LA house production duo, InFiction, are somewhat of an oddity on the scene, given that they’ve spent numerous years producing dark anthems to set the tone for films such as Wrath of the Titans and Superman Returns. The pair, Dan Asthma and Doran Oppenheimer, cite films such as The Shining for their love for producing [...]
Clark – Iradelphic (Warp) Clark has so many trademarks. There’s that unique resonant timbre of the melodic synth on “Com Touch,” and the “squeaky” synth (I am not doing it justice calling it that but I can find no other words) that you hear all the time in his music, most notably on “Skyward Bruise/Descent,” [...]
Julia Holter – Ekstasis Julia Holter‘s music has a two-sidedness for me. There’s the ambient side, which sounds like moving shadows as sounds intersection on long, arcing trajectories through my perspective. Even when the music is completely ambient, it is always changing according to the influence of some new transient force and carrying you [...]
Techno has resurfaced! Anyone see Juan Atkins’ FACT mix earlier in the month? That Detroit sound is also alive and well in two recent releases from VCMG and Scuba. We’ve also got some more free music from Brainfeeder’s fuzz technician Matthewdavid. VCMG – Ssss Old guys keep pushing it… VCMG is Vince Clarke and Martin [...]
LA/Montreal production and DJ duo LOL Boys make a bass-heavy mixture of minimalistic 90s club with old school Chicago vibes. They’ve been around for a couple years now playing out underground parties in LA or more recently gigging coast-to-coast. They turn dancefloors into tripped-out body messes kid-pix style on Tumblr. DANCEiSM sat down with them to ask them [...]
