does it sound like a 3 piece to you?
Have a listen, does it sound like a 3 piece to you? Me neither… somehow though not only do they manage to successfully fuse experimental, folk, electronic and world sounds, but they also do it whilst swapping instruments and constantly improvising....
Pretty amazing! And thats what their most recent album is too. Akron Family built their sound, and following in NY's creative hub of Williamsburg, mostly around their local cafe, Gimme Coffee, where they performed and laid on gigs. This was back in 2003. Now, they are onto their 5th release, with tours aplenty and support in the UK from the likes of Rough Trade. Its good to see all the hard work paying off!
Here is Everyone is Guilty, the first track from their new album Set Em Wild, Set Em Free...
Pretty amazing! And thats what their most recent album is too. Akron Family built their sound, and following in NY's creative hub of Williamsburg, mostly around their local cafe, Gimme Coffee, where they performed and laid on gigs. This was back in 2003. Now, they are onto their 5th release, with tours aplenty and support in the UK from the likes of Rough Trade. Its good to see all the hard work paying off!
Here is Everyone is Guilty, the first track from their new album Set Em Wild, Set Em Free...
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pushing boundaries...
Thanks to a new extensive look at blogs such as “pejhy” and “You can call me Pelski”, I am coming across new music that I may not have given a second listen to unless I was in a club.
I have always been into a bit of italo disco, house and and quite a lot of electro, however now there is obviously dubstep – which is incredibly hard to create well. The best songs from this genre are exploring new sounds and new ways to piece together tunes. It’s a genre however that seems like its shooting itself in the foot.
There is also a lot of tropical beats happening at the moment. Mixing it all up at present is a style from Latin America and predominantly Argentina. It is called Cumbia. The Colombian musical style and folk dance is considered to be representative of Colombia. However acts such as Major Lazor (Diplo and Switch) have mixed it up with Afro beat, dancehall and electro.
This style has made them HUGE in the States, and they have even been up for an MTV award in the breakthrough Category. The duo has made this music accessible, and Thom Yorke is going to remix them for their forthcoming EP in April.
However this is not about Major Lazor, as many people have heard of them, rather this exposure is about one of the leading Argentinean DJs who is spreading the music over to Europe. In 2009 Douster came to fame through re-working the Lion King soundtrack – for which one of the songs you can stream here, (any Arsenal fans like myself, listen to the chant of “Arsne Wenger” I swear that’s what it says!). The track I have included has been cleaned up by Amsterdam’s “Homework”.
To hear something a bit more like what to expect from Douster and Digital Cumbia in the future check out the video attached. The song is very minimal, dancehall as well as tropical. Plus it’s a pretty cool video in its own right.
I have always been into a bit of italo disco, house and and quite a lot of electro, however now there is obviously dubstep – which is incredibly hard to create well. The best songs from this genre are exploring new sounds and new ways to piece together tunes. It’s a genre however that seems like its shooting itself in the foot.
There is also a lot of tropical beats happening at the moment. Mixing it all up at present is a style from Latin America and predominantly Argentina. It is called Cumbia. The Colombian musical style and folk dance is considered to be representative of Colombia. However acts such as Major Lazor (Diplo and Switch) have mixed it up with Afro beat, dancehall and electro.
This style has made them HUGE in the States, and they have even been up for an MTV award in the breakthrough Category. The duo has made this music accessible, and Thom Yorke is going to remix them for their forthcoming EP in April.
However this is not about Major Lazor, as many people have heard of them, rather this exposure is about one of the leading Argentinean DJs who is spreading the music over to Europe. In 2009 Douster came to fame through re-working the Lion King soundtrack – for which one of the songs you can stream here, (any Arsenal fans like myself, listen to the chant of “Arsne Wenger” I swear that’s what it says!). The track I have included has been cleaned up by Amsterdam’s “Homework”.
To hear something a bit more like what to expect from Douster and Digital Cumbia in the future check out the video attached. The song is very minimal, dancehall as well as tropical. Plus it’s a pretty cool video in its own right.
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