Techno is back, and I couldn't be happier. Swede Aril Brikha of Kompakt records fame is doing it efficiently, ensuring that setting your watch to his music is akin to setting it to GMT. Cool and sophisticated, his sound is so very European with precise synths and perfectly weighted melodies. One for the headphones.
MYSPACE: Aril Brikha
I think dancefloors will become a little more bloody and with bands like Crystal Castles and Justice bringing a little more mayhem, its bound to happen sooner rather than later. Krazy Baldhead will also be responsible for such chaos. It is horribly filthy Hip Hop turned up to about 17 and put through a blender also set to 17. He recently dropped the Dry Guillotine EP full of seriously crunkable, electronically altered tunes. Coincidentally as I was typing this post I found that another blog had got on the Krazy Balhead bandwagon so it's good things ahead for this follically challenged Frenchman.
MYSPACE: Krazy Baldhead
It has been way too long. Disco-punk-electro-clash-whatever cannot be done better than by New York's !!!. If you cannot pronounce their name by now, go away. Myth Takes, their latest album is out at the end of the month and judging by the many mp3's floating around the web, it is going to be pretty special. Hearing the organic sounds of guitar and sax on the dancefloor is always a nice change, and I expect this new album explode.
MP3: !!! - Heart Of Hearts
Chromatics are also a viable alternative to those other forms of electronic/dance music that are so 2006. Atmosphere and horror abound here, as vocoder and synthesiser do battle in an DOS based haunted mansion. They are from the US, which is surprising in the way that Scissor Sisters are. Tracks like 'In The City' combine distant feminine vocals and sharp synth blips whilst 'Healer' ticks hypnotically like a beating heart. I like what I hear.
MYSPACE: Chromatics
3 comments:
im liking that crazy bald head - who drank my goddam apple juice?
sexual post..
out with the old. in with the new
despite many of the artists i mentioned being around for a while, i think they all represent the sounds that are fresh and that will go down well this year whether it be in clubs or on indie radio or whatever...so yeah its out with the old in with the oldish who seem new i guess you could say
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