Trifon brothers’ music tastes had converged. “We realized that for the first time in our lives, we were on the same page creatively,” Laurence says. “So we decided to work together.”
Take A Listen: Gutter Box by Trifonic
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Trifonic - MySpace
01
May
Infusion is a dance/electronica group from Australia formed by Frank Xavier, Manuel Sharrad and Jamie Stevens. The first Infusion album, ‘Phrases and Numbers’ was released in 2000 and their second LP, ‘Six Feet Above Yesterday’, was released in 2004.
Over the years, the group has shared stages with Bowie, Basement Jaxx, N.E.R.D. and New Order. In between touring stints, Infusion has spent much of the past two years in the studio recording their new album, which will apparently be out later this year.
Take A Listen: Dogtown by Infusion
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Infusion – MySpace
03
Apr
Italian artist, Dusty Kid released his first EP at 19 and has produced under various monikers on labels such as Boxer Recordings Köln, Kling Klong and Systematic. His forthcoming debut album, ‘A Raver’s Diary’, is a collection of electronica and techno music, in other words, it’s not lacking in the synth department.
Take A Listen: Lynchesque by Dusty Kid
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